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1995 Kerinci earthquake: Moment magnitude 6.8 earthquake, killed at least 84 people and caused 1,868 injuries. [11] 1994 Liwa earthquake: 7.0 M w event caused 207 deaths near the southern tip of Sumatra. 1933 Sumatra earthquake: M w 7.6 event (5.226°S 104.596°E) southern of Sumatra. [12] More than 76 people killed and extensive damage. Two ...
Probabilistic seismic hazard map. The earliest known earthquake in the U.S. state of California was documented in 1769 by the Spanish explorers and Catholic missionaries of the Portolá expedition as they traveled northward from San Diego along the Santa Ana River near the present site of Los Angeles. Ship captains and other explorers also ...
This quake, together with the Great Alaskan earthquake (1964) and the Great Chilean earthquake (1960), account for almost half of the total moment. [35] [36] Since 1900, the only earthquakes recorded with a greater magnitude were the 1960 Chile earthquake (magnitude 9.5) and the 1964 Alaska earthquake in Prince William Sound (magnitude 9.2
There have been just under 40 earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or larger in the past century within 150 miles of Thursday’s earthquake, which was the most powerful to rattle the state since a 7.1 ...
The 7.0 quake was one of many seismic events that shook Northern California today. Dozens of quakes were recorded near the town of Petrolia in Humboldt County, ranging in magnitude between 3.1 and ...
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Variation of seismicity with depth across the Sunda Trench subduction zone, low-angle part is the Sunda megathrust – 2007 Bengkulu earthquakes mainshock shown by star. The Sunda megathrust is a fault that extends approximately 5,500 km (3300 mi) from Myanmar (Burma) in the north, running along the southwestern side of Sumatra, to the south of Java and Bali before terminating near Australia. [1]
Tsunami warning canceled after 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off California coast December 5, 2024 at 11:05 AM Shake map shows areas south of Eureka, California experienced the most shaking.