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This is a list of earthquakes in 2012. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Two huge 8 magnitude earthquakes (8.6 and 8.2) struck Indonesia in April, but caused little damage, and no tsunami.
1992 St. George earthquake [22] March 25, 1993: Oregon: 5.6 M d 0: 1993 Scotts Mills earthquake: September 20, 1993: Oregon: 6.0 M d 2: 1993 Klamath Falls earthquakes: January 17, 1994: California: 6.7 M w 57: 1994 Northridge earthquake: September 1, 1994: California 7.0 M w 0 1994 Northern California earthquake [23] April 14, 1995: Texas: 5.7 ...
The PNSN, in conjunction with the Cascades Volcano Observatory of the USGS, now monitors seismicity at all the Cascade volcanoes in Washington and Oregon. The network was significantly expanded after the damaging 2001 Nisqually earthquake. After an earthquake on January 30, 2009, the network's emergency notification system failed. [1]
An earthquake shook off the Oregon coast Wednesday afternoon. The earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean, more than 170 miles west of Bandon, Oregon at 1:15 p.m. local time, according to the U.S ...
Thanks to the Great Oregon ShakeOut drill, earthquakes are top of mind for Oregonians, but why should we prepare? Frequently asked questions about Oregon quakes.
An earthquake ruptured off California on Thursday morning, briefly triggering a tsunami warning for the coast of Northern California and southern Oregon. The earthquake, a magnitude-7.0 temblor ...
Pages in category "Natural disasters in Oregon" ... 1700 Cascadia earthquake; ... January 2012 Pacific Northwest snowstorm; K.
Another notable intraslab earthquake in the Puget Sound region was the magnitude 6.8 2001 Nisqually earthquake. Intraslab earthquakes in Cascadia occur in areas where the subducting plate has high curvature. [13] Much of the seismicity that occurs off the coast of northern California is due to intraplate deformation within the Gorda plate.