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An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck the Alaska Peninsula region early on Sunday morning, with a tsunami warning issued but later withdrawn.. According to the United States Geological Survey ...
The National Weather Service said that the tsunami warning that extended along 500 miles (800 km) of the California and Oregon coasts was called off about 90 minutes after the earthquake struck at ...
The April 4 quake was the second largest earthquake in Baja California history after the 1892 Laguna Salada earthquake at a magnitude of 7.2–7.8 on the Richter magnitude scale, and was well recorded in Southern California, especially in the Imperial valley.
On 3 April 2024, at 07:58:11 NST (23:58:11 UTC on 2 April), a M w 7.4 earthquake struck 15 km (9.3 mi) [5] south of Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. At least 18 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured in the earthquake. It is the strongest earthquake in Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake, [6] with three aftershocks above M w 6.0.
The 2013 Bohol earthquake occurred on October 15 at 8:12:31 PST in Bohol, an island province located in Central Visayas, Philippines. [9] The magnitude of the earthquake was recorded at M w 7.2, with epicenter 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) S 24° W of Sagbayan, and its depth of focus was 12 kilometres (7.5 mi).
The U.S. Geological Survey said Saturday's quake is "significantly stronger" than the one in 2010 that left about 300,000 people dead.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California at 10:44 a.m. PST, with shaking felt across the region. The epicenter was 39 miles west of Petrolia, California, and was very ...
Although magnitude estimates for the 1959 earthquake vary (the United States Geological Survey recorded the quake at both 7.3 [11] and 7.5, [12] now calculated by the ISC as 7.2 M w [1]) the 1959 earthquake is comparable to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as one of the strongest earthquakes in North America, [6] [page needed] behind the 1964 ...