 |
Magnitudes of Significant Earthquakes
Download printer-friendly WORD version
|
Date |
Timeà |
Place |
Lat. |
Long. |
Fatalities |
M |
MX (M
reference) |
|
January 23, 1556 |
|
Shensi, China |
34.5 |
109.7 |
830,000 |
~8 |
|
|
August 17, 1668 |
|
Anatolia, Turkey |
40.0 |
36.0 |
8,000 |
~8 |
|
|
January 26, 1700 |
|
Cascadia subduction zone
from No. CA to Vancouver Is. |
|
~9 |
M (Satake et al, 1996) |
||
|
November 1, 1755 |
10:16 |
Lisbon, Portugal |
36.0 |
-11.0 |
70,000 |
~8.7 |
MI (Johnston,
1996) |
|
February 28, 1780 |
|
Iran |
38.0 |
46.2 |
200,000 |
|
|
|
December 16, 1811 |
08:00 |
New Madrid, MO |
36.6 |
-89.6 |
|
~8.1 |
MI (Johnston,
1996) |
|
January 23, 1812 |
15:00 |
New Madrid, MO |
36.6 |
-89.6 |
|
~7.8 |
MI (Johnston,
1996) |
|
February 7, 1812 |
09:45 |
New Madrid, MO |
36.6 |
-89.6 |
|
~8 |
MI (Johnston,
1996) |
|
June 2, 1823 |
08:00 |
South flank of Kilauea,
HI |
19.3 |
-155 |
|
~7 |
MI (Klein and
Wright, 2000) |
|
June 10, 1836 |
15:30 |
S San Francisco Bay region,
CA |
36.9 |
-121.5 |
|
~6.5 |
MI (Bakun,
1999) |
|
June 1838 |
|
San Francisco Peninsula,
CA |
37.3 |
-123.2 |
|
~6.8 |
MI (Bakun,
1999) |
|
January 5, 1843 |
02:45 |
Marked Tree, AR |
35.5 |
-90.5 |
|
~6.3 |
MI (Johnston,
1996) |
|
January 9, 1857 |
16:24 |
Fort Tejon, CA (San Andreas
fault from Parkfield to Wrightwood) |
1 |
~7.9 |
M (Grant and Sieh, 1993;
Stein and Hanks, 1998) |
||
|
December 16, 1857 |
21:00 |
Naples, Italy |
40.3 |
16.0 |
11,000 |
~6.9 |
MI |
|
October 8, 1865 |
20:46 |
San Jose, CA |
37.2 |
121.9 |
|
~6.5 |
MI (Bakun,
1999) |
|
April 3, 1868 |
02:25 |
Hilea, SE Hawaii,
HI |
19.2 |
-155.5 |
77 |
~7.9 |
MI (Klein and
Wright, 2000) |
|
October 21, 1868 |
15:53 |
Hayward, CA |
37.7 |
-122.1 |
30 |
~6.8 |
MI (Bakun,
1999) |
|
February 20, 1871 |
08:42 |
Molokai, HI |
21.2 |
-156.9 |
|
~6.8 |
MI (Klein and
Wright, 2000) |
|
March 26, 1872 |
10:30 |
Owens Valley, CA |
36.5 |
-118.0 |
27 |
~7.6 |
M (Beanland and Clark,
1994) |
|
December 15, 1872 |
05:40 |
N Cascades, WA |
47.9 |
-120.3 |
|
~7.3 |
MI (Malone and
Bor, 1979; Rogers et al., 1983) |
|
November 23, 1873 |
05:00 |
CA-OR coast |
42.2 |
-124.2 |
|
~7.3 |
MI (Bakun,
2000) |
|
August 31, 1886 |
02:51 |
Charleston, SC |
32.9 |
-80.0 |
60 |
~7.3 |
MI (Johnston,
1996) |
|
April 24, 1890 |
11:36 |
Corralitos, CA |
37.0 |
121.8 |
|
~6.3 |
MI (Bakun,
1999) |
|
October 27, 1891 |
21:38 |
Mino-Owari, Japan |
35.6 |
136.6 |
7,273 |
~8 |
MS |
|
April 19, 1892 |
10:50 |
Vacaville, CA |
38.5 |
-121.8 |
1 |
~6.4 |
MI (Bakun,
1999) |
|
April 21, 1892 |
17:43 |
Winters, CA |
38.6 |
-122.0 |
|
~6.4 |
MI (Bakun,
1999) |
|
October 31, 1895 |
11:08 |
Charleston, MO |
37.0 |
-89.4 |
|
~6.6 |
MI (Johnston,
1996) |
|
June 15, 1896 |
19:32 |
Sanriku, Japan |
39.5 |
144.0 |
|
~8.5 |
M |
|
June 12, 1897 |
11:06 |
Assam, India |
26.0 |
91.0 |
1,500 |
~8.3 |
|
|
June 20, 1897 |
20:14 |
Calaveras fault, CA |
37.0 |
-121.6 |
|
~6.3 |
MI (Bakun,
1999) |
|
March 31, 1898 |
07:43 |
Mare Island, Ca |
38.1 |
122.4 |
|
~6.3 |
MI (Bakun, 1999) |
|
April 15, 1898 |
07:07 |
Mendocino County, CA |
39.3 |
-123.9 |
|
~6.8 |
MI (Bakun,
2000) |
|
September 4, 1899 |
00:22 |
Cape Yakataga, AK |
60.0 |
-142.0 |
|
7.9 |
MS |
|
September 10, 1899 |
21:41 |
Yakutat Bay, AK |
60.0 |
-142.0 |
|
8.0 |
MS |
|
October 9, 1900 |
12:28 |
Kodiak Is., AK |
57.1 |
-153.5 |
|
7.7 |
MS |
|
