October 28, 2004
SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKES OF THE WORLD, 2004
Earthquakes of magnitude 6.5 or greater or ones that caused fatalities, injuries or substantial damage.
BRK--Berkeley. PAS--Pasadena.
DATE ORIGIN TIME GEOGRAPHIC DEPTH MAG SD NO. REGION, ADDITIONAL MAGNITUDES AND COMMENTS
UTC UTC COORDINATES STA
HR MN SEC LAT LONG USED
JAN 01 20 59 31.9 8.310 S 115.788 E 45 5.8 1.0 119 BALI REGION, INDONESIA. MW 5.8 (GS), 5.8 (HRV). mb 5.5 (GS). MS
5.4 (GS). Mo 6.6*10**17 Nm (HRV), 5.6*10**17 Nm (GS). At least
one person killed, 22 injured and 2,000 buildings damaged on
Lombok. At least seven people injured and 4,000 buildings
damaged on Bali. Felt (VI) at Karangasem, Bali and (V) at
Mataram, Lombok.
JAN 03 16 23 21.0 22.253 S 169.683 E 22 G 7.1 1.1 597 SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS. MW 7.1 (HRV), 6.8 (GS). mb 6.4
(GS). MS 7.1 (GS). ME 7.1 (GS). Mo 5.9*10**19 Nm (HRV),
1.6*10**19 Nm (GS), 8.2*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 8.7*10**14 Nm (GS).
Felt on Mare and at Noumea, New Caledonia.
JAN 10 18 38 14.8 36.852 N 3.418 E 10 G 4.5 1.0 190 NORTHERN ALGERIA. mb 4.5 (GS). MS 4.4 (GS). ML 4.6 (LDG). Three
hundred people injured and additional damage to buildings in the
Algiers-Boumerdes area previously weakened by the event of May
21, 2003.
JAN 25 11 43 11.8 16.830 S 174.196 W 130 D 6.7 0.8 732 TONGA. MW 6.7 (GS), 6.7 (HRV). mb 6.4 (GS). ME 6.6 (GS). Mo
1.1*10**19 Nm (GS), 1.1*10**19 Nm (HRV). Es 1.6*10**14 Nm (GS).
Felt in the Vava'u Group.
JAN 28 22 15 30.7 3.120 S 127.400 E 17 6.7 1.1 243 SERAM, INDONESIA. MW 6.7 (GS), 6.7 (HRV). mb 6.0 (GS). MS 6.5
(GS). ME 7.0 (GS). ML 6.7 (DJA). Mo 1.2*10**19 Nm (GS),
1.1*10**19 Nm (HRV), 9.1*10**18 Nm (PPT). Es 6.4*10**14 Nm (GS).
Felt (V) at Namlea, Buru and (II) on Ambon. A local tsunami was
observed at Namlea.
FEB 04 11 59 47.6 8.358 N 82.877 W 29 D 6.1 0.9 465 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION. MW 6.1 (GS), 6.1 (HRV). mb 5.6
(GS). MS 5.9 (GS). Mo 1.7*10**18 Nm (HRV), 1.5*10**18 Nm (GS).
Four people injured, three houses damaged and a bridge collapsed
in Chiriqui, Panama. Felt in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Felt
strongly in southern Costa Rica, the Valle Central and at Limon.
FEB 05 21 05 02.8 3.615 S 135.538 E 17 7.0 1.0 367 PAPUA, INDONESIA. MW 7.0 (HRV), 6.8 (GS). mb 6.1 (GS). MS 7.1
(GS). ME 7.0 (GS). Mo 3.1*10**19 Nm (HRV), 1.8*10**19 Nm (GS),
7.2*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 7.7*10**14 Nm (GS). At least 37 people
killed, 682 injured, 2,678 buildings damaged or destroyed and
nine bridges damaged in the epicentral area. The airport runway
was damaged and power outages occurred in the Nabire area. Felt
(VI) at Nabire, (V) at Enarotali and (IV) at Manokwari. Also
felt at Tembagapura.
FEB 07 02 42 35.2 4.003 S 135.023 E 10 G 7.3 1.0 390 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA. MW 7.3 (GS), 7.3 (HRV).
mb 6.2 (GS). MS 7.5 (GS). ME 7.5 (GS). Mo 9.7*10**19 Nm (GS),
1.1*10**20 Nm (HRV), 7.2*10**20 Nm (PPT). Es 4.3*10**15 Nm (GS).
Additional damage in the Nabire area.
FEB 08 08 58 51.8 3.665 S 135.339 E 26 6.7 1.1 256 PAPUA, INDONESIA. MW 6.7 (HRV), 6.5 (GS). mb 5.7 (GS). MS 6.9
(GS). ME 6.4 (GS). Mo 7.2*10**18 Nm (GS), 1.2*10**19 Nm (HRV).
