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| x Loma Prieta earthquake |
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Oct 17, 1989 | 7.1 |
The Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the Quake of '89 and the World Series Earthquake, was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. local time. Caused by a slip along the San...
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| x Alum Rock, CA USA 2007 earthquake | Oct 31, 2007 3:04:54AM UTC | 5.6 |
Occurred on the Calaveras Fault. No major damage. Largest quake in the Bay Area since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
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| x 1906 San Francisco earthquake |
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Apr 18, 1906 1:12PM UTC | 7.8 |
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco, CA and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 A.M. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a...
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| x 1963 Skopje earthquake |
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Jul 26, 1963 4:17AM UTC | 6.1 |
The 1963 Skopje earthquake (Macedonian: Скопски земјотрес 1963, transliterated Skopski zemjotres 1963) was an 6.1 monument magnitude earthquake which occurred in Skopje, SR Macedonia (present-day Republic of Macedonia) then part of the SFR...
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| x New Madrid earthquake |
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Dec 16, 1811 8:00AM UTC | 8.1 | Approximate |
The 1811 and 1812 New Madrid Earthquakes are the most intense intraplate earthquake series to have occurred in the contiguous United States, beginning with an initial pair of very large earthquakes on December 16, 1811. These earthquakes, as well as...
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| x 2005 Sumatra earthquake |
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Mar 28, 2005 4:09PM UTC | 8.7 |
The 2005 Sumatra earthquake, referred to as the Nias Earthquake by the scientific community, was a major earthquake on 28 March 2005, located off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Approximately 1,300 people were killed by the earthquake...
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| x Parkfield earthquake |
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Sep 28, 2004 5:15PM UTC | 6 |
Parkfield earthquake is a name given to various large earthquakes that occurred in the vicinity of the little town of Parkfield, California, in the United States. The San Andreas fault runs through this town, and six successive magnitude 6...
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| x 2001 Gujarat earthquake | Jan 26, 2001 3:16AM UTC | 7.7 |
The 2001 Gujarat earthquake occurred on January 26, 2001, at 08:46 AM, and coincided with the 51st celebration of India's Republic Day. The location of the epicentre was Bhuj (23.6° N 69.8° E) Gujarat, India. With a moment magnitude (Mw) of between...
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| x 1923 Great Kanto earthquake |
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Sep 1, 1923 2:58AM UTC | 7.9 |
The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake (関東大震災, Kantō daishinsai) struck the Kantō plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 11:58:44 am JST on September 1, 1923. Varied accounts hold that the duration of the earthquake was between 4 and 10 minutes....
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| x Northridge earthquake |
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Jan 17, 1994 12:30PM UTC | 6.7 |
The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in Reseda, a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, lasting for about 20 seconds. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6.7, but the...
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| x 1985 Mexico City earthquake |
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Sep 19, 1985 1:17PM UTC | 8 |
The 1985 Mexico City earthquake, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake that struck Mexico on 19 September 1985 at 7:19 local time, caused the deaths of about 10,000 people and serious damage in the nation's capital. This earthquake had significant long-term...
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| x Chi-Chi earthquake |
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Sep 20, 1999 5:47PM UTC | 7.7 |
Jiji earthquake (traditional Chinese: 集集大地震; pinyin: jíjí dàdìzhèn), also known as the 921 earthquake (traditional Chinese: 九二一大地震) occurred at 1:47:15.9 CST (17:47:15.9 UTC) on September 21, 1999 in Chichi, Nantou, Taiwan and measured 7.6 on the...
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| x Whittier Narrows earthquake | Oct 1, 1987 2:42PM UTC | 5.9 |
The 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake struck the southern San Gabriel Valley and surrounding communities of southern California at 7:42 a.m. (PDT) on October 1, 1987. The magnitude 5.9 earthquake was originally assigned a magnitude of 6.0 but was...
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| x 1960 Agadir earthquake |
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Feb 29, 1960 11:40PM UTC | 5.7 |
The 1960 Agadir earthquake took place on February 29, 1960, at 23:40 in the evening. It was the most destructive and deadliest earthquake in Moroccan history with a magnitude of 5.7 Mw, killing around 15,000 people (about a third of the city's...
