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Today’s Earthquake Fact
Easter Island, which lies on the Nazca Plate close to the East Pacific Rise, is moving eastward toward South America by seafloor spreading at the fastest rate known in the world, more than 15 cm/yr.
News & Highlights
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Significant Earthquakes
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Recent Earthquakes (M 2.5+)
- M 5.0, Kuril Islands March 12, 2010 14:16:03 UTC
- M 4.9, Libertador General Bernardo O'higgins, Chile March 12, 2010 13:25:26 UTC
- M 2.7, Central California March 12, 2010 13:24:04 UTC
- M 4.9, Araucania, Chile March 12, 2010 11:02:16 UTC
- M 4.8, Libertador General Bernardo O'higgins, Chile March 12, 2010 10:39:27 UTC
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Earthquake News
- USGS Scientists, Research Help Haiti Reconstruction March 5, 2010 18:22:34 UTC
- 2/23/10 - USGS Updates Assessment of Earthquake Hazard and Safety in Haiti and the Caribbean February 23, 2010 19:47:15 UTC
- Yellowstone Swarm Updates from Univ of Utah and YVO January 22, 2010 18:45:33 UTC
- USGS Issues Assessment of Aftershock Hazards in Haiti January 22, 2010 01:14:41 UTC
- Earthquakes Cause over 1700 Deaths in 2009 January 14, 2010 19:57:09 UTC
Featured Items
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Educational Slides for M8.8 Chile - M7.0 Haiti Earthquakes (24MB PDF)
Educational slides for the M8.8 Chile and M7.0 Haiti Earthquakes
Slides with Notes (7MB PDF) - USGS Updates Assessment of Earthquake Hazard and Safety in Haiti and the Caribbean
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Slab Models for Subduction Zones
Three-dimensional compilation of global subduction geometries separated into regional models for each major subduction zone.