Es 1.0*10**14 Nm (GS). Felt (VI) at Nabire.
FEB 11 08 15 03.8 31.675 N 35.551 E 27 D 5.1 0.9 386 DEAD SEA REGION. mb 5.1 (GS). MS 4.8 (GS). ML 5.2 (GII). Four
people injured in western Jordan and a landslide occurred at
Ma'in. Minor damage to buildings at Jerusalem, Petah-Tiqwa, Tel
Aviv and in the Nablus area. Felt from Cairo, Egypt to Lebanon.
FEB 14 10 30 22.1 34.774 N 73.216 E 11 G 5.5 0.9 353 PAKISTAN. MW 5.5 (GS), 5.5 (HRV). mb 5.4 (GS). MS 5.2 (GS). Mo
1.9*10**17 Nm (GS), 1.7*10**17 Nm (HRV). At least 24 people
killed, including 14 by landslides, and about 40 injured in the
Balakot-Batgram-Mansehra area. More than 1,420 buildings
collapsed, 5,379 damaged and roads cracked and blocked by
landslides in the area. About 20 percent of water wells damaged
in Manshera. Felt throughout the North-West Frontier Province.
Power and telephone cables damaged at Srinagar, Jammu and
Kashmir. Also felt at Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir and at Kabul,
Afghanistan.
FEB 14 11 56 57.5 34.798 N 73.206 E 11 G 5.4 0.8 369 PAKISTAN. MW 5.4 (GS), 5.3 (HRV). mb 5.4 (GS). MS 5.1 (GS). Mo
9.1*10**16 Nm (HRV), 1.2*10**17 Nm (GS). Casualties and damage
included with the event at 10:30 UTC.
FEB 16 14 44 39.9 0.466 S 100.655 E 56 5.2 0.9 199 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA. mb 5.2 (GS). MS 4.5 (GS). At least 5
people killed, 7 injured and more than 100 houses damaged in the
Padangpanjang area. Felt (V) at Padangpanjang; (IV) at
Batusangkar, Bukittingi and Padang; (II) at Pekanbaru.
FEB 21 02 34 42.7 58.425 S 14.963 W 10 G 6.6 1.3 102 EAST OF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS. MW 6.6 (GS), 6.6 (HRV). mb
6.0 (GS). MS 6.5 (GS). Mo 9.2*10**18 Nm (HRV), 8.4*10**18 Nm
(GS), 1.5*10**19 Nm (PPT).
FEB 22 06 46 27.0 1.559 S 100.488 E 42 G 6.0 0.8 611 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA. MW 6.0 (GS), 6.0 (HRV). mb 6.3 (GS).
MS 5.7 (GS). ME 6.3 (GS). Mo 1.3*10**18 Nm (GS), 1.1*10**18 Nm
(HRV). Es 5.5*10**13 Nm (GS). One person injured, four houses
badly damaged and many houses slightly damaged in Pesisir
Selatan. Felt (V) at Padang and (III) at Bengkulu, Bukittinggi,
Kapahiang and Padangpanjang. Felt on Singapore.
FEB 24 02 14 34.0 3.393 S 29.558 E 10 A 4.7 1.0 71 BURUNDI. mb 4.7 (GS). Three people killed and at least 24 houses
destroyed at Ruyaga. Felt strongly at Bujumbura. Also felt at
Bukavu, Congo; Kigali, Rwanda; Kabanga, Tanzania.
FEB 24 02 27 46.2& 35.142 N 3.997 W 0 G 6.4 786 STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR. <MDD>. MW 6.4 (GS), 6.4 (HRV). mb 6.2 (GS).
MS 6.4 (GS). ME 7.1 (GS). Mo 4.8*10**18 Nm (GS), 4.1*10**18 Nm
(HRV). Es 1.0*10**15 Nm (GS). At least 628 people killed, 926
injured, 2,539 homes destroyed and more than 15,000 people
homeless in the Al Hoceima-Imzourene-Beni Abdallah area,
Morocco. Maximum intensity IX in the Imzourene-Ait Kamra area.
Ground cracks and landslides were observed between Ajdir and
Beni Abdallah and maximum horizontal acceleration of 0.24g was
recorded near Imzourene. Felt from Tetouan to Nador and as far
south as Fes. Felt (V) at Melilla and (III) in many parts of
southern Spain from Algeciras to Roquetas de Mar. Felt (II) at
Cordoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaen and Madrid. Also felt in
Gibraltar. This earthquake occurred near the eastern end of the
Rif mountain belt, which is part of the diffuse boundary between
the African and Eurasian plates. The moment tensors and pattern
of surface cracks indicate left-lateral strike-slip faulting on
a buried NE-SW trending fault. This quake occurred near the
epicenter of the magnitude 6.0 Al Hoceima earthquake of May 26,
1994, that injured one person and caused significant damage to
adobe buildings. Special reports for this earthquake are
available on the website http://www.emsc-csem.org.