March 3, 1901 |
07:45 |
Parkfield, CA |
36.2 |
-120.7 |
|
6.4 |
MS (Abe,
1988) |
|
August 27, 1904 |
21:56 |
Fairbanks, AK |
64.7 |
-148.1 |
|
7.3 |
MS |
|
July 9, 1905 |
09:40 |
Mongolia |
49.0 |
99.0 |
|
8.4 |
M
|
|
January 31, 1906 |
15:36 |
Colombia-Ecuador |
1.0 |
-81.5 |
1,000 |
8.8 |
M |
|
April 18, 1906 |
13:12 |
San Francisco, CA (San
Andreas fault from Cape Mendocino to San Juan Bautista) |
3,000 |
7.8 |
M (Bakun, 1999) |
||
|
August 17, 1906 |
00:40 |
Valparaiso, Chile |
-33.0 |
-72.0 |
20,000 |
8.2 |
M |
|
December 28, 1908 |
04:20 |
Messina, Italy |
38.3 |
15.6 |
70,000 |
7.2 |
MS |
|
July 1, 1911 |
22:00 |
Calaveras fault, CA |
37.39 |
-121.80 |
|
6.5 |
MS |
|
October 3, 1915 |
06:52 |
Pleasant Valley, NV |
40.5 |
-117.5 |
|
7.1 |
M (Stover and Coffman,
1993) |
|
October 11, 1918 |
14:14 |
Puerto Rico |
18.47 |
-67.63 |
116 |
7.5 |
MS (McCann, 1985) |
|
December 6, 1918 |
08:41 |
Vancouver Is., B.C.,
Canada |
49.62 |
-125.92 |
|
7.0 |
ML (Gutenberg and
Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983) |
|
December 16, 1920 |
12:05 |
Ningxia-Kansu, China |
36.60 |
105.32 |
200,000 |
8.6 |
MS |
|
January 31, 1922 |
13:17 |
offshore, Cape Mendocino,
CA |
40.70 |
-125.55 |
|
7.3 |
MG-R (Ellsworth,
1990) |
|
March 10, 1922 |
11:21 |
Parkfield, CA |
35.9 |
120.9 |
|
6.1 |
M (Bakun and McEvilly,
1984) |
|
January 22, 1923 |
09:04 |
offshore, Cape Mendocino,
CA |
40.49 |
-125.32 |
|
7.2 |
MG-R (Ellsworth,
1990) |
|
September 1, 1923 |
02:58 |
Kanto, Japan |
35.40 |
139.08 |
143,000 |
7.9 |
M |
|
March 1, 1925 |
02:19 |
Charlevoix, Quebec,
Canada |
47.76 |
-69.84 |
|
6.3 |
M (Bent, 1992) |
|
June 28, 1925 |
01:21 |
Clarkston Valley, MT |
46.32 |
-111.52 |
|
6.6 |
M (Dosier, 1989) |
|
June 29, 1925 |
14:42 |
Santa Barbara, CA |
34.3 |
-119.8 |
13 |
6.8 |
M (Stein and Hanks, 1998) |
|
October 22, 1926 |
12:35 |
Monterey Bay, CA |
36.62 |
-122.35 |
|
6.1 |
MG-R (Ellsworth,
1990) |
|
October 22, 1926 |
13:35 |
Monterey Bay, CA |
36.55 |
-122.18 |
|
6.1 |
MG-R (Ellsworth,
1990) |
|
March 7, 1927 |
09:27 |
Tango, Japan |
35.80 |
134.92 |
3,020 |
7.6 |
MS |
|
May 22, 1927 |
22:32 |
Tsinghai, China |
37.39 |
102.31 |
200,000 |
7.9 |
MS |
|
November 4, 1927 |
13:51 |
offshore Lompoc, CA |
34.92 |
-121.03 |
|
7.1 |
M (Stein and Hanks, 1998) |
|
November 18, 1929 |
20:32 |
Grand Banks, Nova Scotia,
Canada |
44.69 |
-56.01 |
|
7.3 |
M (Bent,1995) |
|
December 21, 1932 |
06:10 |
Cedar Mountain, NV |
38.51 |
-118.08 |
|
7.2 |
M |
|
March 2, 1933 |
17:31 |
Sanriku, Japan |
39.22 |
144.62 |
2,990 |
8.4 |
M |
|
March 11, 1933 |
01:54 |
Long Beach, CA |
33.6 |
-118.0 |
115 |
6.4 |
M (Hauksson & Gross,
1991) |
|
November 20, 1933 |
23:21 |
Baffin Bay, Canada |
73.00 |
-69.98 |
|
7.4 |
M (Stein et al. 1979) |
|
January 15, 1934 |
08:43 |
Bihar, India |
27.55 |
87.09 |
10,700 |
8.1 |
M (Chen and Molnar,
1977) |
|
June 8, 1934 |
04:47 |
Parkfield, CA |
35.9 |
-120.9 |
|
6.1 |
M (Bakun and McEvilly,
1984) |
|
November 1, 1935 |
06:03 |
Timiskaming, Quebec,
Canada |
48.89 |
-79.00 |
|
6.2 |
M (Bent, 1996) |
|
July 22, 1937 |
17:09 |
Salcha, AK |
64.49 |
-146.85 |
|
7.3 |
MS |
|
January 23, 1938 |
08:32 |
Maui, HI |
20.96 |
-156.18 |
|
6.8 |
MS (Klein and
Wright, 2000) |
|
November 10, 1938 |
20:18 |
Shumagin Islands, AK |
55.33 |
-158.37 |
|
8.2 |
M |
|
December 26, 1939 |
23:57 |
Erzincan, Turkey |
39.77 |
39.53 |
