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Includes country profiles, disaster profiles and a disaster list. "Natural Hazard Information from the Coastal Ocean Institute". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Particularly including articles on tsunamis, hurricanes and other storms. "Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System".
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.
Megathrust earthquakes by country (16 C) Seismic zones by country (7 C, 1 P) A. Earthquakes in Afghanistan (25 P) Earthquakes in Algeria (13 P) Earthquakes in ...
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 ...
Earthquakes can rattle large swathes of the country. Here's what causes the geologic phenomenon. ... Will earthquakes happen more frequently? In January, the USGS estimated that nearly 75% of the ...
Earthquakes by country (78 C) Floods by country (56 C) Landslides by country (21 C) Tsunamis by country (35 C) Volcanic eruptions by country (8 C) Weather events by ...
The National Earthquake Information Center estimates that around 12,000–14,000 earthquakes occur each year around the world, but only a small minority are felt by humans on the surface.
In its most general sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event that generates seismic waves. Earthquakes can occur naturally or be induced by human activities, such as mining, fracking, and nuclear tests. The initial point of rupture is called the hypocenter or focus, while the ground level directly above it is the epicenter.