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The earthquake measured 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale that started 25 kilometers (16 mi) south of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi). [14] It occurred at 22:40 UTC (1540 local time) on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010, and it is said to have lasted about a minute and 29 seconds. [3]
The initial earthquake was preceded by a foreshock and followed by several aftershocks, four above magnitude 5, including a M5.8 aftershock at a 4 km (2.5 mi) depth on April 14. [55] Only shocks with magnitude 4.0 or higher are listed. Shocks with magnitude 5.5 or higher are highlighted in light blue.
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand, on December 26. [211] A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Fiji islands on December 28. [212] A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Vanuatu on December 29. [213] A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Poland on December 30. Three miners were killed by falling rocks. [214] [215]
By RYAN GORMAN A massive earthquake that struck the Bay Area on October 17, 1989 forever changed the region, and potentially altered the course of baseball history. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta ...
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck offshore of Chile 80 km (50 mi) west northwest of Iquique on March 17 at a depth of 21.0 km (13.0 mi). This was an aftershock of the Magnitude 6.7 quake. [34] A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 114 km (71 mi) east southeast of Mohean on March 21 at a depth of 21.5 km (13.4 mi). [35]
2010 Yushu earthquake: The death toll from the earthquake in China which occurred on Wednesday has risen to 1144, officials have announced. Another 417 people are reported to be unaccounted for. Premier Wen Jiabao travels to the earthquake zone, having postponed a scheduled visit to Brunei, Indonesia and Myanmar.
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Jalisco, Mexico on April 4 at a depth of 33 km. A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa, Pakistan on April 4 at a depth of 10 km. At least 28 people were injured and several houses damaged or destroyed at Battagram. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Fiji on April 7 at a depth of ...
The 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes (Spanish: Terremoto de Pichilemu de 2010), also known as the Libertador O'Higgins earthquakes, were a pair of intraplate earthquakes measuring 6.9 and 7.0 M w that struck Chile's O'Higgins Region on 11 March 2010 about 16 minutes apart. The earthquakes were centred 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of the city of ...