32,700 |
7.8 |
MS |
|
May 19, 1940 |
04:36 |
Imperial Valley, CA |
32.73 |
-115.50 |
9 |
7.1 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
|
December 7, 1944 |
04:35 |
Tonankai, Japan |
33.75 |
136.00 |
1,223 |
8.1 |
M |
|
April 1, 1946 |
12:28 |
Unimak Is., AK |
52.75 |
-163.50 |
165 |
7.3 |
MS (Stover and
Coffman, 1993) |
|
June 23, 1946 |
17:13 |
Vancouver Island, B.C.,
Canada |
49.75 |
-124.50 |
|
7.3 |
ML (Gutenberg and
Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983) |
|
August 4, 1946 |
17:51 |
Dominican Republic |
19.25 |
-69.00 |
100 |
8.0 |
MS (Abe, 1981) |
|
December 20, 1946 |
19:19 |
Nankaido, Japan |
32.5 |
134.5 |
1,330 |
8.1 |
M |
|
October 16, 1947 |
02:09 |
Fairbanks, AK |
64.2 |
-148.3 |
|
7.2 |
M |
|
April 13, 1949 |
19:55 |
Olympia, WA |
47.1 |
-122.7 |
8 |
7.1 |
ML (Baker and
Langston, 1987) |
|
August 22, 1949 |
04:01 |
Queen Charlotte Is., B.C,
Canada |
53.62 |
-133.27 |
|
8.1 |
MS (Gutenberg and
Richter, 1954) |
|
August 15, 1950 |
14:09 |
Assam-Tibet |
28.5 |
96.5 |
1,526 |
8.6 |
M |
|
August 21, 1951 |
10:57 |
Kona, HI |
19.50 |
-155.95 |
|
6.9 |
MS (Klein and
Wright, 2000) |
|
July 21, 1952 |
11:52 |
Kern County, CA |
34.95 |
-119.05 |
12 |
7.3 |
M (Stein and Hanks, 1998) |
|
November 4, 1952 |
16:58 |
Kamchatka, Russia |
52.76 |
160.06 |
|
9.0 |
M |
|
March 29, 1954 |
06:17 |
Spain |
37.03 |
-3.51 |
|
7.9 |
M |
|
July 6, 1954 |
11:13 |
Rainbow Mtn, NV |
39.42 |
-118.53 |
|
6.6 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
|
August 24, 1954 |
05:51 |
Stillwater, NV |
39.58 |
-118.45 |
|
6.8 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
|
December 16, 1954 |
11:07 |
Fairview Peak, NV |
39.32 |
-118.20 |
|
7.1 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
|
December 16, 1954 |
11:11 |
Dixie Valley, NV |
39.5 |
-118.0 |
|
6.8 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
|
October 24, 1955 |
04:10 |
Concord, CA |
38.0 |
-122.1 |
1 |
5.4 |
ML (Bolt and
Miller, 1975) |
|
March 9, 1957 |
14:22 |
Andreanof Is., AK |
51.56 |
-175.39 |
|
9.1 |
M |
|
December 4, 1957 |
03:37 |
Gobi-Altai, Mongolia |
45.15 |
99.21 |
30 |
8.1 |
M |
|
April 7, 1958 |
15:30 |
Huslia, AK |
65.94 |
-156.37 |
|
7.3 |
M |
|
July 10, 1958 |
06:15 |
Fairweather, AK |
58.37 |
-136.66 |
5 |
7.7 |
M |
|
August 18, 1959 |
06:37 |
Hebgen Lake, MT |
44.60 |
-110.64 |
28 |
7.3 |
M (Dosier, 1985) |
|
February 29, 1960 |
23:40 |
Agadir, Morocco |
30.5 |
-9.3 |
10,000 |
5.7 |
M |
|
May 22, 1960 |
19:11 |
Chile |
-38.24 |
-73.05 |
5,700 |
9.5 |
M |
|
March 28, 1964 |
03:36 |
Prince William Sound,
AK |
61.02 |
-147.65 |
125 |
9.2 |
M |
|
June 16, 1964 |
04:01 |
Niigata, Japan |
38.43 |
139.23 |
26 |
7.5 |
M |
|
February 4, 1965 |
05:01 |
Rat Is., AK |
51.21 |
-178.50 |
|
8.7 |
M |
|
April 29, 1965 |
15:28 |
Seattle-Tacoma, WA |
47.32 |
-122.33 |
7 |
6.5 |
ML (Algermissen
and Harding, 1965) |
|
June 28, 1966 |
04:26 |
Parkfield, CA |
35.88 |
-120.49 |
|
6.1 |
M (Tsai and Aki, 1969) |
|
September 12, 1966 |
16:41 |
Truckee, CA |
39.38 |
-120.22 |
|
5.9 |
M (Tsai and Aki, 1970) |
|
December 10, 1967 |
22:51 |
Koyna, India |
17.39 |
73.77 |
|
6.3 |
M (Langston, 1976) |
|
October 2, 1969 |
06:19 |
Santa Rosa, CA |
38.30 |
-122.76 |
1 |
5.7 |
ML (Bolt and
Miller, 1975) |
|
May 31, 1970 |
20:23 |
Peru |
-9.25 |
-78.84 |
66,000 |
7.9 |
|
|
July 31, 1970 |
17:08 |
Columbia |