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| x Kamchatka earthquakes | Nov 4, 1952 4:58PM UTC | 9 |
Two Kamchatka earthquakes, which occurred at approximately the same location off the coast of Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia on October 16, 1737 and November 4, 1952, were megathrust earthquakes and caused tsunamis. They occurred where...
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| x Cascadia earthquake |
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Jan 26, 1700 | 9 | Approximate |
The 1700 Cascadia earthquake was a magnitude 8.7 to 9.2 megathrust earthquake that occurred in the Cascadia subduction zone in 1700. The earthquake involved the Juan de Fuca Plate underlying the Pacific ocean, from mid-Vancouver Island in British...
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| x 1755 Lisbon earthquake |
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Nov 1, 1755 10:16AM UTC | 8.7 | Approximate |
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon Earthquake, took place on 1 November 1755, at around 9:40 in the morning. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami and fires, which caused near-total destruction of Lisbon in the Kingdom of...
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| x Shaanxi Earthquake |
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Jan 23, 1556 | 8 | Approximate |
The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (Chinese: 华县大地震; pinyin: Huà xiàn dà dìzhèn) or Jiajing earthquake (Chinese: 嘉靖大地震; pinyin: jiājìng dà dìzhèn) is the deadliest earthquake on record, killing approximately 830,000 people. It occurred on the morning of 23...
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| x Fort Tejon earthquake | Jan 9, 1857 4:24PM UTC | 7.9 | Approximate |
The Fort Tejon earthquake occurred at about 8:20 AM (Pacific time) on January 9, 1857. It ruptured the San Andreas Fault for a length of about 225 miles (350 kilometers), between Parkfield and Wrightwood. The average slip along the fault was 4.5...
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| x Good Friday Earthquake |
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Mar 28, 1964 3:36AM UTC | 9.2 |
The 1964 Alaska earthquake, also known as the Great Alaska Earthquake, began at 5:36 P.M. AST on Friday, March 27, 1964. Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing buildings, and tsunamis directly caused about 131 deaths. This Alaskan...
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| x 1872 Lone Pine earthquake |
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Mar 26, 1872 10:30AM UTC | 7.6 | Approximate |
The Great Lone Pine earthquake was one of the largest earthquakes to hit California in recorded history. The quake struck on March 26, 1872 and its epicenter was near Lone Pine, California in Owens Valley. The true size of this earthquake is not...
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| x Great Chilean Earthquake |
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May 22, 1960 7:11PM UTC | 9.5 |
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean Earthquake (Spanish: Gran terremoto de Valdivia) of 22 May 1960 is to date the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, rating 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT,...
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| x 1976 Tangshan earthquake |
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Jul 27, 1976 7:42PM UTC | 7.6 |
The Tangshan Earthquake also known as the Great Tangshan Earthquake, was a natural disaster that occurred on July 28, 1976. It is believed to be the largest earthquake of the 20th century by death toll. The epicenter of the earthquake was near...
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| x 1933 Long Beach earthquake |
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Mar 11, 1933 1:54AM UTC | 6.4 |
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, 1933 at 17:55 PST (March 11, 01:55 UTC), with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on...
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| x 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake | Mar 9, 1957 2:22PM UTC | 9.1 |
The 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake was a magnitude 8.6 MW (8.3 Ms) megathrust earthquake that took place on March 9, 1957. It was centered at 51°30′N 175°42′W / 51.5°N 175.7°W / 51.5; -175.7, south of the Andreanof Islands group of the...
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| x Sylmar earthquake | Feb 9, 1971 2:00PM UTC | 6.7 |
The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (also known as Sylmar earthquake) struck the San Fernando Valley near Sylmar at 6:00:55 a.m. PST on February 9, 1971, with a magnitude of 6.6.
There are various names for this earthquake. Seismologists call it the...
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| x 1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake |
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Aug 17, 1999 12:01AM UTC | 7.6 |
The 1999 İzmit earthquake was a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey on August 17, 1999, at about 3:01am local time. The event lasted for 37 seconds, killing around 17 thousand people and leaving approximately half a million...
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| x 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake |
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Dec 26, 2004 12:58AM UTC | 9.3 |
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the...
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| x Great Hanshin earthquake |
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Jan 17, 1995 5:46AM UTC | 6.9 |
The Great Hanshin earthquake (阪神・淡路大震災, Hanshin-Awaji Daishinsai), or Kobe earthquake as it is more commonly known outside Japan, was an earthquake that occurred on Tuesday, January 17, 1995, at 05:46 JST in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture,...
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| x 1939 Erzincan earthquake | Dec 26, 1939 11:57PM UTC | 7.8 |
The Erzincan earthquake of 1939 was a major natural disaster that hit the province of Erzincan in eastern Turkey at 1:57 am (GMT 11:57 pm) on December 27, 1939. The earthquake of seven violent shocks, the biggest one measuring 8.2 on the Richter...
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| x Nisqually earthquake |
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Feb 28, 2001 6:54PM UTC | 6.8 |
The Nisqually earthquake was an intraslab earthquake, occurring at 10:54 a.m. PST (18:54 UTC). on February 28, 2001, and was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in Washington state history. The quake measured 6.8 on the MMS and lasted...
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| x Jabalpur, India earthquake | May 21, 1997 10:51PM UTC | 5.8 | |||
| x Latur-Killari, India earthquake | Sep 29, 1993 10:25PM UTC | 6.2 | |||
| x Kern County, California, USA earthquake | Jul 21, 1952 11:52AM UTC | 7.3 | |||
| x Managua, Nicaragua earthquake | Dec 23, 1972 6:29AM UTC | 6.2 | |||
| x Livermore, California, USA earthquake | Jan 24, 1980 7:00PM UTC | 5.8 | |||
| x Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada earthquake | Aug 22, 1949 4:01AM UTC | 8.1 | |||
| x Hilea, southeast Hawaii, Hawaii, USA earthquake | Apr 3, 1868 2:25AM UTC | 7.9 | Approximate | ||
| x Marked Tree, Arkansas, USA earthquake | Jan 5, 1843 2:45AM UTC | 6.3 | Approximate | ||
| x Kaoiki, Hawaii, USA earthquake | Nov 16, 1983 4:13PM UTC | 6.7 | |||
| x Vrancea, Romania earthquake | Nov 10, 1940 1:39AM UTC | 7.4 | |||
| x Offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA 1922 earthquake | Jan 31, 1922 1:17PM UTC | 7.3 | |||
| x Fairview Peak, Nevada, USA earthquake | Dec 16, 1954 11:07AM UTC | 7.1 | |||
| x Sanriku, Japan earthquake | Jun 15, 1896 7:32PM UTC | 8.5 | Approximate | ||
| x Offshore Lompoc, California, USA earthquake | Nov 4, 1927 1:51PM UTC | 7.1 | |||
| x Coyote Lake, California, USA earthquake | Aug 6, 1979 5:05PM UTC | 5.7 | |||
| x Imperial Valley, California, USA 1979 earthquake | Oct 15, 1979 11:17PM UTC | 6.4 | |||
| x Stillwater, Nevada, USA earthquake | Aug 24, 1954 5:51AM UTC | 6.8 | |||
| x Offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA Apr 26 1992 I earthquake | Apr 26, 1992 7:41AM UTC | 6.5 | |||
| x Honeydew, California, USA earthquake | Aug 17, 1991 10:17PM UTC | 7.1 | |||
| x San Simeon, California, USA earthquake | Dec 22, 2003 7:15PM UTC | 6.6 | |||
| x Unimak Island, Alaska, USA earthquake | Apr 1, 1946 12:28PM UTC | 7.3 | |||
| x Dzce, Turkey earthquake | Nov 12, 1999 4:57PM UTC | 7.2 | |||
| x Hokkaid_, Japan earthquake | Sep 25, 2003 7:50PM UTC | 8.3 | |||
| x Round Valley, California, USA earthquake | Nov 23, 1984 6:08PM UTC | 5.7 | |||
| x New Madrid, Missouri, USA Feb 7 1812 earthquake | Feb 7, 1812 9:45AM UTC | 8 | Approximate | ||
| x Hector Mine, California, USA earthquake | Oct 16, 1999 9:46AM UTC | 7.2 | |||
| x Rat Islands, Alaska, USA 1965 earthquake | Feb 4, 1965 5:01AM UTC | 8.7 | |||
| x Coalinga, California, USA earthquake | May 2, 1983 11:42PM UTC | 6.5 | |||
| x Hebgen Lake, Montana, USA earthquake | Aug 18, 1959 6:37AM UTC | 7.3 | |||
