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Yakutat Bay, Alaska
During September, the Yakutat Bay region was shaken by a series of major earthquakes, the most violent of which were felt at all settlements within a radius of 400 kilometers. Several heavy shocks occurred on September 4 and 10, but the main earthquake that caused great topographic changes occurred at 21:41 UTC, September 10. -
ecuador
A catastrophic magnitude 8.2 earthquake off the coast of Ecuador and Colombia generated a strong tsunami that killed 500 to 1500 there. It was observed all along the coast of Central America and as far north as San Francisco and west to Japan.....The wave arrived in Hilo at about 12.5 hours after the earthquake. It covered the floor of the old wharf at the end of Waianuenue Street and the railroad tracks between there and Waiakea. The range of oscillations in water level was 3.6 m and the perio -
In Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
En la mañana del 11 de octubre de 1918, la isla de Puerto Rico fue estremecida por uno de los más severos terremotos en su historia. El terremoto comenzó a sentirse a las 10:14 a.m. El terremoto comenzó repentinamente, con una pronunciada vibración vertical seguida de oscilaciones del este y oeste. Las pérdida de propiedad alcanzó en valor cerca de cuatro millones de dólares y un total de ciento dieciséis (116) muertos.
La magnitud del terremoto alcanzó 7.3 en la escala Richter. La parte noroes -
Chile-Argentina Border
922, November 11, 04:33. A magnitude 8.3 earthquake occurred in the southern part of Atacama Province, central Chile. Locally, the tsunami caused extensive damage. The tsunami arrived at Hilo, Hawaii in 14.5 hours. The period of oscillations was 20 minutes, and the height of the tsunami was 2.1 m; many boats were washed away, and some damage was done. The wave reached Honolulu in 15.0 hours. The period of oscillations of the waves was 23 minutes, the height of the wave 0.3 m.
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indonesia
The shock was felt on the Banda and Kai islands. At Tual glassware was broken, a pendulum clock stopped. On Banda Island and also on Kai Island great damage was caused by tsunamis. Intensity VII. -
tibet
Tibetans of Southern California supported the Great Firewall of China Marching Brigade of Visual Artists Guild in support of Chen Guangcheng as part of the Pasadena Doo-Dah parade Chen Guangcheng is a blind self-taught lawyer who brought attention to the systematic forced abortions and forced sterilization of thousands of women in Linyi, Shandong province. Since China’s national regulations -
Kamchatka
A severe and locally damaging tsunami generated on Kamchatka by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck the Hawaiian Islands at 1:00 P.M. Property damage from these waves was estimated at $800,000 to $1,000,000; however, no lives were lost. The waves beached boats, caused houses to collide, destroyed piers, scoured beaches, moved road pavement, etc. A farmer on Oahu reported 6 cows killed. In Honolulu harbor, waves tore a cement barge from its moorings and hurled it against the freighter Hawaiian Pack -
Aleutian Islands
This great earthquake destroyed two bridges on Adak Island, damaged houses, and left a 4.5 meter crack in a road. On Umnak Island, part of a dock was destroyed, and Mount Vsevidof erupted after being dormant for 200 years. Further, this shock generated a 15 meter tsunami that smashed into the coastline at Scotch Cap and an 8 meter tsumani that washed away many buildings and damaged oil lines extensively at Sand Bay. This tsunami continued to Hawaii, where is destroyed two villages and inflicted -
alaska
Lituya Bay, a ⊺-shaped tidal inlet on the northeast shore of the Gulf of Alaska, heads in the trench along the Fairweather fault. Displacement along this fault at the time of the earthquake of July 9, 1958 (local time), triggered a rockslide into deep water in Gilbert Inlet, one of the two arms at the head of Lituya Bay. The rockslide, with a volume of 40 million cubic yards, caused water to surge to an altitude of 1,740 feet on a spur opposite the point of impact, and generated a gravity wave t -
chile
Approximately 1,655 killed, 3,000 injured, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile; tsunami caused 61 deaths, $75 million damage in Hawaii; 138 deaths and $50 million damage in Japan; 32 dead and missing in the Philippines; and $500,000 damage to the west coast of the United States. -
