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Up to 66,900 people died from earthquakes in 2023, the highest death toll for earthquakes since 2010. At least 59,488 people died in the Turkey–Syria doublets of February, which dominated world headlines because of its extensive devastation; the first mainshock was also the largest earthquake of the year at M w 7.8.
On 6 February 2023, at 04:17 TRT (01:17 UTC), a M w 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The epicenter was 37 km (23 mi) west–northwest of Gaziantep. [2] The earthquake had a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme) around the epicenter and in Antakya.
March 18, 2023 17:12 Near the coast of Ecuador see 2023 Guayas earthquake-2.837 -79.844 18 6.8 M w (USGS) Centered 8km NNW of Baláo, Ecuador, at a depth of 65.8km. [98] March 21, 2023 16:47 Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan see 2023 Badakhshan earthquake: 36.523 70.979 21 6.5 M w (USGS) Centered 40km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan, at a depth of 187 ...
This is South Carolina’s 25th confirmed earthquake in 2023, ... In all, 96 earthquakes have hit the Columbia area since a 3.3-magnitude quake was recorded Dec. 27, 2021, according to the DNR. ...
On 18 December 2023 at around 23:59:30 CST, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9–6.2 struck Jishishan County, in Gansu Province, China. [2] The shallow thrust faulting earthquake struck a densely populated area on the border between the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai.
At 16:14 PST (08:14 UTC) on November 17, 2023, the province of Sarangani on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines was struck by an earthquake measuring 6.7 M ww. It had a maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. At least eleven people were killed and another 730 were treated for injuries.
Tuesday 14 November 2023 23:15, Maira Butt Threats of an eruption have caused thousands of earthquakes i n the last few days, but Mark Gongloff for Bloomberg writes that fossil fuels are still a ...
A major earthquake measuring 7.4 hit Taiwan early Wednesday, killing 9 and injuring at least 1,000. A 7.4 earthquake is exponentially more destructive than the 4.8 quake that struck central New ...