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Map showing epicenters of M≥5 earthquakes up to February 4, 2020, in the 2019–2020 Puerto Rico swarm sequence of earthquakes. The region has been seismically active since ancient times. The Great Northern and Great Southern fault zones that cross the main island of Puerto Rico laterally have been active since the Eocene epoch.
2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes. Starting on December 28, 2019, [7] and progressing into 2020, the southwestern part of the island of Puerto Rico was struck by an earthquake swarm, [8] including 11 that were of magnitude 5 or greater. [9] The largest and most damaging of this sequence was a magnitude 6.4 Mw, which occurred on January 7 at 04: ...
Limited, localized. The 2010 Aguas Buenas earthquake, also referred to as the 2010 Christmas Eve earthquake (Spanish: Temblor de Nochebuena de 2010), occurred on December 24 at 7:43 p.m. local time in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. [1] It measured 5.1 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong).
0–9. 1787 Boricua earthquake. 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami. 1918 San Fermín earthquake. 2010 Aguas Buenas earthquake. 2010 Moca earthquake. 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes.
1970 Ancash earthquake: Peru: 31 May 1970 7 ... Puerto Rico see 1918 San Fermín earthquake: 18.47 −67.63 116 ... see 1979 Tumaco earthquake: 1.598 −79.358 600
1979 Imperial Valley earthquake – magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicenter less than 1 km inside Mexico – significant damage and injuries on both sides of the border (60 in the US) 2010 Baja California earthquake (Mexico near S California) – magnitude 7.2 earthquake, 4 fatalities and 100 injuries, none in the United States
31[ 102 ][ 103 ][ 104 ] Peru, off the north coast. 7.9. 45.0. X. Deadliest event of 1970. The 1970 Ancash earthquake was the worst disaster in Peruvian history. 66,794 people died and 50,000 were injured. A large part of the destruction was caused by an avalanche. Many homes were damaged or destroyed.
It's been an unusually active year for earthquakes in Los Angeles, as Thursday morning's magnitude 4.7 Malibu temblor shows. ... On New Year's Day in 1979, a magnitude 5.2 quake hit about 8 miles ...