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The last known great earthquake in the northwest was the 1700 Cascadia earthquake, 325 years ago. Geological evidence indicates that great earthquakes (> magnitude 8.0) may have occurred sporadically at least seven times in the last 3,500 years, suggesting a return time of about 500 years.
2018 Anchorage earthquake: July 4, 2019: California 6.4 M w 1 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes: July 5, 2019: California: 7.1 M w 0: 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes: March 18, 2020: Utah 5.7 M w 0 2020 Salt Lake City earthquake: March 31, 2020: Idaho 6.5 M ww 0 2020 Central Idaho earthquake: May 15, 2020: Nevada 6.5 M L 0 2020 Monte Cristo Range ...
First supershear earthquake observed in an oceanic plate boundary 2015-04-24 South of Haida Gwaii: 51.62 -130.77 0 0 6.2 V 2012-11-08 West of Vancouver Island 49.23 -128.48 0 0 6.1 IV [9] 2012-10-30 Haida Gwaii: 52.37 -131.90 0 0 6.2 Aftershock of 7.8 earthquake [10] 2012-10-28 Haida Gwaii 52.67 -132.60 0 0 6.3 V Aftershock of 7.8 earthquake [11]
A fault off the Pacific coast could devastate Washington, Oregon and Northern California with a major earthquake and tsunami. Researchers mapped it comprehensively for the first time.
A small earthquake shook homes along the southern stretch of the Tri-Cities on Friday night. At around 9:20 p.m. a 2.8 magnitude earthquake was registered two miles from Richland by the Pacific ...
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 36.1 km. [67] December 10, 2012 16:53 ...
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Chile, near Valparaíso, on April 17, at a depth of 37 km. [51] One person died of a heart attack and another due to the loss of power at a local hospital. [citation needed] A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, about 137 km north of Lae, on April 17 at a depth of 208.2 km. [52]