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Worldwide, there are on average about 16 major earthquakes in any given year, 15 in the magnitude 7.0 range and one 8.0 or greater, according to records going back to 1900.
One person injured [55] and many buildings damaged in Almaty, Kazakhstan. [56] - 1 4 [57] Turkey, Çanakkale, 21 km (13 mi) northeast of Hamdibey: 4.3 15.0 IV One person killed after jumping from a building in Nilüfer. [58] 1 - 5 [59] Macquarie Island region 6.1 10.0 - Aftershock of the 6.8 earthquake two days prior. - - 8 [60]
Strong shaking was felt in Reno and Carson City, Nevada, on Monday afternoon after a large earthquake jolted the region. The USGS reports a magnitude 5.8 earthquake around 3:08 p.m., which ...
The country has been shaken by more than 800 small earthquakes today alone, prompting fears that the tremors could disrupt the Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula in the southwest of ...
The following is a list of significant earthquakes from 2021–2030, listing earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above, or which caused human fatalities. Deaths due to earthquake-caused tsunamis are included.
2021 Chignik earthquake: 2 8.1 0 New Zealand, Kermadec Islands offshore VIII (Severe) 26.5 March 4: 2021 Kermadec Islands earthquakes: 2 8.1 0 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore VII (Very strong) 22.8 August 12: 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes: 4 7.7 0 New Caledonia offshore, southeast of the Loyalty Islands: IV ...
In 2011, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake near Mineral, Virginia, shook East Coast residents over a wide swath from Georgia to Maine and even southeastern Canada. The USGS called it one of the most ...
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings – later followed by seismotomography imaging technique, [1] observations using space satellites from outer space, [2] artificial intelligence (AI)-based early earthquake warnings [3] – they rely mainly ...