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The 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.The 9.0 M w earthquake occurred on 5 November 1952 at 04:58 local time, triggering a major tsunami that hit Severo-Kurilsk, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR. [5]
On December 26, the massive 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake struck off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The resulting tsunamis killed more than 180,000 people. In addition to the loss of human lives, cultural institutions were destroyed in several Asian nations.
A large, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Humboldt County in Northern California on Thursday morning, prompting a tsunami warning for part of the North Coast.
The first one was a magnitude 6.7 M W earthquake that struck off the coast of Biobío, Chile, at 23:21 on 15 March 2010 at the epicenter, at a depth of 18 kilometres (11 mi). The second earthquake struck on land in the region at 22:58 on 2 April 2010 at 5.9 M W and at a depth of 39 km (24 mi).
In March 2011, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck off the Sanriku coast, setting off a 10 metres (33 feet) tsunami. The 9.0-magnitude quake near Tohoku was comparable in scale to undersea seismic events near Indonesia in 2004 (3rd largest on record) and near Chile in 2010 (6th largest). [13]
This Oklahoma woman had her tiny home stolen off her property — cinder blocks, cut wires, crushed cables are all that remain. Now she’s offering $500 reward for identity of thieves.
On 5 May 2023, a M JMA 6.5 or M w 6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It was located 49 kilometres (30 miles) northeast of Anamizu , Hōsu District , with the town of Suzu closest to the epicenter.
DALTON − P. Graham Dunn plans a "shutdown" that will permanently lay off 92 employees at its retail and manufacturing facility, according to a mass layoff notice filed with the state.