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This is a list of earthquakes in 2012. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Two huge 8 magnitude earthquakes (8.6 and 8.2) struck Indonesia in April, but caused little damage, and no tsunami.
2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake – magnitude 7.8 earthquake with an epicenter on Moresby Island in British Columbia, the second largest Canadian earthquake ever recorded by a seismometer, over 100,000 people were evacuated to higher ground in the state of Hawai'i
December 5, 2012 17:08 Eastern Iran see 2012 Zohan earthquake: 33.490 59.554 8 dead 1 missing 5.6 M w (USGS) Centred 73 km NNE of Birjand, Iran, at a depth of 5.6 km. [66] December 7, 2012 08:18 Off the east coast of Honshu, Japan see 2012 Kamaishi earthquake: 37.889 144.090 3 7.3 M w (USGS) Centred 245 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan, at a depth of ...
The 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes were magnitude 8.6 and 8.2 M w undersea earthquakes that struck near the Indonesian province of Aceh on 11 April at 15:38 local time. Initially, authorities feared that the initial earthquake would cause a tsunami and warnings were issued across the Indian Ocean; however, these warnings were subsequently cancelled.
The largest earthquake in U.S. history was the 1964 Good Friday quake in Alaska, a 9.2 magnitude temblor that killed 131 people. It lasted four and a half minutes and ran along the Aleutian fault.
A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.
The 2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake occurred just after 8:04 p.m. PDT on October 27.The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of V (Moderate).The earthquake's epicentre was on Moresby Island of the Haida Gwaii archipelago (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands).
7.4-magnitude earthquake is Taiwan’s largest in 25 years At least nine people have died and more than 730 others were injured after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck on the east coast of Taiwan ...