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The San Jacinto Fault Zone and the San Andreas Fault (SAF) accommodate up to 80% of the slip rate between the North American and Pacific plates.The extreme southern portion of the SAF has experienced two moderate events in historical times, while the SJFZ is one of California's most active fault zones and has repeatedly produced both moderate and large events.
The SJFZ is a 244 km (152 mi)-long right-lateral structure that runs parallel to the San Andreas Fault. [2] The SJFZ is southern California's most seismically active fault zone. It was responsible for a large surface-rupturing earthquake in 1968. The fault zone is highly segmented, consisting of seven individually named segments. [3]
The earthquake injured at least 50 people, including 29 in Tainan, 8 in Kaoshiung, 7 in Chiayi City, 4 in Yunlin and 2 in Chiayi County. [15] Power and water outages affected 36,342 households, [ 6 ] including 22,074 in Tainan , 6,923 in Kaoshiung and 3,975 in Chiayi , [ 16 ] although electricity was quickly restored. [ 17 ]
An earthquake centered off the coast of New England Monday morning was felt in the Boston area, Maine and Pennsylvania. ... Weather.com staff writer Jan Childs covers breaking news and features ...
The 7.5-magnitude earthquake was followed by a 25-meter-high (around 80 feet) tsunami. At least 53 people were killed and more than 100 injured, while at least one-third of the houses on the ...
Recordings of earthquakes in West Java began in 1844; earthquakes in 1910, 1912, 1968, 1982 and 2000 damaged many homes. Several people were killed by the earthquake in 1982. In 2000, a magnitude 5.1 shock left about 1,900 homes badly damaged. [7] Although shallow inland earthquakes in Java are infrequent, they result in large casualties.
On January 13, 2025, at 9:19pm JST, a 6.9 M JMA earthquake struck less than 10 km (6.2 mi) away from the August 8, 2024 earthquake at a depth of 30 km (19 mi), causing tremors recorded as a 5- on the JMA seismic intensity scale [15] and an observed 20cm tsunami in Miyazaki Prefecture.
In 2008, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, claiming the lives of at least 70,000 people, the deadliest quake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan quake that killed at least 242,000.