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The 2007 Peru earthquake was the deadliest with 595 fatalities. The September 2007 Sumatra earthquake was the largest in 2007 with an 8.4 on the moment magnitude scale. The 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake caused a significant tsunami that killed 52 people. There were four 8.0+ earthquakes in 2007 which is the most ever recorded for a single year.
The 2007 Nevelsk earthquake affected the island of Sakhalin in Russia and generated a tsunami along its coast. The M w 6.2 shock occurred at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi), and had an epicenter located 20 km (12 mi) off the coast of Kholmsk at 13:37 local time on 2 August. It was caused by reverse faulting on a north–south striking and west ...
The 2007 Peru earthquake, which measured 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale, [4] hit the central coast of Peru on August 15 at 23:40:57 UTC (18:40:57 local time) and lasted two minutes. [4] [5] The epicenter was located 150 km (93 mi) south-southeast of Lima at a depth of 39 km (24 mi). [4] At least 595 people died and over 2,290 people were ...
Pages in category "2007 earthquakes" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of earthquakes in ...
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 ...
The first earthquake occurred at 11:10:26 UTC (18:10 local time) on 12 September 2007, and was an 8.4 M w earthquake on the moment magnitude scale. [2] It had a focal depth of 34 km, at , about 130 km southwest of Bengkulu on the southwest coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, and some 600 km west-northwest of Indonesia's capital city, Ja
Major earthquakes have been devastating Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed twice in 19 years. AccuWeather's Monica Danielle looks at why.
The earthquake, which occurred at a previously unknown offshore fault [7] shook Niigata and neighbouring prefectures. The city of Kashiwazaki and the villages of Iizuna and Kariwa registered the highest seismic intensity of a strong 6 on Japan's shindo scale , and the quake was felt as far away as Tokyo. [ 5 ]