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This category includes articles about individual earthquakes, listed by the continent in which the epicenter occurred. This is a container category . Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories .
One of the most devastating earthquakes in recorded history was the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake, which occurred on 23 January 1556 in Shaanxi, China. More than 830,000 people died. [2] Most houses in the area were yaodongs—dwellings carved out of loess hillsides—and many victims were killed when these structures collapsed.
The United States typically has around 63 earthquakes between magnitude 5.0 and 5.9 each year, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, about five between 6.0 and 6.9 and fewer than one between 7. ...
A type of seismic zone is a Wadati–Benioff zone which corresponds with the down-going slab in a subduction zone. [2] The world's greatest seismic belt, known as the Circum-Pacific seismic belt, [3] is where a majority of the Earth's quakes occur.
Earthquakes in South Africa (5 P) Earthquakes in South Korea (5 P) Earthquakes in Spain (14 P) Earthquakes in Switzerland (6 P) Earthquakes in Syria (1 C, 18 P) T.
Earthquakes are common on the West Coast, with multiple plate boundaries like the San Andreas fault making geologic activity more likely. They are rarer on the East Coast, but they do happen .
List of earthquakes in Samoa; List of earthquakes in Saudi Arabia; List of earthquakes in Slovenia; List of earthquakes in the Solomon Islands archipelago; List of earthquakes in South Africa; List of earthquakes in South Korea; List of earthquakes in Spain; List of earthquakes in Switzerland
Pages in category "Earthquakes in Africa" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.