Kuril Islands
The great Kurile Islands underthrusting earthquake (Mw = 8.5) of October 13, 1963, was accompanied by a large foreshock and an aftershock. This sequence allows us to investigate the rupture process and fault heterogeneities along a subduction zone. We have characterized the rupture process of the main shock event by deconvolving long-period P wave seismograms from azimuthally well-distributed stations to obtain source time functions. Directivity associated with the three main pulses of moment re -
alaska
This great earthquake and ensuing tsunami took 128 lives (tsunami 113, earthquake 15), and caused about $311 million in property loss. Earthquake effects were heavy in many towns, including Anchorage, Chitina, Glennallen, Homer, Hope, Kasilof, Kenai, Kodiak, Moose Pass, Portage, Seldovia, Seward, Sterling, Valdez, Wasilla, and Whittier. -
rat islands, alaska
On Adak Island, cracks occurred in prefabricated wood buildings; on Shemya Island, cracks were observed in an asphalt runway. Hairline cracks also formed in the runways at the U.S. Coast Guard Loran Station on Attu Island. This earthquake generated a tsunami reported to be about 10.7 meters high on Shemya Island. Loss caused by flooding on Amchitka Island was estimated at about $10,000. An aftershock at 07:40 UTC was assigned MMI VI. -
indonesia
A devastating earthquake and a resulting tsunami hit coastal areas of Indian .Ocean on December 26, 2004. The quake was the second strongest ever recorded since .1900, with a Richter magnitude of 9.3 according to Northwestern University, though the .USGS suggested a magnitude of 9.0. The epicenter was 155 km west of the Indonesian .island of Sumatra. The earthquake resulted from the rupturing of the subduction zone between the India plate and the overriding Burma microplate with a vertica -
indonesia
March 28, 2005, near Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. This 8.7 magnitude earthquake came only three months after the devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake of December 26, 2004 which occured in the same region. This earthquake damaged hundreds of buildings throughout the region and killed over 1,300 people and injured more than 500. The earthquake spawned a tsunami that reached heights as much as two meters. -
indonesia
The magnitude 8.4 and 7.8 southern Sumatra earthquakes of September 12, 2007 occurred as the result of thrust faulting on the boundary between the Australia and Sunda plates. At the location of these earthquakes, the Australia plate moves northeast with respect to the Sunda plate at a velocity of about 60 mm/year. The direction of relative plate motion is oblique to the orientation of the plate boundary offshore of the west coast of Sumatra. The component of plate-motion perpendicular to the bou -
Chile
On 27 February 2010 at 03:34:14 am local time, a magnitude 8.8
earthquake occurred at the boundary between the Nazca and South
American tectonic plates approximately 2 miles off the Chilean coast
at a depth of 21.7 miles. Tsunamis generated by the earthquake
damaged coastal regions and triggered tsunami warnings across the
Pacific. Fortunately, wave heights were minimal in Hawaii, Japan, and
other areas around the Ring of Fire. As of 02 March 2010, over 700
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northern Sumatra
The April 11, 2012, M8.6 and M8.2 earthquakes off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, occurred as a result of strike-slip faulting within the oceanic lithosphere of the Indo-Australia plate. The quakes were located respectively 100 km and 200 km to the southwest of the major subduction zone that defines the plate boundary between the India/Australia and Sunda plates offshore Sumatra. At this location, the India/Australia plates move north-northeast with respect to the Sunda plate at a -
Alaska
During September, the Yakutat Bay region was shaken by a series of severe earthquakes. The first earthquake at 00:22 UTC was moderately strong at Yakutat but was extremely violent at Cape Yakataga, about 160 kilometers west. The shock broke off the tops of trees, generated landslides, and raised the ocean beach about 1 meter. Although no loss of life or property occurred in the region, reported effects include uplift of the coast, landslides, difficulty in standing upright, water waves on the ba
