SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKES OF THE WORLD, 1986
Earthquakes of magnitude 6.5 or greater or ones that caused fatalities,
injuries or substantial damage.
DATE ORIGIN TIME GEOGRAPHIC DEPTH MAGNITUDES SD NO. REGION, CONTRIBUTED MAGNITUDES AND COMMENTS
UTC COORDINATES GS STA
HR MN SEC LAT LONG MB Msz USED
1986
JAN 11 19 42 21.9 9.505 S 77.512 W 39 * 5.3 1.1 60 PERU. Mo=5.0*10**16 Nm (HRV). One person killed,
about 20 houses destroyed, another 60 damaged and
about 100 people homeless in the Huarmey area. About
40 animals killed by landslides. Felt (IV) at Casma
and Huaraz and (II) at Chimbote.
JAN 15 20 17 42.7* 21.277 S 170.102 E 150 G 6.2 1.2 30 LOYALTY ISLANDS REGION. mb 6.6 (PAS). Mo=4.4*10**19
Nm (GS). Mo=4.6*10**19 Nm (HRV). Felt (IV) on Tana
and (II) at Port Vila, Vanuatu Islands. Also felt (II)
at Noumea, New Caledonia. The focal mechanism is
poorly controlled and corresponds to normal faulting
with a small strike-slip component.
JAN 16 13 04 31.3 24.771 N 122.013 E 13 5.5 5.8 1.2 170 TAIWAN REGION. Mo=1.1*10**18 Nm (HRV). Four people
injured on Taiwan. Felt strongly at Taipei.
JAN 29 11 56 34.6 3.904 S 103.461 E 33 N 5.0 1.4 32 SOUTHERN SUMATERA. At least two people injured and
severe damage in the Lahat area. Felt in the
Pagaralam-Muaraenim area.
JAN 31 16 46 43.3& 41.650 N 81.162 W 10 5.0 124 OHIO. . Mo=3.4*10**16 Nm (HRV). Seventeen
people treated for minor injuries and some damage (VI)
sustained in the Painesville-Mentor area. Minor damage also occurred at Bainbridge, Bowling Green, Chardon, Geneva,
Huntsburg, Kirtland, Leroy, Madison, Metals Park, Middlefield, Perry, Perry Nuclear Plant, Thompson, Warren and
Willoughby. Minor damage in Pennsylvania at Albion and Linesville. Felt throughout most of Ohio and parts of
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ontario, Canada. Some additional
states with only a few felt reports included Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, Wisconsin and the District
of Columbia.
FEB 03 15 12 46.7 15.075 N 92.072 W 16 4.7 1.2 46 MEXICO-GUATEMALA BORDER REGION. About 500 houses
damaged at Ixchiguan, San Marcos Province, Guatemala.
Damage to adobe houses in Mexico near Tacana Volcano.
Felt at Tapachula, Mexico.
FEB 03 20 47 35.3 27.791 N 139.552 E 508 G 5.8 1.2 432 BONIN ISLANDS REGION. mb 6.5 (PAS). Mo=5.8*10**18 Nm
(GS). Mo=5.3*10**18 Nm (HRV). Felt (I JMA) on
Chichi-shima. Felt (I JMA) at Gifu, Tokyo and
Fukushima, Honshu. The focal mechanism is moderately
well controlled and corresponds to reverse faulting
with a small strike-slip component.
MAR 06 00 05 38.3 40.368 N 51.555 E 33 N 6.2 6.3 1.1 346 CASPIAN SEA. Ms 6.6 (BRK). Mo=6.1*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=6.4*10**18 Nm (HRV). Minor damage at Baku. Felt
(VI) at Krasnovodsk; (IV) at Sumgait, Lenkoran and
Kirovabad; (III) at Makhachkala, USSR. The focal
mechanism is poorly controlled and corresponds to
normal faulting.
MAR 12 16 32 56.0& 47.470 N 115.800 W 1 1 MONTANA. . ML 2.0 (GS). Rockburst in the Lucky
Friday mine near Mullan, Idaho. One person killed and
two injured.
MAR 24 19 31 39.3 2.488 S 138.696 E 29 * 5.8 6.8 1.2 146 WEST IRIAN. Ms 6.6 (BRK), 6.4 (PAS). Mo=9.3*10**18 Nm
(GS). Mo=1.1*10**19 Nm (HRV). The focal mechanism is
moderately well controlled and corresponds to
strike-slip faulting with a small reverse component.
MAR 31 11 55 40.0& 37.483 N 121.690 W 8 5.5 5.5 196 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. . ML 5.7 (BRK).
Mo=2.6*10**17 Nm (BRK). Mo=3.2*10**17 Nm (HRV).