MAR 01 23 55 19.0& 38.058 N 38.277 E 5 G 3.8 6 EASTERN TURKEY. <ISK>. MD 3.8 (ISK). At least six people killed
at Celikhan.
MAR 24 01 53 49.4 45.382 N 118.256 E 19 D 5.5 0.9 447 EASTERN NEI MONGOL, CHINA. MW 5.5 (GS), 5.4 (HRV). mb 5.6 (GS).
MS 5.2 (GS). Mo 1.9*10**17 Nm (GS), 1.5*10**17 Nm (HRV). At
least 100 people injured and 38,000 buildings damaged in the
Bayan Ul Hot-Uliastai area. Felt at Chaoyang, Chengde and
Baicheng. Damage from this earthquake and the aftershocks
estimated at 74 million U.S. dollars.
MAR 25 19 30 49.0 39.930 N 40.812 E 10 G 5.6 1.1 237 EASTERN TURKEY. MW 5.6 (GS), 5.6 (HRV). mb 5.0 (GS). MS 5.4 (GS).
Mo 2.9*10**17 Nm (HRV), 2.4*10**17 Nm (GS). At least ten people
killed, 46 injured and 45 buildings damaged or destroyed in
Erzurum.
MAR 28 03 51 10.0& 39.847 N 40.874 E 5 5.6 509 EASTERN TURKEY. <ISK>. MW 5.6 (HRV), 5.5 (GS). mb 5.3 (GS). MS
5.3 (GS). ML 5.3 (ISK). Mo 2.7*10**17 Nm (HRV), 2.1*10**17 Nm
(GS). At least 12 people injured, more than 50 buildings in 10
villages damaged or destroyed and many livestock killed in the
Askale area.
APR 03 23 02 00.8 36.428 N 141.008 E 31 G 6.0 0.7 528 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 6.0 (HRV), 5.9 (GS). mb
5.7 (GS). MS 5.6 (GS). ME 5.3 (GS). Mo 8.9*10**17 Nm (GS),
1.0*10**18 Nm (HRV). Es 2.2*10**12 Nm (GS). At least one person
slightly injured at Naka. Felt strongly in Chiba, Fukushima,
Ibaraki, Miyagi, Saitama and Tochigi Prefectures. Felt in much
of east-central Honshu. Recorded (4 JMA) in Ibaraki and Tochigi;
(3 JMA) in Chiba, Fukushima, Gumma, Miyagi, Saitama and Tokyo;
(2 JMA) in Iwate, Kanagawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Yamagata
and Yamanashi; (1 JMA) in Akita and Aomori Prefectures.
APR 05 21 24 04.0 36.512 N 71.029 E 187 D 6.6 1.0 728 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN. MW 6.6 (GS), 6.5 (HRV). mb 6.4
(GS). Mo 7.5*10**18 Nm (GS), 6.2*10**18 Nm (HRV). At least one
person killed in the Shahr-e Bozorg area and two people killed
at Kabul. At least five people injured in Pakistan. Felt at
Delhi and Guragon, India; Srinigar, Kashmir; Islamabad and
Lahore, Pakistan; Dushanbe, Tajikistan; Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
APR 09 15 23 35.0 13.174 S 167.198 E 228 D 6.5 1.1 424 VANUATU. MW 6.5 (GS), 6.4 (HRV). mb 5.8 (GS). Mo 5.5*10**18 Nm
(GS), 4.5*10**18 Nm (HRV).
APR 13 21 47 23.0& 40.729 N 31.629 E 5 4.1 116 WESTERN TURKEY. <ISK>. mb 4.1 (GS). ML 4.6 (ISK). Four people
injured jumping from buildings in the Bolu area.
APR 23 01 50 30.2 9.362 S 122.839 E 66 D 6.7 1.1 386 SAVU SEA. MW 6.7 (GS), 6.7 (HRV). mb 6.5 (GS). Mo 1.1*10**19 Nm
(GS), 1.1*10**19 Nm (HRV), 9.5*10**18 Nm (PPT). Minor damage at
Kupang, Timor. Felt (IV) at Maumere and (II) at Rote, Flores;
(III) at Sabu, Timor; (III) at Waingapu, Sumba. Felt in much of
Timor. Also felt at Darwin, Kununurra and Wyndham, Australia.
