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Worldwide, there are on average about 16 major earthquakes in any given year, 15 in the magnitude 7.0 range and one 8.0 or greater, according to records going back to 1900.
Throughout the year, earthquakes killed 607 people, making 2024 the least deadliest year for earthquakes since 2020. The vast majority of the year's fatalities were attributed to a M w 7.5 earthquake that struck the west coast of Honshu in Japan immediately after 2024 began, which was also the strongest event of the year and the deadliest in ...
'Very unusual' earthquake activity. Rémy Bossu, the secretary-general of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, which analyzes earthquakes in the region, explained to CNN the recent ...
Another 1.8 magnitude earthquake was confirmed, this time in Coronaca, just below the surface of the ground at 8:50 a.m. A 2.1 magnitude earthquake was confirmed in Coronaca at a depth of about 4. ...
The following is a list of significant earthquakes from 2021–2030, listing earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above, or which caused human fatalities. Deaths due to earthquake-caused tsunamis are included.
0.8 IV It is the largest earthquake to hit the state since 2014. [332] On Hutchinson Island, the earthquake caused land to slump into the Savannah River, seriously damaging the parking garage of a dock situated above. [333] — — 19 [334] Japan, Ishikawa, 61 km (38 mi) north northeast of Nanao: 5.1 10.0 VI
Around 900 earthquakes hit the south of the country on Monday 13 November, with tens of thousands of tremors reported in the region of Reykjanes in recent weeks.
2021 Chignik earthquake: 2 8.1 0 New Zealand, Kermadec Islands offshore VIII (Severe) 26.5 March 4: 2021 Kermadec Islands earthquakes: 2 8.1 0 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore VII (Very strong) 22.8 August 12: 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes: 4 7.7 0 New Caledonia offshore, southeast of the Loyalty Islands: IV ...