-1.49 |
-72.56 |
|
8.0 |
|
|
February 9, 1971 |
14:00 |
San Fernando, CA |
34.40 |
-118.39 |
65 |
6.7 |
M (Heaton, 1982) |
|
February 4, 1975 |
11:36 |
Haicheng, China |
40.72 |
122.73 |
10,000 |
7.0 |
M (Cipar, 1979) |
|
August 1, 1975 |
20:20 |
Oroville, CA |
39.50 |
-121.39 |
|
5.8 |
M |
|
November 29, 1975 |
14:47 |
South flank of Kilauea,
HI |
19.45 |
-155.03 |
2 |
7.2 |
MS (Klein and
Wright, 2000) |
|
February 4, 1976 |
09:01 |
Guatemala |
15.30 |
-89.14 |
23,000 |
7.5 |
M |
|
July 27, 1976 |
19:42 |
Tangshan, China |
39.61 |
117.89 |
255,000* |
7.5 |
M |
|
August 6, 1979 |
17:05 |
Coyote Lake, CA |
37.11 |
-121.52 |
|
5.7 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
|
October 15, 1979 |
23:17 |
Imperial Valley, CA |
32.82 |
-115.65 |
|
6.4 |
M (Hartzell and Heaton,
1983) |
|
January 24, 1980 |
19:00 |
Livermore, CA |
37.71 |
-121.73 |
|
5.8 |
M (Bolt et al., 1981) |
|
May 25, 1980 |
16:33 |
Mammoth Lakes, CA |
37.60 |
-118.83 |
|
6.1 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
|
May 25, 1980 |
16:49 |
Mammoth Lakes, CA |
37.65 |
-118.90 |
|
5.9 |
ML (Ellsworth,
1990) |
|
May 25, 1980 |
19:44 |
Mammoth Lakes, CA |
37.55 |
-118.82 |
|
5.8 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
|
May 27, 1980 |
14:50 |
Mammoth Lakes, CA |
37.48 |
-118.80 |
|
6.0 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
|
November 8, 1980 |
10:27 |
Gorda Plate, CA |
41.12 |
-124.67 |
|
7.2 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
|
May 2, 1983 |
23:42 |
Coalinga, CA |
36.23 |
-120.32 |
|
6.5 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
|
October 28, 1983 |
14:06 |
Borah Peak, ID |
44.09 |
-113.80 |
2 |
7.0 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
November 16, 1983 |
16:13 |
Kaoiki, HI |
19.44 |
155.38 |
|
6.7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
April 24, 1984 |
21:15 |
Morgan Hill, CA |
37.30 |
-121.71 |
|
6.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
November 23, 1984 |
18:08 |
Round Valley, CA |
37.45 |
-118.60 |
|
5.7 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
|
September 19, 1985 |
13:17 |
Michoacan, Mexico |
18.44 |
-102.36 |
9,500 |
8.0 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
December 23, 1985 |
05:16 |
Nahanni, NW Terr,
Canada |
62.16 |
-124.31 |
|
6.8 |
M (Wetmiller et al., 1988) |
|
May 7, 1986 |
22:47 |
Andreanof Is., AK |
51.56 |
-174.81 |
|
8.0 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
July 8, 1986 |
09:20 |
North Palm Springs, CA |
33.97 |
-116.78 |
|
6.1 |
M (Hartzell, 1989) |
|
July 21, 1986 |
14:42 |
Chalfant Valley, CA |
37.53 |
-118.43 |
|
6.2 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
|
October 1, 1987 |
14:42 |
Whittier Narrows, CA |
34.06 |
-118.13 |
8 |
5.9 |
M (Hartzell and Iida,
1990) |
|
November 30, 1987 |
19:23 |
Gulf of Alaska |
58.84 |
-142.60 |
|
7.9 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
January 22, 1988 |
00:35 |
Tennant Creek, Australia |
-19.87 |
133.78 |
|
6.3 |
M (Choy and Bowman,
1990) |
|
January 22, 1988 |
03:57 |
Tennant Creek, Australia |
-19.88 |
133.83 |
|
6.4 |
M (Choy and Bowman,
1990) |
|
January 22, 1988 |
12:04 |
Tennant Creek, Australia |
-19.90 |
133.83 |
|
6.6 |
M (Choy and Bowman,
1990) |
|
March 6, 1988 |
22:35 |
Gulf of Alaska |
57.26 |
-142.75 |
|
7.8 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