MAY 01 07 56 13.6 24.101 N 121.589 E 44 5.2 0.9 168 TAIWAN. mb 5.2 (GS). MS 5.1 (GS). At least 2 people killed and 1
injured by a rockslide in Hua-lien County. Bridge collapsed at
Taroko Gorge National Park. Felt in most parts of the Island.
Recorded (7 TAP) in Hua-lien; (5 TAP) in I-lan; (3 TAP) in Nan-
t'ou, T'ai-chung and Yun-lin; (2 TAP) in Chia-i, Hsin-chu, Miao-
li, T'ai-pei, T'ai-tung and T'ao-yuan; (1 TAP) in Kao-hsiung and
T'ai-nan.
MAY 03 04 36 50.1 37.665 S 73.420 W 21 G 6.6 1.3 216 NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE. MW 6.6 (GS), 6.6 (HRV). mb 5.9
(GS). MS 6.5 (GS). ME 6.1 (GS). ML 6.4 (GUC). Mo 8.4*10**18 Nm
(GS), 1.0*10**19 Nm (HRV), 8.4*10**18 Nm (PPT). Es 3.6*10**13 Nm
(GS). Minor damage (VI)and power outages occurred at Canete.
Felt (VI) at Angol, Concepcion, Los Angeles, Talcahuano and
Victoria; (V) at Lebu, Lonquimay, Temuco, Valdivia and
Villarica; (IV) at Cauquenes, Chillan, Linares and Talca; (III)
at Curico, Osorno, Rancagua and San Fernando; (II) at Santiago.
Also felt at Chiguayante.
MAY 08 20 11 44.6 30.173 N 66.981 E 10 G 4.4 0.9 40 PAKISTAN. mb 4.4 (GS). At least one person killed, about 30
injured and minor damage to some buildings in the Quetta area.
MAY 28 12 38 44.2 36.249 N 51.622 E 17 G 6.3 0.9 704 NORTHERN IRAN. MW 6.3 (HRV), 6.2 (GS). mb 6.2 (GS). MS 6.4 (GS).
ME 6.1 (GS). Mo 3.3*10**18 Nm (HRV), 2.5*10**18 Nm (GS). Es
3.1*10**13 Nm (GS). At least 35 people killed, 400 injured and
many buildings damaged in Mazandaran and Qazvin Provinces. Some
of the deaths were caused by landslides on the Tehran-Chalus
road. Infrastructures damaged in the epicentral area. Minor
damage reported in Tehran. Felt in much of central and northern
Iran.
MAY 29 20 56 09.6 34.251 N 141.406 E 16 G 6.5 1.0 352 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 6.5 (GS), 6.3 (HRV). mb
5.6 (GS). MS 6.6 (GS). ME 5.9 (GS). Mo 6.9*10**18 Nm (GS),
3.2*10**18 Nm (HRV). Es 1.8*10**13 Nm (GS). Felt along the coast
of eastern Honshu. Recorded (1 JMA) in Chiba, Kanagawa, Miyagi
and Shizuoka Prefectures.
JUN 10 15 19 57.7 55.682 N 160.003 E 189 D 6.9 0.8 798 KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA. MW 6.9 (GS), 6.9 (HRV). mb 6.1 (GS).
Mo 2.9*10**19 Nm (GS), 2.3*10**19 Nm (HRV), 4.1*10**19 Nm (PPT).
JUN 28 09 49 47.0& 54.800 N 134.250 W 20 G 6.8 772 QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION. <PGC>. MW 6.8 (GS), 6.8 (HRV). mb
5.9 (GS). MS 6.8 (GS). ME 6.8 (GS). Mo 1.9*10**19 Nm (GS),
1.8*10**19 Nm (HRV), 2.8*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 3.0*10**14 Nm (GS).
Felt strongly on the northern Queen Charlotte Islands. Also felt
throughout the rest of the Queen Charlotte Islands and along the
northwest coast of British Columbia at Kitimat, Prince Rupert,
Stewart and Terrace. Felt (VI) at Craig; (V) at Klawock,
Metlakatla and Petersburg; (IV) at Hyder, Juneau and Ketchikan;
(III) at Sitka and Wrangell, Alaska.
JUL 01 22 30 09.3 39.766 N 43.979 E 5 G 5.4 1.1 422 EASTERN TURKEY. mb 5.4 (GS). MS 4.8 (GS). At least 18 people
killed and 21 injured in the Dogubeyazit area.
JUL 12 13 04 07.1 46.296 N 13.641 E 8 5.0 1.0 476 SLOVENIA. mb 5.0 (GS). MS 4.9 (GS). ML 5.7 (STR), 5.6 (LDG), 5.6
(BRG), 5.5 (FBB), 5.5 (FUR), 5.4 (ZAMG), 5.4 (PDG), 4.9 (LJU).
