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-73.6 6.0 M w: IV First shock in eastern North America with surface faulting 1988-11-25: Saguenay 48.12 -71.18 5.9 M w: VII 1985-12-23: The Nahanni region, Northwest Territories: 62.22 -124.24 6.9 M w: The strongest of a sequence of major earthquakes 1982-01-09 Miramichi, NB 47.00 -66.60 5.7 Doublet (two days apart) [19] 1979-02-28 Southern ...
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at 9:33 a.m. local time (12:33 p.m. GMT), and its epicenter was 42 kilometers (26 miles) southwest of Huasco, a city in Chile’s Atacama region.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Haida Gwaii, Canada on January 5. [3] A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Haida Gwaii, Canada on January 5. [4] A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Greece on January 6. [5] A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Papua, Indonesia on January 7. Six people were injured and 22 homes were damaged. [6]
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.
Large earthquakes also occurred near the junction in northern California in previous Decembers, according to the geological survey. There were two, a 6.1 and 6.0, near Petrolia in 2021 and a 6.4 ...
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck British Columbia, Canada, on September 3 at a depth of 5.5 km (3.4 mi). [245] A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Japan, on September 4 at a depth of 407.0 km (252.9 mi). [246] A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the Andreanof group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on September 4 at a depth of 39.9 km (24.8 mi). [247]
The earthquakes are caused by slip along the thrust fault that forms the contact between the two plates. These interplate earthquakes are the planet's most powerful, with moment magnitudes (M w) that can exceed 9.0. [1] [2] Since 1900, all earthquakes of magnitude 9.0 or greater have been megathrust earthquakes. [3]
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) initially reported a magnitude 6.5 earthquake striking at 8:03 am Philippine Standard Time (PST) in Cataingan, Masbate. [9] The report was later revised to a magnitude 6.6 earthquake. The earthquake was also felt in several parts of Luzon and the Visayas. [6]