November 25, 1988 |
23:46 |
Saguenay, Quebec,
Canada |
48.06 |
-71.27 |
|
5.9 |
M (Boatwright and Choy,
1992) |
|
December 7, 1988 |
07:41 |
Spitak, Armenia |
40.93 |
44.11 |
25,000 |
6.8 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
October 18, 1989 |
00:04 |
Loma Prieta, CA |
37.14 |
-121.76 |
63 |
6.9 |
M (Wald et al., 1991) |
|
December 25, 1989 |
14:24 |
Ungava, Quebec, Canada |
60.07 |
-73.54 |
|
6.0 |
M (Bent, 1994) |
|
June 28, 1991 |
01:43 |
Sierra Madre, CA |
34.25 |
-117.95 |
2 |
5.6 |
M (Wald et al., 1991) |
|
August 17, 1991 |
22:17 |
Honeydew, CA |
41.79 |
-125.58 |
|
7.1 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
April 23, 1992 |
04:50 |
Joshua Tree, CA |
33.87 |
-116.55 |
|
6.1 |
M (Hauksson et al., 1993) |
|
April 25, 1992 |
18:06 |
Cape Mendocino, CA |
40.38 |
-124.05 |
|
7.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
April 26, 1992 |
07:41 |
Offshore, Cape Mendocino,
CA |
40.55 |
-124.29 |
|
6.5 |
M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993) |
|
April 26, 1992 |
11:18 |
Offshore, Cape Mendocino,
CA |
40.44 |
-124.43 |
|
6.7 |
M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993) |
|
June 28, 1992 |
11:57 |
Landers, CA |
34.20 |
-116.52 |
3 |
7.3 |
M (Sieh et al. 1993) |
|
June 29 1992 |
10:14 |
Little Skull Mtn, NV |
36.77 |
-116.32 |
|
5.7 |
M (Walter, 1993) |
|
September 2, 1992 |
00:16 |
Nicaragua |
11.77 |
-87.35 |
116 |
7.7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
September 29, 1993 |
22:25 |
Latur-Killari, India |
18.08 |
76.52 |
9,748 |
6.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
January 17, 1994 |
12:30 |
Northridge, CA |
34.18 |
-118.56 |
60 |
6.7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
June 9, 1994 |
00:33 |
Bolivia |
-13.86 |
-67.49 |
5 |
8.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
September 1, 1994 |
15:15 |
Cape Mendocino, CA |
40.38 |
-125.78 |
|
7.1 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
January 16, 1995 |
20:46 |
Kobe, Japan |
34.57 |
135.03 |
5,502 |
6.9 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
May 21, 1997 |
22:51 |
Jabalpur, India |
23.07 |
80.12 |
38 |
5.8 |
M (Singh et al., 1999) |
|
July 17, 1998 |
08:49 |
New Guinea |
-2.94 |
142.58 |
2,183 |
7.0 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
January 25, 1999 |
18:19 |
Colombia |
4.45 |
-75.65 |
1,185 |
6.2 |
|
|
August 17, 1999 |
00:01 |
Izmit, Turkey |
40.77 |
30.00 |
17,118 |
7.6 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
September 20, 1999 |
17:47 |
Chi-Chi, Taiwan |
23.82 |
120.86 |
2,400 |
7.7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
October 16, 1999 |
09:46 |
Hector Mine, CA |
34.56 |
-116.44 |
|
7.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
November 12, 1999 |
16:57 |
Duzce, Turkey |
40.82 |
31.23 |
894 |
7.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
September 3, 2000 |
08:36 |
Napa, CA |
38.38 |
-122.41 |
|
5.0 |
M (BRK) |
|
November 16, 2000 |
04:54 |
New Ireland, Papua New
Guinea |
-4.00 |
152.33 |
|
8.0 |
|
|
January 13, 2001 |
17:33 |
El Salvador |
13.04 |
-88.66 |
844 |
7.7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
January 26,2001 |
03:16 |
Gujarat, India |
23.39 |
70.23 |
20,085 |
7.7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
February 28, 2001 |
18:54 |
Olympia, WA |
47.11 |
-122.60 |
|