One person killed and 5 injured by a rockslide in the Bovec
area. Some houses destroyed and others damaged at Kobarid. Felt
in Ljubljana. Felt in northeastern Italy as far south as Venice
and southern Austria as far northeast as Vienna. Also felt at
Zagreb, Croatia; Munich, Germany; Prague, Czech Republic.
JUL 15 04 27 14.7 17.656 S 178.760 W 566 D 7.1 0.9 208 FIJI REGION. MW 7.1 (HRV), 7.0 (GS). mb 6.4 (GS). Mo 4.8*10**19
Nm (HRV), 4.1*10**19 Nm (GS).
JUL 18 04 22 22.6& 38.000 S 176.510 E 5 5.6 92 NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND. <WEL>. MW 5.6 (GS), 5.4 (HRV). mb
5.1 (GS). MS 5.1 (GS). Mo 2.5*10**17 Nm (GS), 1.5*10**17 Nm
(HRV). One person killed and two injured in the Rotorua-Tauranga
area. Five houses heavily damaged at Lake Roto Ma. Landslides
occurred on the highway between Lake Rotoiti and Lake Roto Ma.
Felt from Tauranga to Whakatane. This is the largest of a series
of earthquakes in the Lake Rotoiti area.
JUL 18 08 31 45.8 33.426 N 69.524 E 10 G 5.1 1.4 216 CENTRAL AFGHANISTAN. mb 5.1 (GS). MS 4.8 (GS). Two people killed,
40 injured and hundreds of houses destroyed in Paktia Province.
JUL 25 14 35 19.0 2.427 S 103.981 E 582 D 7.3 0.9 641 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA. MW 7.3 (GS), 7.3 (HRV). mb 6.8 (GS).
Mo 9.8*10**19 Nm (GS), 1.0*10**20 Nm (HRV). Felt (IV) at
Bengkulu and (III) at Padangpanjang. Felt (III) at Bandung,
Bogor, Sawahan and Sukabumi; (II) at Jakarta, Java. Also felt
(III) at Mataram, Lombok. Felt throughout Bali, Java, Lombok and
Sumatra. Also felt in southern Johor, Malaysia and on Singapore.
JUL 28 03 56 28.6 0.443 S 133.091 E 13 D 6.5 1.1 305 NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA. MW 6.5 (HRV), 6.4 (GS).
mb 6.0 (GS). MS 6.3 (GS). Mo 5.8*10**18 Nm (HRV), 4.6*10**18 Nm
(GS). Felt (IV) at Manokwari and Sorong.
JUL 30 07 14 07.8& 39.634 N 43.966 E 5 4.8 132 EASTERN TURKEY. <ISK>. mb 4.8 (GS). MS 4.0 (GS). At least one
person killed, 5 injured and some houses damaged in the
Dogubeyazit area.
AUG 04 03 01 07.5 36.833 N 27.815 E 10 G 5.5 1.3 412 DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE. MW 5.5 (GS), 5.5 (HRV). mb 5.1 (GS).
MS 5.2 (GS). ML 5.4 (ATH). Mo 2.3*10**17 Nm (HRV), 1.9*10**17 Nm
(GS). Fifteen people injured at Bodrum, Turkey. Felt at Akyaka,
Datca, Didim, Fethiye, Gocek, Marmaris and Mugla, Turkey. Also
felt on Kos and Rhodes.
AUG 10 01 47 32.8 36.444 N 70.796 E 207 D 6.0 0.9 492 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN. MW 6.0 (GS), 6.0 (HRV). mb 5.3
(GS). Mo 1.2*10**18 Nm (HRV), 1.1*10**18 Nm (GS). At least two
people injured in Mansehra, Pakistan. Felt in Balkh, Kabul,
Kondoz and Takhar, Afghanistan. Also felt at Chitral, Islamabad,
Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Swat, Pakistan; Dushanbe,
Tajikistan; Gurgaon, India; Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; and
Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
AUG 10 10 26 14.7 27.266 N 103.873 E 6 * 5.1 1.2 203 SICHUAN-YUNNAN-GUIZHOU REGION, CHINA. mb 5.1 (GS). MS 5.1 (GS).
At least 4 people killed, nearly 200 seriously injured, 400
slightly injured, more than 120,000 homeless, 18,556 houses
destroyed and 65,601 damaged in Ludian County, Yunnan. Twenty-
two reservoirs damaged in Yunnan Province.
AUG 11 15 48 26.8 38.377 N 39.261 E 7 5.7 1.1 487 EASTERN TURKEY. MW 5.7 (HRV), 5.6 (GS). mb 5.3 (GS). MS 5.5 (GS).
