- An
earthquake – also
called a quake, tremor, or temblor – is the
shaking of the Earth's
surface resulting from a
sudden release of
energy in the lithosphere...
- On 26
December 2004, at 07:58:53
local time (UTC+7), a
major earthquake with a
magnitude of 9.2–9.3 Mw
struck with an
epicentre off the west
coast of Aceh...
- 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...
-
Earthquakes are
caused by
movements within the Earth's
crust and
uppermost mantle. They
range from weak
events detectable only by seismometers, to sudden...
- 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...
-
March 2011, at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC), a Mw 9.0–9.1
undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the
Pacific Ocean, 72 km (45 mi) east of the
Oshika Peninsula...
-
April 18, 1906, the
coast of
Northern California was
struck by a
major earthquake with an
estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a
maximum Mercalli intensity...
- On 1
January 2024, at 16:10 JST (07:10 UTC), a MJMA7.6 (Mw7.5)
earthquake struck 6 km (3.7 mi) north-northeast of Suzu,
located on the Noto
Peninsula of...
- The 1960
Valdivia earthquake and
tsunami (Spanish:
Terremoto de Valdivia) or the
Great Chilean earthquake (Gran
terremoto de Chile) on 22 May 1960 was...
- The 1755
Lisbon earthquake, also
known as the
Great Lisbon earthquake,
impacted Portugal, the
Iberian Peninsula, and
Northwest Africa on the
morning of...
