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Lists, Maps, and Statistics at United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake history of the United States through 1970 at USGS; Earthquake Data and Information at National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Thomas Fuller; Anjali Singhvi; Mika Gröndahl; Derek Watkins (June 4, 2019). "Buildings Can Be Designed to Withstand Earthquakes.
From January 2006, earthquake locations are from the United States Geological Survey's Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE) [3] monthly listing. Preferred magnitudes are moment magnitudes taken from the Global Centroid Moment Tensor Database and its predecessor, the Harvard Centroid Moment Tensor Database. Where these magnitude ...
Rat Islands, Alaska, United States 1965 Rat Islands earthquake: 8.7 9 August 15, 1950: Assam, India – Tibet, China 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake: 8.6–8.7 [38] 10 April 1, 1946: Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake: 8.6 11 March 28, 2005: Sumatra, Indonesia 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake: 8.6 12 March 9, 1957
The 2011 TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami became the costliest natural disaster, resulting in approximately $360 billion in property damage at the time, followed by the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which resulted in $163.6 billion and $150 billion in damage, respectively.
Since March 5, 11 earthquakes have occurred in the commonwealth, with ten below a 2.0 magnitude. The most recent earthquake over a 3.0 magnitude was on May 29, 2023 near Calhoun in McLean County.
United States Tropical cyclone September 9 1901 9,500 1901 eastern United States heat wave: United States Heat wave June–July 1902 29,000 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: Martinique Volcanic eruption April–August 1903 3,500 1903 Manzikert earthquake: Turkey Earthquake April 29 1904 400 1904 Sichuan earthquake China August 30 1905 20,000+
On April 18, 1906, San Franciscans were awoken at 5:11 a.m. by what would become the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history.
The main earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude, as two others were 5.4 and 6.4 magnitudes. ... Deadliest firestorm in United States history 1862 Flood >5,000 $100 million ...