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The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin time, location and earthquake magnitude) and fatality information from several sources. 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.
Holidaymaker Nadia Cryer shares what she experienced during the devastating quake that struck Morocco.Over 2,000 people have been killed and at least 2,059 people injured after the near-7 ...
A magnitude 8.4 earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia on September 12 at a depth of 34 km (21 mi). 25 people were killed, 161 people were injured and a 7.5 foot (2.27 metres) tsunami was generated. [26] A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia on September 13 at a depth of 35.0 km (21.7 mi
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck New Britain, Papua New Guinea on October 17 at a depth of 32 km. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Vanuatu on October 18 at a depth of 115 km. A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Ica Region, Peru on October 20 at a depth of 23 km. Minor damage to some houses at Pisco.
The Interior Ministry said 2,012 people had been killed and 2,059 injured, including 1,404 in critical condition. Morocco earthquake kills more than 2,000 people, survivors sleep rough Skip to ...
With hope fading to find survivors, stretched rescue teams toiled through the night in Turkey and Syria, searching for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a ...
The earthquake occurred on Tuesday, August 16, 2005, and affected Japan's northeastern coast. It triggered a tsunami warning, and buildings shook 200 miles away in the capital, Tokyo. It was initially estimated to have a moment magnitude of 6.8, and the United States Geological Survey later declared it as a 7.2. [1]
A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet’s holiest cities on Tuesday, killing at least 126 people and flattening hundreds of houses and causing ...