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Florida: 5.9 M wc 0: 2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake: October 15, 2006: Hawaii: 6.7 M d 0: 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake: October 30, 2007: California: 5.5 M w 0: 2007 Alum Rock earthquake: February 21, 2008: Nevada: 5.9 M w 0: 2008 Wells earthquake: April 18, 2008: Illinois: 5.2 M w 0: 2008 Illinois earthquake: July 29, 2008: California: 5.4 M w 0 ...
Earthquakes in 2008 resulted in about 88,011 fatalities. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake was the deadliest with 87,587 fatalities, and also the largest at 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale . Other significant earthquakes struck Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Russia, Japan, Colombia, and other parts of China.
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 2019, for instance, Florida recorded at least nine small earthquakes, mostly in the 2.0 magnitude range. In 2020, a 4.4 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Escambia County.
So California had to be "extra" and experience a hurriquake. Could that ever happen here?
In 1879, the largest recorded earthquake in Florida measured in at a 4.4 magnitude possibly centered in the Palatka area on the border of Putnam and Marion County in North Central Florida. The ...
Three earthquakes struck California between July 4 and July 5. The main earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude, as two others were 5.4 and 6.4 magnitudes. At least one was killed and several others were injured. The main earthquake was the strongest earthquake to hit the region in 20 years. [28] 2019 Hurricane: 84 killed, 245 missing $5.1 billion ...
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.