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South Shetland Islands Quake
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A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred at 13:40:17 (UTC) on Sunday, January 15, 2012, in the South Shetland Islands region, 539 km West of Coronation Island, at a depth of 10 km. Location 60.755°S, 55.473°W
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1907 Kingston earthquake
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The 1907 Kingston earthquake which shook the capital of the island of Jamaica with a magnitude of 6.5 on the moment magnitude scale on Monday January 14th, at about 3:30 pm local time (21:36 UTC), was considered by many writers of that time one of the world's deadliest earthquakes recorded in history...
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Winslow earthquake
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Magnitude 3.1 earthquake rattles Winslow area According to the USGS, the quake hit at 12:11 p.m. about 21 miles southwest of Winslow and about 113 miles northeast of Phoenix. (Winslow is about a 3-hour drive from Phoenix.) With a depth of just over 3 miles, the temblor was a relatively shallow one. [u...
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Fort Tejon earthquake. (1857)
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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 350 kilometres, between Parkfield and Wrightwood. Read more
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1911 Kebin earthquake
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The 1911 Kebin earthquake or 1911 Chon-Kemin earthquake, struck Russian Turkestan on 3 January. Registered at a 7.7 magnitude, it destroyed more than 770 buildings (which was almost all of the city) in Almaty , Kazakhstan, and resulted in extensive (201 km) surface faulting in the valleys of Chon-...
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1932 Changma earthquake
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The 1932 Changma earthquake occurred at 10:04:27 local time (02:04:07 UTC) on 25 December. With an estimated magnitude of 7.6 on the surface wave magnitude scale, and a maximum felt intensity of X (Intense) on the Mercalli intensity scale, the quake destroyed 1,167 houses, and 275 people were kill...
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South of Africa earthquake
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A moderate 5.9 earthquake occurred at 19:12:33 (UTC) on Friday, December 23, 2011, South of Africa, 904 km SW of Marion Island, at a depth of 9.8 km. Location 52.129°S, 28.014°E
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Teton Fault
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Report sees widespread earthquake damage A magnitude 7.5 earthquake on the Teton Fault could cost more than half a billion dollars and temporarily displace hundreds of households in Jackson Hole, a new report suggests. The fault, which runs 35 miles along the base on the Teton Range, has been "...
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1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake
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The 1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake was the first of the Ansei Great Earthquakes (1854-1855). It occurred at about 09:00 local time on 23 December, 1854. It had a magnitude of 8.4 and caused a damaging tsunami. More than 10,000 buildings were completely destroyed and there were at least 2,000 casualti...
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1575 Valdivia earthquake
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The 1575 Valdivia earthquake was an earthquake in Chile that caused the subsequent flood of Valdivia much like the 1960 Valdivia earthquake caused the ensuing Riñihuazo flooding. It occurred at 14:30 local time on December 16, 1575. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.5 on the surface wave magnitud...
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1988 Spitak Earthquake
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The Spitak Earthquake (also called Leninakan Earthquake and Gyumri Earthquake) was a tremor with a magnitude of 6.9, that took place on December 7, 1988 at 11:41 local time (07:41 UTC) in the Spitak region of Armenia, then part of the Soviet Union. Read more [video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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1783 New Jersey earthquake
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The 1783 New Jersey earthquake occurred on November 30, 1783 in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, it stands as the most powerful earthquake to occur in the state. Read more
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1138 Aleppo earthquake
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The 1138 Aleppo earthquake was an earthquake that was located near the town of Aleppo in northern Syria on 11 October 1138. The United States Geological Survey lists it as the third deadliest earthquake in history. Read more
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1948 Ashgabat earthquake
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The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake, at a magnitude 7.3 Mw, occurred on 6 October 1948 near Ashgabat, in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. The earthquake is considered to be the 6th deadliest earthquake in the history of humankind. Read more
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The 1498 Meiō Nankaidō earthquake
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The 1498 Mei Nankaid earthquake occurred at about 08:00 local time on 20 September, 1498. It had a magnitude of about 8.6 on the surface wave magnitude scale and triggered a large tsunami. The death toll associated with this event is uncertain, but between 26,000 and 41,000 casualties have been repo...
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