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2021 Chignik earthquake § October 2020 [33] July 29, 2021: Alaska 8.2 M w 0 2021 Chignik earthquake [34] December 20, 2022: California 6.4 M w: 2 2022 Ferndale earthquake [35] April 5, 2024: New Jersey 4.8 M w: 0 2024 New Jersey earthquake [36] December 5, 2024: California 7.0 M w: 0 2024 Cape Mendocino earthquake [37]
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Chile, near Valparaíso, on April 17, at a depth of 37 km. [51] One person died of a heart attack and another due to the loss of power at a local hospital. [citation needed] A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, about 137 km north of Lae, on April 17 at a depth of 208.2 km. [52]
see 2012 Zohan earthquake: 33.490 59.554 8 dead 1 missing 5.6 M w (USGS) Centred 73 km NNE of Birjand, Iran, at a depth of 5.6 km. [66] December 7, 2012 08:18 Off the east coast of Honshu, Japan see 2012 Kamaishi earthquake: 37.889 144.090 3 7.3 M w (USGS) Centred 245 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan, at a depth of 36.1 km. [67] December 10, 2012 16:53 ...
The 2021 Haiti earthquake was the largest to strike the country since the 1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake. More than 138,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed, most of them in Les Cayes and Nippes. 2,248 people were killed, 12,763 others were injured and 329 people remained missing. It is the deadliest earthquake of 2021. [338] 2,248 12,763 16 [339]
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 ...
Nearly 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated map from the U.S. Geological Survey. ... But that same risk level ...
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.
Feeling the earth move under one's feet can be unsettling, even in places like California, where it's a natural and fairly common occurrence. But far more disconcerting is when major tremors in ...