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2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake – magnitude 7.8 earthquake with an epicenter on Moresby Island in British Columbia, the second largest Canadian earthquake ever recorded by a seismometer, over 100,000 people were evacuated to higher ground in the state of Hawai'i
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.
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 discoveries of Earth's tectonic plates, [1] seismotomography imaging technique, [2] observations using space satellites from outer space, [3] artificial intelligence (AI)-based ...
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. ...
Pages in category "Lists of earthquakes in the United States" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Earthquakes in Washington (state) (7 P) This page was last edited on 2 May 2020, at 03:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...
The following list compiles known earthquakes that have caused one or more fatalities since 1900. The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin time, location and earthquake magnitude) and fatality information from several sources. Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [1] and the updated Engdahl, van ...
In Egypt, three people were killed and one was injured when an apartment building partially collapsed in Damietta. [39] The earthquake triggered a tsunami which reached heights of 10 cm (0.33 ft). [40] 3 1 11 [41] United States, Alaska, Fox Islands offshore, 100 km (62 mi) southeast of Nikolski: 6.8 20.0 VI