6.8 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
June 23, 2001 |
20:33 |
Coastal Peru |
-16.30 |
-73.55 |
75 |
8.4 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
March 25, 2002 |
14:56 |
Hindu Kush Region,
Afghanistan |
36.06 |
69.32 |
1,000 |
6.1 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
April 20, 2002 |
10:50 |
Au Sable Forks, New York |
44.51 |
-73.70 |
|
5.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
|
November 3, 2002 |
22:12 |
Denali Park, Alaska |
63.52 |
-147.44 |
|
7.9 |
M (QED) |
|
May 21, 2003 |
36.96 |
Boumerdes, Algeria |
36.96 |
3.63 |
2,266 |
6.8 |
M (QED) |
|
MG-R = Gutenberg and Richter's (1954) magnitude, MS =
20-sec surface-wave magnitude, M = moment magnitude (Hanks and Kanamori,
1979), and MI is an intensity magnitude, ML is local
magnitude (Richter, 1935). |
|||||||
|
à GMT |
|||||||
|
* Fatalities estimated
as high as 655,000. |
|||||||
References |
|
Abe, K., 1981, Magnitudes of large shallow
earthquakes from 1904-1980: Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors, v. 27,
p. 72-92. |
|
Abe, K., 1988, Magnitudes and origin times from Milne
seismograph data: Earthquakes in China and California, 1898-1912 in Lee, W. H.
K, Meyers, H., and Shimizaki, K., eds., Historical seismograms and
earthquakes of the world: San Diego, Calif., Academic Press, p.37-50. |
|
Algermissen, S.T. and S. Harding, 1965, Preliminary
Seismological Report, in US Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1965, The Puget Sound,
Washington earthquake of April 29, 1965: US Coast and Geodetic Survey, p
1-26. |
|
Baker, G.E. and C.A. Langston, 1987,Source parameters
of the 1949 magnitude 7.1 south Puget Sound, Washington earthquake as
determined from long-period body waves and strong motions: Bull. Seism. Soc
Am. v. 77 no 5, p. 1530-1557. |
|
Bakun, W.H., 1999, Seismic Activity of the San
Francisco Bay region, Bull. Seism. Soc Am. 89, 764-784. |
|
Bakun, W.H., 2000, Seismicity of California's north
coast, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer, in press. |
|
Bakun, W. H. and T. V. McEvilly, 1984, Recurrence
models and Parkfield, California, earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 89, p.
3051-3058. |
|
Bolt, B. A. and R. D. Miller, 1975, Catalog of
Earthquakes in Northern california and Adjoining Areas: 1 January 1910 - 31
December 1972, Seismographic Stations, University of California, Berkeley,
1-567. |
|
Bolt, B. A., T. V. McEvilly, and R. A. Uhrhammer,
1981, The Livermore Valley, California, sequence of January 1980, Bull.
Seismol. Soc. Am., 71, pp. 451-463. |
|
Beanland, S., and M. M. Clark, 1994, The Owens valley
fault zone, eastern California, and surface rupture associated with the 1872
earthquake; U. S. Geol. Surv Bull. 1982, 29pp. |
|
Bent, A.L., 1992, A re-examination of the 1925
Charlevoix, Quebec, earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 82, 2097-2113. |
|
Bent, A.L., 1994, The 1989 (Ms6.3) Ungava, Quebec,
earthquake: a complex intraplate event, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84,
1075-1088. |
|
Bent, A.L., 1995, A complex double-couple source mechanism for the Ms7.2
1929 Grand Banks earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 85, 1003-1020. |
|
Bent, A.L., 1996, An improved source mechanism for
the 1935 Timiskaming, Quebec earthquake from regional waveforms, Pure Appl.
