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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.
-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 2003 San Simeon earthquake struck at 11:15 PST (19:15 UTC) on December 22 on the Central Coast of California, about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of San Simeon. Probably centered in the Oceanic fault zone within the Santa Lucia Mountains , it was caused by thrust faulting and the rupture propagated southeast from the hypocenter for 12 miles (19 ...
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]
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 4.3 earthquake struck West Bengal, India on February 6, killing 1 person. [9] A magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred in the Northern Atlantic Ocean on February 8. [21] A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands on February 10. [22] A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Oaxaca, Mexico on February 12. [23]
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]
On January 8, 2022, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Menyuan County, Qinghai Province near the border with Gansu Province, China. [3] [4] [5] It was the largest earthquake in China since the 2021 Maduo earthquake. [6]