Mo 3.4*10**17 Nm (HRV), 2.8*10**17 Nm (GS). One person killed,
11 people injured and several houses damaged in the Elazig-
Sivrice area.
AUG 28 13 41 27.9 34.931 S 70.387 W 1 6.5 1.0 298 LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE. MW 6.5 (GS), 6.5 (HRV). mb 6.1 (GS).
MS 6.3 (GS). ML 6.2 (GUC). MD 6.2 (SJA). Mo 6.7*10**18 Nm (GS),
6.3*10**18 Nm (HRV), 9.0*10**18 Nm (PPT). Power outages occurred
at Cauquenes, Curico, San Javier and Talca. Felt (VI) at Curico,
Romeral, Talca and Vichuquen; (V) at Cauquenes, Linares,
Quillota, Rancagua, Santiago, Valparaiso and Vina del Mar; (IV)
at Chillan, Concepcion, Los Andes, Quilpue and San Felipe; (III)
at Cabildo; (II) at Los Angeles. Also felt (IV) at General
Alvear and San Rafael; (III) at Mendoza, Neuquen and Santa Rosa;
(II) at Buenos Aires and Cordoba, Argentina.
SEP 05 10 07 07.8 33.070 N 136.618 E 14 G 7.2 0.9 643 NEAR S. COAST OF WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 7.2 (HRV), 7.0 (GS).
mb 6.7 (GS). MS 7.0 (GS). ME 7.3 (GS). Mo 7.9*10**19 Nm (HRV),
4.0*10**19 Nm (GS), 5.2*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 1.9*10**15 Nm (GS).
At least four people injured in the Kyoto area. Felt in much of
southwestern Japan and as far northeast as Tokyo. A local
tsunami was generated with a wave height (peak-to-trough) of
about 51 cm in Wakayama Prefecture. Recorded (5L JMA) in Mie,
Nara and Wakayama; (4 JMA) in Aichi, Gifu, Hyogo, Kyoto, Osaka
and Shiga; (3 JMA) in Chiba, Fukui, Hiroshima, Kanagawa, Nagano,
Okayama, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tokyo, Tottori and Yamanashi; (2
JMA) in Gumma, Ishikawa, Saitama, Tochigi, Toyama and Yamaguchi;
(1 JMA) in Ibaraki, Miyagi and Niigata Prefectures. Recorded (3
JMA) in Kagawa, Kochi and Tokushima; (2 JMA) in Ehime
Prefectures, Shikoku. Recorded (1 JMA) in Kagoshima, Kumamoto,
Miyazaki and Oita Prefectures, Kyushu. Also recorded (3 JMA) on
Kozu-shima, Nii-jima and O-shima; (2 JMA) on Hachijo-jima,
Mikura-jima and Miyake-jima; (1 JMA) on Dogo and in the Dozen
Islands.
SEP 05 14 57 18.6 33.184 N 137.071 E 10 G 7.4 0.9 594 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 7.4 (GS), 7.4 (HRV). mb
6.2 (GS). MS 7.1 (GS). ME 7.4 (GS). Mo 1.5*10**20 Nm (HRV),
1.2*10**20 Nm (GS), 1.1*10**20 Nm (PPT). Es 2.8*10**15 Nm (GS).
About forty people injured in the Kyoto area. Felt in much of
southwestern Japan and as far north as Tokyo. Tsunamis were
observed with wave heights of 86 cm at Kushimoto and 56 cm at
Owase. Power outages occured at Wakayama and a fire occurred at
Sakai. Recorded (5L JMA) in Wakayama and Mie; (4 JMA) in Aichi,
Fukui, Gifu, Hyogo, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Shiga and Tottori; (3
JMA) in Chiba, Hiroshima, Ishikawa, Kanagawa, Nagano, Okayama,
Shimane, Shizuoka, Tokyo and Yamanashi; (2 JMA) in Gumma,
Ibaraki, Niigata, Saitama, Tochigi and Yamaguchi; (1 JMA) in
Miyagi Prefectures. Recorded (3 JMA) in Kagawa, Kochi and
Tokushima; (2 JMA) in Ehime Prefectures, Shikoku. Recorded (1
JMA) in Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Oita and Saga Prefectures,
Kyushu. Also recorded (3 JMA) on Hachijo-jima, Kozu-shima,
Miyake-jima, Nii-jima and O-shima; (2 JMA) on Dogo, Mikura-jima
and in the Dozen Islands; (1 JMA) on Sadago-shima.
SEP 06 12 42 59.3 55.372 S 28.976 W 10 G 6.9 1.1 233 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION. MW 6.9 (GS), 6.8 (HRV). mb 6.0
(GS). MS 6.5 (GS). Mo 2.5*10**19 Nm (GS), 2.1*10**19 Nm (HRV),
2.0*10**19 Nm (PPT).