Geophys.. 146, 5-20. |
|
Boatwright, J. and Choy, G.L., 1992, Acceleration
source spectra anticipated for large earthquakes in northeastern North
America, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 82, 660-682. |
|
BRK,
University of California Seismographic Stations, Berkeley |
|
Chen, W.-P. and Molnar, P., 1977, Seismic moments of
major earthquakes and the average rate of slip in central Asia, J. Geophys.
Res., 82, 2945-2969. |
|
Choy, G.L. and Bowman, J.R., 1990, Rupture process of
a multiple main shock sequence: analysis of teleseismic, local and field
observations of the Tennant |
|
Creek, Australia earthquakes
of January 22, 1988, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 6867-6882. |
|
Cipar, J., 1979, Source processes of the Haicheng,
China earthquake from observations of P and S waves: Seismol. Soc. Am. Bull.,
v. 69, p. 1903-1916. |
|
Dosier D.I., 1985, Source parameters and faulting
processes of the 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana, earthquake sequence, J. Geophys.
Res. 90, 4537-4555. |
|
Dosier, D.I., 1989, Source parameters of Montana
earthquakes (1925-1964) and tectonic deformation in the northern
intermountain seismic belt, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 79, 31-50. |
|
Ellsworth,
W. L., 1990, Earthquake history, 1769-1989, chap. 6 of Wallace, R. E.,
ed., The San Andreas fault system, California: U. S. Geological Survey
Professional Paper 1515, p.153-188. |
|
Grant, L.B. and K.E. Sieh, 1993, Stratigraphic
evidence for seven meters of dextral slip on the San Andreas fault during the
1857 earthquake in the Carrizo Plain, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 83, 619-635. |
|
Gutenberg, B. and C.F. Richter, 1954, Seismicity of
the earth and associated phenomena; 2nd ed: Princeton Univ. Press, 310
pp. |
|
Hanks, T. C., and H.
Kanamori, 1979, A moment magnitude scale, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 2348-2350. |
|
Hanks, T.C., J. A. Hileman, and W. Thatcher, 1975,
Seismic moments of the larger earthquakes of the southern California region,
Geol. Soc. Am. Bull, 86, pp. 1131-1139. |
|
Hartzell, S. H., 1989, Comparison of waveform
inversion results for the rupure history of finite fault; application to the
1986 North Palm Springs, California, earthquake, J. Geophys. Res. 94,
7515-7534. |
|
Hartzell, S. H., & Iida, M., 1990, Source
complexity of the 1987 Whittier Narrows, California, earthquake from the
inversion of strong motion records, J. Geophys. Res. 95, 12,475-12,485. |
|
Hartzell, S. H. and T. H. Heaton, 1983, Inversion of
strong ground motion and teleseismic waveform data for the fault rupture
history of the 1979 Imperial Valley, California, earthquake, Bull. Seism.
Soc. Am., 73, 1553-1583. |
|
Hauksson, E., & Gross, S., 1991, Source
parameters of the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 81,
81-98. |
|
Hauksson, E., L. M. Jones, K. Hutton, and D.
Eberhart-Phillips, 1993, The 1992 Landers earthquake sequence: seismological
observations, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 19,835-19,858. |
|
Heaton, T. H., 1982, The 1971 San Fernando earthquake:
a double event?, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 72, 2037-2062. |
|
Johnston, A., 1996, Seismic moment assessment of
earthquakes in stable continental regions Ð III. New Madrid 1811-1812,
Charleston 1886, and Lisbon 1755, Geophys. J. Int. 126, 314-344. |
|
Klein, F.W. and T.L. Wright, 2000, Catalog of
Hawaiian earthquakes, 1823-1959, USGS Prof. Paper 1623. |
|
Langston, C.A., 1976, A body wave inversion of the
Koyna, India earthquake of December 10, 1967 and some implications for body
wave focal mechanisms, J. Geophys. Res., 81, 2517-2529. |
|
Malone, S.D. and S. Bor, 1979, Attenuation patterns
in the Pacific northwest based on intensity data and the location of the 1872
north Cascades earthquake: Bull.
Seismol. Soc. Am. 69, p. 531-546. |
|
McCann, W., 1985, On the Earthquake Hazard of Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 75, 251-262. |
|
Oppenheimer, D. H., G.C. Beroza, G.A. Carver, L.
