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The agency listed the magnitude of the initial earthquake at 7.2. Seismology official Wu Chien-fu said it was Taiwan’s strongest earthquake since 1999, when a 7.6-magnitude tremor killed about ...
On 3 April 2024, at 07:58:11 NST (23:58:11 UTC on 2 April), a M w 7.4 earthquake struck 15 km (9.3 mi) [5] south of Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. At least 19 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured in the earthquake. It is the strongest earthquake in Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake, [6] with three aftershocks above M w 6.0.
The earthquake struck some 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) off the western coast of Efate. [7] The United States Geological Survey (USGS) placed the earthquake at M w 7.3 with a depth of 54.4 kilometres (33.8 mi). The focal mechanism indicated oblique-normal faulting.
Local date: 11 January 1693 (): Local time: 21:00 [1] [2]: Duration: 4 minutes: Magnitude: 7.4 M w: Epicenter: 3] The exact location of the epicentre remains uncertain: Areas affected: Southern Italy (notably Sicily) and Malta [4]: Max. intensity: MMI XI (Extreme) [5]: Tsunami: 5–10-metre high waves devastated the coastal villages on the Ionian Sea and in the Straits of Messina. (Ambraseys ...
The largest recorded earthquake in the region was of magnitude 7.9 in December 1950, about 86km southwest of Port Vila. USGS data showed that Vanuatu was hit by six aftershocks following the ...
It is thought that earthquakes of magnitude 7.0–7.5 are expected to occur off the coast every 40 years, even after the 2011 earthquake aftershocks sequence have ended. [17] It was estimated prior to the occurrence of the earthquake, that there was a 60–70% chance that a magnitude 7.0–7.5 earthquake could occur within the Pacific plate as ...
An earthquake struck the Mexican state of Oaxaca at 10:29 local time on June 23, 2020, with a magnitude of 7.4 M w. [2] The epicenter was 19 miles (31 km) from San Miguel del Puerto and 7.5 miles (12.1 km) south-southwest of Santa María Zapotitlán.
The 2007 Martinique earthquake took place on November 29, 2007, at 15:00:19 local time in the Windward Islands region, underneath the Martinique Passage.It was a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that occurred 18 km (11 mi) west northwest from Basse-Pointe, Martinique.