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2006 Kuril Islands earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 8.3 earthquake, no injuries or fatalities anywhere; 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 8.0 earthquake with an epicenter 120 miles (190 km) southwest of American Samoa generated tsunami waves up to 16 feet (5 m), killing 34 people in American Samoa and causing extensive damage [39]
A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.
Lasting four minutes and thirty-eight seconds, the magnitude 9.2–9.3 megathrust earthquake remains the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America, [2] [4] and the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the world since modern seismography began in 1900. [5]
Modern research has estimated that the quake was between 6.0 and 6.3 on the Richter scale, and the United States Geological Survey lists it as the largest earthquake in the history of Massachusetts. [6] Scientists are unclear on the causes of this and other quakes in the northeastern United States.
Those were the two largest quakes to hit South Carolina in nearly a decade. ... 105 earthquakes have hit the Columbia area since a 3.3-magnitude quake was recorded Dec. 27, 2021, according to the ...
M I (Johnston, 1996) Believed to be the largest earthquake ever to strike the east coast. USGS February 23, 1887 06:30 local time Liguria, Italy. 1887 Liguria earthquake. 43.78 8.07 600–3,000 6.3–7.5 M w The earthquake caused severe damage along the Ligurian coast and caused the town of Bussana Vecchia to be abandoned. [141] [142] September ...
The earthquake reportedly occurred in Malibu, west of Los Angeles, at 2:15 p.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor, which was recorded at a depth of nearly 6 miles ...
2008 Sichuan earthquake China: May 12: 12 2009: 8.1: 192: 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami Samoa: September 29: 17 2010: 8.8: 525: 2010 Chile earthquake Chile: February 27: 22 2011: 9.0–9.1: 19,759: 2011 TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami Japan: March 11: 20 2012: 8.6: 10: 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes Indonesia, Indian Ocean: April 11: 17 2013: ...