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A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Chile, near Valparaíso, on April 17, at a depth of 37 km. [51] One person died of a heart attack and another due to the loss of power at a local hospital. [citation needed] A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, about 137 km north of Lae, on April 17 at a depth of 208.2 km. [52]
The earthquakes in this area primarily occur on buried faults between the Amarillo Uplift and the Anadarko Basin. [3]: 24 An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5–6.0 is expected to occur every 50–100 years in the Texas Panhandle, while an earthquake with a magnitude greater than 6.0 is expected to occur every 300 years. [5]
The earthquake may have been caused by movement along oblique-slip faulting in West Texas, the most seismically active region in the state. Shaking from the earthquake was perceptible within a 400 mi (640 km) radius of the epicenter, affecting four U.S. states and northern Mexico.
The earthquake happened around 3:27 a.m. MT, nearly 24 miles southwest of Mentone, Texas.
No damage was reported in El Paso. Several adobe buildings in Juarez were cracked from roof to ground by the quakes and a vacant building collapsed. El Paso history 1931: Multiple earthquakes rock ...
An agricultural community in Imperial County experienced a 4.8 earthquake and more than 180 smaller aftershocks. A midnight 4.8 earthquake followed by a cluster of aftershocks rocks the El Centro area
Pages in category "2012 earthquakes" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... 2012 El Salvador earthquake; 2012 Gippsland earthquake;
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake and 7.5 magnitude aftershock flattened buildings, killing and injuring thousands. ‘Like the apocalypse’: Videos show devastation after huge earthquakes in Turkey ...