Dengler, J. P. Eaton, L. Gee, F.I. Gonzalez, A.S. Jayko, W.H. Li, M.
Lisowski, M. Magee, G. A. Marshall, M. Murray, R. McPherson, B. Romanowicz,
K. Satake, R.W. Simpson, P.G. Somerville, R.S. Stein, and D. Valentine, 1993,
The Cape Mendocino, California, earthquakes of April 1992, subduction at the
triple junction, Science, 261, 433-438. |
|
PDE (Preliminary
Determination of Epicenters) Monthly Listing, U.S. Geol. Surv., Golden,
CO. |
|
Qamar, A. and M.C. Stickney, 1983, Montana
Earthquakes 1869-1979: Historical Seismicity and Earthquake Hazard, Montana
Bureau of Mines and Geology, Memoir 51, 80 pp. |
|
QED (Quick Epicenter Determinations),
U.S. Geol. Surv., Golden, CO. |
|
Richins, W.D., J.C. Pechman, R.B. Smith, C.J. Langer,
S.K. Goter, J.E. Zollweg, and J.J. King, 1987, The 1983 Borah Peak, Idaho
earthquake and its aftershocks:
Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 77, 697-723. |
|
Richter, C.F., 1935, An
instrumental earthquake magnitude scale: Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 25, 1-32 |
|
Rogers, G.C., 1983, Seismotectonics of British
Columbia: University of British Columbia Doctor of Philosophy Thesis, 247
pp. |
|
Satake, K., K. Shimazaki, Y. Tsuji, and K. Ueda,
1996, Time and size of a giant earthquake in Cascadia inferred from Japanese
tsunami records of January 1700, Nature 379, 246-249. |
|
Sieh, K.E., 1978, Slip along the San Andreas fault
associated with the great 1857 earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 68,
1421-1448. |
|
Sieh, K., Jones, L. M., Hauksson, E., Hudnut, K.,
Eberhart-Phillips, D., Heaton, T., Hough, S., Hutton, K., Kanamori, H.,
Lilje, A., Lindvall, |
|
S., McGill, S. F., Mori, J., Rubin, C., Spotila, J.,
Stock, J., Thio, H. K., Treiman, J., Wernicke, B., & Zachariasen,
J.,1993, Near-field Investigations of the Landers Earthquake Sequence,
April-July, 1992, Science 260, 171-175. |
|
Singh, S.K., Ordaz, M., Dattatrayam, R.S., and Gupta,
H.K., 1999, A spectral analysis of the 21 May 1997, Jabalpur India,
earthquake (M=5.8) and estimation
of ground motion from future earthquakes in the Indian shield region, Bull.
Seism. Soc. Am. 89, 1620-1630. |
|
Stein, R.S. and T.C. Hanks, 1998, M³6 earthquakes in
southern California during the twentieth century: no evidence for a
seismicity or moment deficit, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. Bull. 88, p. 635-652. |
|
Stein, S., Sleep, N.H., Geller, R.J., Wang, S.-C.,
and Kroeger, G.C., 1979, Earthquakes along the passive margin of eastern
Canada, Geophys. Res. Lett. 6, 537-540. |
|
Stover, D.W., ed, 1987, United States earthquakes,
1983: US Geological Survey Bulletin 1698, 196 pp. |
|
Stover, C.W., and J.L. Coffman, 1993, Seismicity of
the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised), US Geol. Surv. Prof. Pap. 1527,
418pp. |
|
Tsai, Y.B., and K. Aki, 1969, Simultaneous
determination of the seismic moment and attenuation of seismic surface waves,
Bull. Seism. Soc Amer. 59, 275-287. |
|
Tsai, Y.B., and K. Aki, 1970, Source mechanism of the
Truckee, California, earthquake of September 12, 1966, Bull. Seism. Soc Amer.
60, 1199-1208. |
|
Wald, D. J., 1992, Strong motion and broadband teleseismic analysis of the
1991 Sierra Madre, California, earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 97,
11,033-11,046. |
|
Wald, D. W., D. V. Helmberger and T. H. Heaton, 1991,
Rupture model of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake from the inversion of
strong-motion and broadband teleseismic data, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 81,
1540-1572. |
|
Walter, W.R., 1993, Source parameters of the June 29,
1992 Little Skull Mountain earthquake from complete regional waveforms at a
single station, Geophys. Res. Lett. 20, 403-406. |
|
Wetmiller, R.J., Horner, R.B., Hasegawa, H.S., North,
R.G., Lamontagne, M., Weichert, D.H., and Evans, S.G., 1988, An analysis of
the 1985 Nahanni earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 78, 590-616. |
| U.S.
Department of the Interior, U.S.
Geological Survey USGS Privacy Statement | | Disclaimer | | FOIA | | Accessibility |
|
