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Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [1] and the updated Engdahl, van der Hilst and Buland earthquake catalog, [2] which is complete to December 2005. From January 2006, earthquake locations are from the United States Geological Survey 's Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE) [ 3 ] monthly listing.
Earthquakes (6.0+ M w) between 1900 and 2017 Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.They range from weak events detectable only by seismometers, to sudden and violent events lasting many minutes which have caused some of the greatest disasters in human history.
Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018. The apparent 3D volumes of the bubbles are linearly proportional to their respective fatalities. [1] The following is a summary of significant earthquakes during the 21st century.
From China, to Iran to Haiti and Japan, there have been a number of terrible earthquakes in reecnt years A timeline of world’s strongest earthquakes over the last 20 years Skip to main content
About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. ... according to records going back to 1900. ... The largest earthquake in U.S. history ...
1994 Northern California earthquake [23] April 14, 1995: Texas: 5.7 M w 0: 1995 Marathon earthquake: June 10, 1996: Alaska 7.9 M wc: 0 [24] September 25, 1998: Pennsylvania: 5.2 mb Lg: 0: 1998 Pymatuning earthquake: October 16, 1999: California: 7.1 M w 0: 1999 Hector Mine earthquake: December 6, 1999: Alaska 7.0 M w 0 [25] January 10, 2001 ...
A 7.1 magnitude quake hit central Mexico, killing at least 369 people and causing more devastation in the capital than any temblor since an earthquake in 1985 that killed thousands. 24 August 2016 ...
Earthquake April 29 1904 400 1904 Sichuan earthquake China August 30 1905 20,000+ 1905 Kangra earthquake: India April 4 1906 15,000 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: Hong Kong,China Tropical cyclone September 18 1907 12,000–15,000 1907 Qaratog earthquake: Uzbekistan Earthquake October 21 1908 75,000–82,000 1908 Messina earthquake: Italy December 28 1909