SEP 06 23 29 35.0 33.205 N 137.227 E 10 G 6.7 0.8 478 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 6.7 (HRV), 6.5 (GS). mb
6.4 (GS). MS 6.3 (GS). Mo 6.3*10**18 Nm (GS), 1.1*10**19 Nm
(HRV), 6.4*10**18 Nm (PPT). Felt in southwestern Honshu from
Kobe to Tokyo. Recorded (4 JMA) in Osaka, Mie, Shizuoka and
Wakayama; (3 JMA) in Aichi, Fukui, Hyogo, Kanagawa, Kyoto, Nara,
Shiga, Tottori and Yamanashi; (2 JMA) in Chiba, Hiroshima,
Ishikawa, Nagano, Okayama, Saitama, Shimane, Tokyo and Toyama;
(1 JMA) in Gumma, Miyagi, Niigata and Yamaguchi Prefectures.
Recorded (3 JMA) in Tokushima and (2 JMA) in Ehime, Kagawa and
Kochi Prefectures, Shikoku. Also recorded (3 JMA) on Kozu-shima,
Nii-jima and O-shima; (2 JMA) on Aoga-shima, Hachijo-jima,
Mikura-jima and Miyake-jima.
SEP 07 11 53 06.1 28.573 S 65.840 W 22 D 6.4 0.8 360 CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA. MW 6.4 (GS), 6.2 (HRV). mb 6.1 (GS). MS 6.1
(GS). Mo 4.2*10**18 Nm (GS), 2.0*10**18 Nm (HRV), 1.4*10**18 Nm
(PPT). At least one person killed, several people injured and
some buildings damaged (VI) at Catamarca. Felt (III) at San
Juan. Also felt throughout Argentina as far as Buenos Aires and
in parts of Chile.
SEP 07 12 15 49.7 34.682 N 103.781 E 10 A 5.2 0.8 108 GANSU, CHINA. mb 5.2 (GS). At least nineteen people injured, 600
houses destroyed and more than 3,800 houses damaged in Gansu
Province.
SEP 15 08 35 10.7 8.762 S 115.347 E 98 5.2 1.0 143 BALI REGION, INDONESIA. mb 5.2 (GS). One person killed and two
injured (V) at Denpasar. Felt (V) at Mataram, Lombok and (II) at
Banyuwangi, Java.
SEP 21 13 32 31.0 54.820 N 19.868 E 10 A 4.7 1.2 193 POLAND. MW 4.7 (HRV). mb 4.9 (GS). ML 4.8 (CLL), 4.7 (BRG). Mo
1.4*10**16 Nm (HRV). At least three people injured and seventeen
houses damaged at Kaliningrad, Russia. Damage to railroad tracks
near Svetlogorsk, Russia. Minor damage occured at Suwalki,
Poland. Felt throughout Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and
northern Poland. Also felt in the areas of Copenhagen, Denmark;
Helsinki, Finland; Oslo, Norway; and in southern Sweden.
OCT 06 14 40 39.8 35.915 N 139.903 E 65 D 5.8 0.8 330 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 5.8 (HRV), 5.7 (GS). mb
5.5 (GS). Mo 4.8*10**17 Nm (HRV), 4.5*10**17 Nm (GS). One person
injured and two houses damaged at Temma. Felt in Chiba, Gumma,
Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Nagano, Shizuoka and Tokyo Prefectures.
Recorded (5L JMA) in Ibaraki, Saitama, Tochigi; (4 JMA) in
chiba, Gumma, Kanagawa and Tokyo; (3 JMA) in Fukui, Nagano,
Shizuoka and Yamanashi; (2 JMA0 in Miyagi; (1 JMA) in Aichi,
Gifu, Iwate and Yamagata Prefectures. Also recorded (2 JMA) on O-
shima and (1 JMA) on Hachijo-jima, Kozu-shima, Miyake-jima and
Nii-jima.
OCT 07 21 46 20.2 37.110 N 54.475 E 35 D 5.6 0.9 357 NORTHERN IRAN. MW 5.6 (GS), 5.6 (HRV). mb 5.6 (GS). MS 5.4 (GS).
ML 6.0 (THR). Mo 3.1*10**17 Nm (GS), 3.1*10**17 Nm (HRV). At
least 60 people injured in Golestan. Felt as far west as Tehran.
OCT 08 08 27 53.4 10.980 S 162.141 E 36 G 6.8 0.9 410 SOLOMON ISLANDS. MW 6.8 (GS), 6.8 (HRV). mb 6.1 (GS). MS 6.9
(GS). ME 6.7 (GS). Mo 1.6*10**19 Nm (HRV), 1.5*10**19 Nm (GS).