Six people were treated for minor injuries. Slight damage (VI) in the Fremont area and power outages in parts of
Fremont and San Jose. Felt (V) at many cities in the southern San Francisco Bay area including Alameda, Cupertino,
Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Pleasanton, Redwood City, San Jose, San Leandro, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and
Union City. Felt throughout much of central California from Santa Rosa to San Luis Obispo and east to Yosemite
National Park.
APR 05 20 14 28.7 13.410 S 71.785 W 51 5.3 4.6 1.3 84 PERU. Mo=7.7*10**16 Nm (HRV). At least 16 people
killed, 170 injured and 2,000 houses destroyed in the
Cuzco area. Landslides occurred near Cuzco.
APR 08 18 02 44.6 7.946 S 73.860 W 173 G 5.8 0.9 339 PERU-BRAZIL BORDER REGION. mb 6.5 (BRK). Mo=3.5*10**17
Nm (GS). Mo=3.5*10**17 Nm (HRV). Felt (IV) at Pucallpa,
Peru. Felt strongly at Chimbote, Trujillo and Huaraz,
Peru. Felt also at Lima. The focal mechanism is
moderately well controlled and corresponds to normal
faulting with a moderate left-lateral strike-slip
component.
APR 14 00 25 12.4 13.923 S 166.831 E 29 G 6.0 6.2 1.3 266 VANUATU ISLANDS. Ms 6.5 (BRK), 6.2 (PAS). Mo=5.8*10**18
Nm (GS). Mo=3.1*10**18 Nm (HRV). The focal mechanism
is poorly controlled and corresponds to reverse faulting.
APR 20 07 03 30.8 2.394 S 139.309 E 33 N 6.1 6.7 1.1 281 NEAR NORTH COAST OF WEST IRIAN. Ms 6.5 (BRK).
Mo=1.6*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=1.6*10**19 Nm (HRV). Felt
in the northern coastal area. The focal mechanism is
poorly controlled and corresponds to reverse faulting.
APR 26 07 35 16.1 32.128 N 76.374 E 33 N 5.5 5.3 1.0 172 KASHMIR-INDIA BORDER REGION. Mo=2.3*10**17 Nm (HRV).
Six people killed, about 30 injured and 85 percent of the
houses damaged in the Dharmsala, India area. Felt at
Lahore, Pakistan.
APR 30 07 07 18.1 18.404 N 102.973 W 27 G 6.2 7.0 1.2 334 MICHOACAN, MEXICO. Ms 6.9 (BRK), 6.8 (PAS).
Mo=3.5*10**19 (GS). Mo=3.1*10**19 Nm (HRV). Some
minor damage (V) in the Mexico City area. Slight damage
at Ciudad Guzman and Guadalajara. Felt strongly in
centraland southwestern Mexico. The focal mechanism
is poorly controlled and corresponds to reverse
faulting.
MAY 05 03 35 38.8 37.993 N 37.806 E 10 G 5.9 5.9 1.1 318 TURKEY. Mo=1.2*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=1.4*10**18 Nm (HRV).
Fifteen people killed, 100 injured and approximately
4,000 houses damaged in the Dogansehir-Golbasi area. Damage to all houses in the village of Kapidere. Slight damage
to houses around the cities of Adiyaman and Elbistan. Felt strongly at Gaziantep, Urfa, Kayseri, Sivas,
Kahramanmaras, Diyarbakir, Antakya and Mardin. Some dangerous cracks in the arch of Surgu Dam. Slight damage to
railroads in the epicentral area. The focal mechanism is poorly controlled and corresponds to strike-slip faulting
with a moderate reverse component.
MAY 07 22 47 10.8 51.520 N 174.776 W 33 N 6.4 7.7 1.1 513 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. Ms 7.9 (BRK), 7.8
(PAS). Mo=1.0*10**21 Nm (HRV). Multiple event. Damage
(VI) on Adak and Atka. Tsunami generated with observed wave heights 91 to 122 cm at Kapaa, Kauai and 61 to 91 cm at
Hanalei, Kauai and along the coast of Washington. Maximum recorded wave heights at selected tide stations were as
follows: 175 cm at Adak, 25 cm at Unalaska and 10 cm at Sand Point, Alaska; 55 cm at Hilo, 36 cm at Kahului and
27 cm at Honolulu, Hawaii; 45 cm at Coquimbo and 15 cm at Valparaiso, Chile; 46 cm at Kushiro, Hokkaido; 24 cm at
Chichi-shima, Bonin Islands; 40 cm at Port Lyttleton, New Zealand; 12 cm at Crescent City, California; 10 cm at
Wake Island and 5 cm at Apia, Samoa. Negative tsunami reports were received from Bering Island, USSR; San
Francisco, California and Ponape, Caroline Islands. The focal mechanism is poorly controlled and corresponds to
reverse faulting.
MAY 13 08 44 02.1 41.431 N 43.737 E 10 G 5.7 5.4 1.1 262 TURKEY-USSR BORDER REGION. Mo=5.0*10*17 Nm (HRV).
