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1940 El Centro (M6.9), 1979 Imperial Valley (M6.4) Ierapetra Fault: 40: Crete: Normal fault: Independence Valley fault system: Nevada, United States: Normal fault: Active: 2008 Wells earthquake (M6.0) Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc subduction zone >2800: Micronesia: Subduction zone: Active: 1993 Guam (M7.8) Japan Trench: 1400: Off the coast of ...
Fault system in the vicinity of the 12 January 2010 quake; epicenter is the red circle. A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck southeastern coast of Jamaica in 1692, almost destroying Port Royal; An earthquake struck along the southern coast of Hispaniola in 1751. [4] A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in 1770.
The intraplate earthquake measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale and its epicenter was located about 250 miles (400 km) west-southwest of Anna Maria, Florida. The event was felt throughout much of the Gulf Coast of the United States and was the second earthquake of magnitude 5 or greater in the Gulf during 2006.
In January 1880, Cuba was the center of two strong earthquakes that sent severe shock waves through the city of Key West, Florida. [8] Another earthquake centered outside Florida was the 1886 Charleston earthquake. The shock was felt throughout northern Florida, ringing church bells at St. Augustine and severely jolting other towns along that ...
Currently, about 80% of Utah's population live along the Wasatch Fault, representing the largest earthquake threat in the interior Western U.S. [11] [1] On the west end of Salt Lake Valley is another fault zone called the West Valley fault zone that spans 9 miles (16 km) north-northwest.
Florida Power and Light Company said it restored power to more than 90% of its customers and, as of Sunday, was on track to restore power to all schools by the end of the weekend.
A hole in a 600-mile-long fault line has been discovered at the bottom of the Pacific ocean - and it could be the trigger of a magnitude-9 earthquake on the US coast. Just outside of Oregon ...
The New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid fault line (or fault zone or fault system), is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the Southern and Midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri.