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in San Fransisco
Date April 18, 1906
Magnitude 7.8 Mw[1]
Depth 8 kilometers (5.0 mi)[2]
Epicenter 37.75°N 122.55°WCoordinates: 37.75°N 122.55°W[2]
Countries or regions United States
(San Francisco Bay Area)
Casualties 3,000+ (Estimated 3425) -
In Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Date October 11, 1918 Magnitude 7.5 Mw Epicenter 18.45°N 66.1°WCoordinates:
Click the blue globe to open an interactive map. 18.45°N 66.1°W Countries or regions Puerto Rico Tsunami 20-35ft Aftershocks 14 Casualties 116 -
In Alaska
Date march 9, 1957 Magnitude 8.6 Mw
Epicenter 51.5°N 175.7°W
Countries or regions USA, Aleutian Islands & Hawaii
Tsunami Yes
Casualties 0 -
alaska
Date 27 March 1964 (AKST)
Magnitude 9.2 Mw[1]
Depth 14 miles (23 km)
Epicenter 61°3′0″N 147°28′48″W
Countries or regions United States
Max. intensity XI: Extreme
Peak acceleration 0.18 g
Casualties 143 killed -
in Chile
Shakemap of the 1985 Pichilemu earthquake.
Date 21:56:59, 8 April 1985 (UTC-4)
Magnitude 7.5 Mw[1]
Depth 37.8 kilometres (23 mi)[2]
Epicenter Pichilemu, Chile
34°04′51.96″S 71°39′39.86″WCoordinates: 34°04′51.96″S 71°39′39.86″W
Countries or regions Chile, Argentina
Max. intensity MM VII
Tsunami No
Casualties 2 killed -
Northridge earthquake
Date January 17, 1994
Origin time 04:31 PST (12:30 UTC)
Magnitude 6.7 Mw
Depth 19.0 km (11.8 mi)
Epicenter 34.207°N 118.535°WCoordinates: 34.207°N 118.535°W
Countries or regions United States (Southern California)
Max. intensity IX - Violent
Peak acceleration 1.7g
Casualties 57 killed
more than 8,700 injured -
İzmit earthquake
Date August 17, 1999, 03:02 UTC
Magnitude 7.4 Mw,[1] 7.5 Mw[2]
Depth 17 km
Epicenter 40.702ºN 29.987ºE[3]
Countries or regions Turkey
Casualties 17,127 dead, 43,953 injured (official Turkish estimate) -
Baku earthquake
Date November 25, 2000
Magnitude 7 Ms
Epicenter 40.37°N 49.89°E
Countries or regions Baku, Azerbaijan
Casualties 26 dead -
Boumerdès earthquake
Date May 21, 2003
Magnitude 6.8 Mw[1]
Depth 10 kilometres (6 mi)[1]
Epicenter 36.90°N 3.71°ECoordinates: 36.90°N 3.71°E[1]
Countries or regions Algeria
Casualties Approximately 2,266 dead and 10,261 injured.[1] -
Pakistan
Date October 8, 2005
Magnitude 7.6 Mw
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)
Epicenter Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu & Kashmir
Countries or regions Pakistan, India, Afghanistan
Casualties 79,000 dead (17th deadliest earthquake of all time)
106,000 injured -
Peru
Piles of rubble, one week after the shock
Date August 15, 2007
Origin time 23:40:57 UTC
Magnitude 8.0 Mw
Depth 39 km (24 mi)
Epicenter 13.354°S 76.509°WCoordinates: 13.354°S 76.509°W
Countries or regions Peru
Tsunami flooded part of Lima's Costa Verde highway, and much of Pisco's shore
Casualties 519 confirmed dead[1]
1,366 injured[1] -
Sumatra
Date 12 September 2007
Magnitude 8.5 Mw[1][2]
Depth 30 kilometres (19 mi)
Epicenter 4.520°S 101.374°E[1]
Countries or regions Indonesia
Singapore
Malaysia
Thailand
Casualties 23 killed[3] -
In IceLand
The 2008 Iceland earthquake, magnitude 6.3, struck on May 29, 2008 at 15:46 UTC. There were no human fatalities, but 30 injuries were reported and a number of sheep were killed. The epicenter of the earthquake was between the towns of Hveragerði and Selfoss, about 45 kilometers -
in SEA OF OKHOTSK
Magnitude
7.7
Date-Time
Saturday, July 05, 2008 at 02:12:04 UTC
Saturday, July 05, 2008 at 01:12:04 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
53.888°N, 152.869°E
Depth
635.6 km (395.0 miles)
Region
SEA OF OKHOTSK
Distances
395 km (245 miles) WNW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
420 km (260 miles) NNW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
2265 km (1410 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan
6510 km (4040 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia
Location Uncertainty
horizont -
Haiti earthquake
Date Tuesday, 12 January 2010 Magnitude 7.0 Mw Depth 13 km (8.1 miles) Epicenter 18.457°N 72.533°W Countries or regions Haiti, Dominican Republic Max. intensity MM X[1] Peak acceleration 0.5 g[2] Tsunami Yes (localized)[3] Casualties 316,000 deaths (government estimate; one of the deadliest earthquakes of all time)[4] -
Chile
The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February 2010 -
Canterbury
Date 4 September 2010 04:35 NZST
Magnitude 7.1 Mw[1][2]
Depth 10 km (6.2 mi)[2]
Epicenter 43.55°S 172.18°ECoordinates: 43.55°S 172.18°E, near Darfield, Canterbury
Countries or regions New Zealand
Max. intensity MMX[3]
Peak acceleration 1.26 g[4]
Aftershocks ~9,300 (as of early January 2012)[5]
Casualties 2 seriously injured, approximately 100 total injuries[6] -
in puerto rico at christmas
Magnitude
5.0
Date-Time
Friday, December 24, 2010 at 23:43:44 UTC
Friday, December 24, 2010 at 07:43:44 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
18.260°N, 66.135°W
Depth
102 km (63.4 miles)
Region
PUERTO RICO
Distances
3 km (2 miles) W (277°) from Aguas Buenas, PR
5 km (3 miles) N (355°) from Santa Clara, PR
7 km (4 miles) W (276°) from Bairoa, PR
9 km (6 miles) NNW (346°) from Bayamon, PR
16 km (10 miles) S (172°) from Bayamón, PR
19 km (12 miles) SSW (2 -
earthquake in Japan
Many people died here is a husband and wife that died last name if you know there first
Peak tsunami wave height summits, color-coded with red representing most severe Date Friday, December 7 Origin time 14:46:23 JST (UTC+09:00) Duration 6 minutes[1] Magnitude 9.0 (Mw)[2][3] Depth 32 km (20 mi) Epicenter 38.322°N 142.369°ECoordinates: 38.322°N 142.369°E Type Megathrust earthquake Countries or regions Japan (primary)
Pacific Rim (tsunami, secon -
Northern Italy earthquake
Date 20 May 2012 04:03 CEST
Magnitude 6.1 Mw[1]
Depth 9.0 km (5.6 mi)[2]
Epicenter 44.500°N 11.172°ECoordinates: 44.500°N 11.172°E
Finale Emilia,
Modena
Countries or regions Emilia-Romagna,
Italy
Max. intensity MM VII-VIII
(Very Strong- Destructive)[3][4][5]
Aftershocks 5.8 Mw, 5.3 Mw, 5.2 Mw, 5.1 Mw, 4.7 Mw, 4.6 Mw, 4.5 Mw
Casualties 27 dead (7 on 20 May and 20 on 29 May), at least 50 injured in the first quake and 350 in the second, up to 45,000 homeless in total[6][7]
