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Significant Worldwide Earthquakes in 2002
2002 Earthquake Summary: USGS News Release
Significant Earthquakes of the World in 2002
Earthquakes, Magnitude 7 and Greater, in 2002
Deaths from Earthquakes in 2002
Earthquakes Located by the NEIC in 2002
Significant Earthquake Posters for 2002
Large / Noteworthy Earthquakes in 2002
Earthquakes with the most casualties in 2002
February 3, Turkey, 6.5
At least 44 people
killed, 318 injured and 622 buildings damaged in Afyon Province.
Felt in much of west-central Turkey. Also felt in the Dodecanese
Islands, Greece. Maximum acceleration of 0.113 g was recorded at
Afyon. Preliminary reports indicate 30 km of surface faulting
with vertical offset in the Cay-Sultandagi area. Two new hot
springs formed in the area and others changed their flow rates.
Most of this information was obtained from reports on the
websites of Bogazici University, Turkey and GeoForschungZentrum
Potsdam, Germany.
March 3, Hindu Kush Region, Afganistan, 7.4
At least 150 people killed, several
injured and 400 houses damaged or destroyed by a landslide that
dammed and flooded Surkundara Valley, Samanghan Province. At
least 13 people killed at Kabul and Rustaq and 3 people killed
at Bajaua, Pakistan. At least 300 houses destroyed in Badakhshan
and Takhar Provinces. A 50 yard wide fissure opened in Xiker
Reservoir in Xinjiang Province, China. Felt in much of
Afghanistan and Pakistan. Also felt in India, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Xinjiang, China.
March 25, Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan, 6.1 ** Deadliest Earthquake in 2002
At least 1,000 people
killed, several hundred injured and several thousand homeless in
Baghlan Province. At least 1,500 houses destroyed or damaged at
Nahrin and several hundred more in other areas of Baghlan
Province. Landslides blocked many roads in the epicentral area.
Felt strongly in much of northern Afghanistan. Also felt in the
Islamabad-Peshawar area, Pakistan and at Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
June 22, Western Iran, 6.5
At least 261
people killed, 1300 injured and thousands of buildings destroyed
or damaged (VIII) in the Ab Garm-Abhar-Avaj-Shirin Su area.
Water and irrigation systems were severely damaged in the area.
Surface fissures were observed between Abdarreh and Changureh,
which were the villages that sustained the heaviest damage.
Damage was estimated at 91 million U.S. dollars. Felt strongly
in much of western Iran, including Tehran. For detailed
information about this earthquake, see the International
Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, online at
http://www.iiees.ac.ir/bank/eng_avaj.html.
October 31, Southern Italy, 5.9
At least 29 people killed, some injured, a number missing and extensive damage in the Campobasso area
Deaths from Earthquakes in 2002: 1686
United States Earthquakes in 2002
Largest in the 50 States:
November 3, Central Alaska, 7.9M
One person injured
and extensive damage to roads. Items knocked from shelves in
Denali National Park, Glenallen and Tok. Some supports on the
trans-Alaska pipeline were damaged and operation was suspended.
Damage estimated at 20 million U.S. dollars. Felt (VII) at
Cantwell and Denali National Park; (VI) at Chistochina, Delta
Junction, Fairbanks, Nenana, North Pole and Tok; (V) at
Anchorage, Big Lake, Chickaloon, Chitina, Copper Center, Eagle
River, Eielson AFB, Eureka, Fort Wainwright, Healy, Houston,
Knik, Moose Pass, Palmer, Talkeetna, Tazlina, Wasilla and
Willow; (IV) at Butte, Cordova, Glenallen, Kenai, Kenny Lake,
Nikiski, Salcha, Skagway, Valdez and Whittier; (III) at Galena,
Haines, Juneau, Kasilof, Seward and Soldotna. Felt in northern
British Columbia, western Alberta and Northwest Territories.
Also felt by people in high-rise buildings in Seattle,
Washington. Seiches and muddied water wells observed in a number
of states, including Washington, Idaho, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
Missouri, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
Largest in the 48 States:
June 17, California, 5.3M
40.828 -124.604
April 20, New York, 5.2M
44.513 -73.699
Some roads, bridges, chimneys and water
lines damaged in Clinton and Essex Counties. Many buildings in
the area had cracked walls and foundations, broken windows and
small items knocked from shelves. Maximum intensity (VII) at Au
Sable Forks. Felt from New Brunswick and Maine to Ohio and
Michigan and from Ontario and Quebec to Maryland.
June 18, Indiana, 5.0M
38.069 -87.680
Slight damage (VI) at Evansville, Haubstadt and Wadesville. Felt
(V) at Fort Branch, Owensville and Poseyville; (IV) at
Boonville, Jasper, Mount Vernon, Newburgh, Princeton and
Vincennes. Felt (V) at Henderson and (IV) at Morganfield and
Owensboro, Kentucky. Also felt (IV) at Mount Carmel, Illinois.
Felt in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio,
Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
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