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The 2003 San Simeon earthquake struck at 11:15 PST (19:15 UTC) on December 22 on the Central Coast of California, about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of San Simeon.Probably centered in the Oceanic fault zone within the Santa Lucia Mountains, it was caused by thrust faulting and the rupture propagated southeast from the hypocenter for 12 miles (19 km).
This is a list of earthquakes in 2003. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage and/or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) time.
The 2003 Chengkung earthquake occurred on 10 December. During the earthquake, deformation also took place on the fault. The aftershocks created a fault-vend which is 18 km deep. It had a moment magnitude of 6.8. It triggered landslides, rock falls and damaged infrastructures in the area. [15]
The April 29, 2003 earthquake centered near Fort Payne, Alabama was felt over a wide area and received extensive media coverage. [ 10 ] Two fault zones are found in Alabama, the Southern Appalachian seismic zone (also known as the Eastern Tennessee seismic zone ) in northeast and central Alabama, and the Bahamas Fracture seismic zone in ...
But most of those ancient faults are no longer active, and it’s more likely that the quakes near Lake Lanier are occurring on minor, unmapped faults in the area, Chapman said in an emailed response.
For example, a fault outside of Kalamazoo was revealed after a 4.2-magnitude earthquake in 2015 — the state's largest since a 4.6-magnitude quake along the same fault in Coldwater in 1947.
One 2017 research paper, conducted by scientists in Europe, found that hydroseismicity can contribute to earthquakes. The study indicated that some of 121 earthquake swarms documented over a 24 ...
The 2003 Bachu earthquake occurred on 24 February at 10:03 local time in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in northwest China. The epicentre was located near to the town of Jiashi and Bachu County , approximately 105 km east of Kashgar and 310 km west of Aksu .