Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They range from events too weak to be detectable except by sensitive... 143 KB (4,422 words) - 09:15, 28 April 2024 |
On 6 February 2023, at 04:17 TRT (01:17 UTC), a Mw 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The epicenter was... 392 KB (34,106 words) - 17:38, 26 April 2024 |
recent major earthquake was the 2024 Hualien earthquake, and the most recent major earthquake with a high death toll was the 921 earthquake, which struck... 20 KB (909 words) - 00:57, 26 April 2024 |
and over 1,100 were injured in the earthquake. It is the strongest earthquake in Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake, with three aftershocks above Mw... 89 KB (8,054 words) - 14:21, 28 April 2024 |
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia) or the Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) on 22 May 1960 was... 61 KB (6,538 words) - 14:38, 25 April 2024 |
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, impacted Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula, and Northwest Africa on the morning of... 40 KB (4,599 words) - 13:39, 28 April 2024 |
Megathrust earthquakes occur at convergent plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate is forced underneath another. The earthquakes are caused by slip... 18 KB (1,901 words) - 11:01, 4 April 2024 |
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake that struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010... 196 KB (17,875 words) - 02:43, 27 April 2024 |
earthquakes within stated limits, and particularly "the determination of parameters for the next strong earthquake to occur in a region". Earthquake prediction... 197 KB (22,927 words) - 16:38, 6 April 2024 |
1556 Shaanxi earthquake (Postal romanization: Shensi), known in Chinese colloquially by its regnal year as the Jiajing Great Earthquake "嘉靖大地震" (Jiājìng... 21 KB (2,226 words) - 10:45, 10 April 2024 |
The Chi-Chi earthquake (later also known as the Jiji earthquake or the great earthquake of September 21), was a 7.3 ML or 7.7 Mw earthquake which occurred... 38 KB (4,268 words) - 21:38, 10 April 2024 |
Noto earthquake 1933 Nanao Bay earthquake 1993 Noto earthquake 2007 Noto earthquake 2023 Noto earthquake 2024 Noto earthquake Several earthquakes at or... 2 KB (92 words) - 03:49, 7 April 2024 |
This is a list of earthquakes in 2024. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in significant damage and/or casualties... 67 KB (3,399 words) - 09:29, 29 April 2024 |
Look up earthquake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust (the outer layer)... 3 KB (333 words) - 02:26, 13 April 2024 |
is a summary of significant earthquakes during the 21st century. In terms of fatalities, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was the most destructive event... 27 KB (1,169 words) - 16:38, 15 April 2024 |
The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 pm AKST on Good Friday, March 27... 31 KB (3,146 words) - 03:38, 14 March 2024 |
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed 8,962 people in Nepal and injured 21,952 more. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal... 171 KB (12,706 words) - 04:30, 26 April 2024 |
earthquake occurred in the province of Sichuan, China at 14:28:01 China Standard Time on May 12, 2008. Measuring at 8.0 Ms (7.9 Mw), the earthquake's... 162 KB (16,007 words) - 21:33, 15 April 2024 |
Panjang earthquake 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake 2009 Sumatra earthquakes August 2018 Lombok earthquake 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and... 46 KB (1,960 words) - 02:10, 24 April 2024 |
Asperity (faults) (redirect from Asperity (earthquakes)) become locked, rather than continuously slipping as in aseismic creep. Earthquake rupture generally begins with the failure of an asperity, allowing the... 1 KB (97 words) - 01:24, 27 July 2023 |
Seismic magnitude scales (redirect from Major earthquake) magnitude scales are used to describe the overall strength or "size" of an earthquake. These are distinguished from seismic intensity scales that categorize... 53 KB (5,868 words) - 04:28, 6 April 2024 |