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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 historical Burro Schmidt Tunnel is located in the El Paso Mountains of the northern Mojave Desert, in eastern Kern County, southern California. It is a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) mining tunnel dug with hand tools and dynamite over a 38-year period by William "Burro" H. Schmidt (1871–1954). [2] in the El Paso Mountains of eastern California.
The earthquake happened around 3:27 a.m. MT, nearly 24 miles southwest of Mentone, Texas.
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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;
Moderately damaging earthquakes strike between New York and Wilmington, Delaware, about twice a century, the USGS said, and smaller earthquakes are felt in the region roughly every two to three years.