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"World Bank's Hazard Risk Management". World Bank. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09 "Disaster News Network". Archived from the original on 2006-11-05 US news site focused on disaster-related news. "EM-DAT International Disaster Database". Archived from the original on 2008-08-11
Pages in category "Lists of earthquakes by country" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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.
About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center.Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong ...
Taiwan and its surrounding waters have registered about 2,000 earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.0 or greater since 1980, and more than 100 earthquakes with a magnitude above 5.5, according to the ...
This category includes articles on individual earthquakes, listed by the country in which the epicenter occurred. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Earthquakes by country . Subcategories
The map and accompanying study offer precise information about the regions most at risk of earthquakes, and which types of quakes are likely to occur. The scientists also learned more about places ...
Between 2000 and 2010 over half a million people died due to earthquakes and tsunamis, [2] most of these in the developing world, where risks increase due to rapid population growth and urbanization. [3] However, in many earthquake-prone regions no risk models exist, and even where models do exist, they are inaccessible. Better risk-awareness ...