Es 2.9*10**14 Nm (GS).
OCT 08 14 36 05.9 13.913 N 120.573 E 105 G 6.5 0.9 304 MINDORO, PHILIPPINES. MW 6.5 (GS), 6.4 (HRV). mb 6.4 (GS). ME 6.3
(GS). Mo 6.6*10**18 Nm (GS), 5.3*10**18 Nm (HRV), 5.1*10**18 Nm
(PPT). Es 7.1*10**13 Nm (GS). Felt (V PIVS) at Puerto Galera.
Also felt (V PIVS) at Los Banos, Malolos, San Fernando and
Tagaytay; (IV PIVS) at Bataan, Buco, Infanta, Lucban, Manila,
Pasay, Pasig, Taguig and Talisay; (III PIVS) at Clark Field and
Quezon City, Luzon. Power outages occurred in the Manila area,
Luzon. Felt on Mindoro and throughout central and southern Luzon.
OCT 09 21 26 53.8 11.424 N 86.655 W 35 G 6.9 1.3 379 NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA. MW 6.9 (HRV), 6.8 (GS). mb 6.0 (GS).
MS 7.0 (GS). ME 6.5 (GS). ML 6.8 (CIG). Mo 2.9*10**19 Nm (HRV),
2.0*10**19 Nm (GS), 3.2*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 1.4*10**14 Nm (GS).
Felt at Managua and much of Nicaragua. Felt (IV) at San
Salvador, El Salvador. Felt as far north as Tegucigalpa,
Honduras and as far south as San Jose, Costa Rica.
OCT 15 04 08 50.2 24.526 N 122.667 E 94 G 6.7 0.8 383 TAIWAN REGION. MW 6.7 (GS), 6.6 (HRV), 6.7 (GS). ME 6.2 (GS). Mo
7.8*10**18 Nm (HRV), 1.1*10**19 Nm (GS). Es 4.5*10**13 Nm (GS).
Several people injured and buildings damaged in T'ao-yuan
County. Felt throughout Taiwan. Also felt in much of the Ryukyu
Islands, Japan. Recorded (5 TAP) in Hua-lien and I-lan; (4 TAP)
in T'ai-chung, T'ai-pei, T'ai-tung, T'ao-yuan and Yun-lin; (3
TAP) in Chang-hua, Chia-i, Hsin-chu, Miao-li, Nan-t'ou and T'ai-
nan; (2 TAP) in Kao-hsiung and P'ing-tung Counties. Also
recorded (5L JMA) on Yonaguni-jima; (4 JMA) on Iriomote-jima and
Ishigaki-jima; (3 JMA) on Miyako-jima; (2 JMA) on Tarama-shima;
(1 JMA) on Amami-oshima and Kume-jima, Ryukyu Islands.
OCT 18 22 11 45.2 25.037 N 99.221 E 36 4.7 0.9 25 YUNNAN, CHINA. mb 4.7 (GS). Twelve people injured and more than
20,000 houses damaged or destroyed in the Baoshan area. Felt
strongly in Changning, Longling, Shidian and Tengchong Counties.
OCT 23 08 56 00.9 37.229 N 138.773 E 16 G 6.6 1.0 258 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 6.6 (HRV), 6.4 (GS), 6.5
(NIED). mb 6.4 (GS). MS 6.3 (GS). ME 6.5 (GS). Mo 8.6*10**18 Nm
(HRV), 3.8*10**18 Nm (GS). Es 1.2*10**14 Nm (GS). At least 25
people killed, 2,000 injured, 151 buildings destroyed and 2,607
damaged in Niigata Prefecture. A high-speed train derailed;
several roads, bridges and rail lines damaged; at least 90
landslides and 11 fires occurred; several gas, water and power
lines damaged in Niigata Prefecture. Felt in Chiba, Fukushima,
Gumma, Kanagawa, Miyagi, Saitama and Tokyo Prefectures.
NOTABLE NORTH AMERICAN EARTHQUAKES
SEP 28 17 15 24.0& 35.815 N 120.374 W 8 6.0 185 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. <NC>. MW 6.0 (HRV), 6.0 (BRK). mb 5.3 (GS).
MS 5.7 (GS). Mo 1.1*10**18 Nm (HRV), 9.8*10**17 Nm (BRK). Minor
damage (VI) at Parkfield and San Miguel. Felt (V) at Avenal,
Bradley, Coalinga, Paso Robles, Shandon and Templeton. Felt
throughout central California from Sacramento and San Francisco
south as far as Los Angeles and Orange County.
Compiled by Waverly J. Person and Pamela J. Benfield.
Hypocenters will be recomputed for February-October 2004.
