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2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 9.0 earthquake, 15,850–28,000 fatalities and 6,011 injured, one fatality and unknown number of injuries in the United States; 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 ...
1927 Crimean earthquakes United Arab Emirates: 5.0: March 11, 2002 [202] United Kingdom: 6.1 M L: June 7, 1931: 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake United States: 9.2 –9.3 March 27, 1964: 1964 Alaska earthquake U.S. Virgin Islands: 7.2: November 18, 1867: 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami Uruguay: 5.5 M s: June 5, 1888: 1888 Río de la Plata ...
Earthquakes in the New Madrid and Wabash Valley seismic zones from 1974 to 2002, with magnitudes larger than 2.5. The zone had four of the largest earthquakes in recorded North American history, with moment magnitudes estimated to be as large as 7 or greater, all occurring within a 3-month period between December 1811 and February 1812. Many of ...
Throughout the year, earthquakes killed 607 people, making 2024 the least deadliest year for earthquakes since 2020. The vast majority of the year's fatalities were attributed to a M w 7.5 earthquake that struck the west coast of Honshu in Japan immediately after 2024 began, which was also the strongest event of the year and the deadliest in ...
The United States typically has around 63 earthquakes between magnitude 5.0 and 5.9 each year, ... The largest earthquake in U.S. history was the 1964 Good Friday quake in Alaska, ...
United States, Alaska offshore, Aleutian Islands, 105 km southeast of Perryville: 8.2 35.0 VII The 2021 Chignik earthquake was the largest earthquake of 2021; it was also the largest earthquake in the United States since the 1965 Rat Islands earthquake. Moderate damage was reported, with homes shifted from their foundations and cracks in walls ...
An earthquake struck the East Coast of the United States on Friday morning, according to the U.S. ... Simons said this was one of the largest earthquakes in New Jersey in recent history. The last ...
1964 Alaska earthquake: United States, Alaska: March 27, 1964 3 9.0 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake: USSR, Kamchatka: November 5, 1952 4 8.8 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake – Ecuador – Colombia: January 31, 1906 5 8.7 1965 Rat Islands earthquake: United States, Alaska: February 3, 1965 5 8.7 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake-India, Assam ...