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A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt widely across the nation's second largest city Friday and shook things off shelves near the epicenter in a small mountain community east of Los Angeles, but ...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported at 2 a.m. Wednesday about 10 miles off the coast of Malibu and was widely felt throughout Los Angeles County.
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattled Southern California on Friday morning, less than a week after a magnitude 4.1 New Year's temblor that shook attendees at the Rose Parade in Pasadena.. The ...
Millions of minor earthquakes occur every year worldwide, equating to hundreds every hour every day. [15] On the other hand, earthquakes of magnitude ≥8.0 occur about once a year, on average. [15] The largest recorded earthquake was the Great Chilean earthquake of May 22, 1960, which had a magnitude of 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale. [16]
The recurrence interval for a series of large earthquakes starting in 1899 (including the 5.9 1937 Terwilliger Valley earthquake) was 18, 5, 14, 5, 12, 14, and 19 years, yet there has not been a strong earthquake for 37 years (since the 1987 Superstition Hills and Elmore Ranch sequence).
Throughout the year, earthquakes killed 607 people, making 2024 the least deadliest year for earthquakes since 2020. The vast majority of the year's fatalities were attributed to a M w 7.5 earthquake that struck the west coast of Honshu in Japan immediately after 2024 began, which was also the strongest event of the year and the deadliest in ...
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VII (Very Strong) 40.0 December 2: December 2023 Mindanao earthquake: 3 7.6 0 Indonesia, Maluku offshore VI (Strong) 105.2 January 9 - 3 7.6 0 Tonga, Niuatoputapu offshore VI (Strong) 210.1 May 10 - 6 7.5 - Turkey, Kahramanmaraş: XI (Extreme) 7.4 February 6: 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes: 7 7.2 0 Tonga, Tongatapu offshore VI (Strong) 167.4 ...