Two people killed and about 1,500 buildings destroyed
in the Akhalkalaki area, USSR. Slight damage in the
Susuz area, Turkey. Felt (VII) at Akhalkalaki and
Bakuriani; (V) at Stepanavan and Tbilisi; (IV) at
Abastumani, Leninakan and Gegechkori; (III) at Goris,
USSR. Also felt at Cildir, Ardahan and Hanak, Turkey.
MAY 17 16 20 22.2 52.327 N 174.504 W 26 G 5.8 6.6 1.0 210 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. Ms 6.5 (BRK),
6.5 (PAS). Mo=4.7*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=7.4*10**18 Nm
(HRV). Slight damage (VI) on Atka. Felt strongly
on Adak. The focal mechanism is moderately well
controlled and corresponds to strike-slip faulting
with a small reverse component.
MAY 20 05 25 46.9 24.125 N 121.619 E 19 G 6.1 6.4 1.2 382 TAIWAN. Ms 6.0 (BRK), 5.8 (PAS). Mo=2.6*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=2.4*10**18 Nm (HRV). One person killed and five
injured in the Hua-lien area. Felt throughout Taiwan.
The focal mechanism is moderately well controlled and
corresponds to reverse faulting with a large strike-slip
component.
MAY 26 19 06 15.9 20.190 S 178.860 E 538 G 6.4 0.9 508 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS. mb 6.7 (BRK), 6.3 (PAS).
Mo=5.6*10**19 Nm (HRV). Felt on Raoul Island, Kermadec
Islands. The focal mechanism is well controlled and
corresponds to reverse faulting with a large strike-slip
component.
JUN 06 10 39 46.9 38.001 N 37.917 E 10 G 5.6 5.6 1.1 272 TURKEY. Ms 5.8 (PAS). Mo=6.4*10**17 (HRV). One person
killed, 20 injured and damage in the Surgu area.
Additional cracks in the Surgu Dam. A landslide blocked
the road between Erkenek and Adiyaman. Felt at Malatya,
Diyarbakir, Adiyaman and Urfa.
JUN 11 13 48 01.3 10.597 N 62.928 W 19 G 6.0 6.2 1.2 345 NEAR COAST OF VENEZUELA. Ms 6.1 (PAS), 5.9 (BRK).
Mo=3.0*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=2.9*10**18 Nm (HRV). Two
people killed, 45 injured and many left homeless in the Cariaco area. Damage (VII) at Corupano, El Pilar and
Rio Caribe. Felt (V) at Cumana and Maturin; (III) at Caracas. Felt at Barcelona, Puerto La Cruz and Valencia. Felt
strongly on Trinidad; also felt at Bogota and Bucaramanga, Colombia. The focal mechanism is poorly controlled and
corresponds to strike-slip faulting with a moderate reverse component.
JUN 19 23 18 26.8 30.944 S 177.757 W 10 G 5.5 6.3 1.3 132 KERMADEC ISLANDS. Ms 6.6 (BRK), 6.0 (PAS).
Mo=1.6*10**18 Nm (HRV).
JUN 20 17 12 46.9 31.240 N 86.847 E 33 N 5.9 6.1 1.2 232 TIBET. Mo=1.6*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=1.4*10**18 Nm (HRV).
At least 58 houses collapsed and many damaged in the
Ombu area. The focal mechanism is moderately well
controlled and corresponds to strike-slip faulting
with a small normal component.
JUN 24 03 11 30.9 4.448 S 143.943 E 102 G 6.6 7.1 1.0 422 PAPUA NEW GUINEA. mb 6.9 (PAS). Mo=8.4*10**19 Nm (HRV).
Damage (VII) and landslides occurred throughout the
Papua New Guinea highlands. Submarine cables from Madang to Guam and Madang to Cairns were damaged. Preliminary
estimate of damage approximately 500,000 U.S. dollars. Felt on New Guinea from Tabubil to Port Moresby and from
Vanimo to Daru. Felt (III) at Arawa and Panguna, Bougainville. The focal mechanism is poorly controlled and
corresponds to reverse faulting with a small strike-slip component.
JUL 08 09 20 44.5& 33.998 N 116.606 W 12 5.8 6.0 300 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. . ML 5.6 (PAS).
Mo=2.3*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=1.3*10**18 Nm (HRV). At
least 29 people injured and some damage in the Palm Springs-Morongo Valley area. Landslides occurred in the area.
The most serious damage (VII) occurred at the Devers substation of Southern California Edison Company. Also, some
residences in the Whitewater Canyon area were badly damaged. Preliminary estimate of damage approximately 4.5
million U.S. dollars. Damage (VI) at Angelus Oaks, Desert Hot Springs, North Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Palm Springs
and Yucca Valley. Felt throughout much of southern California. Also felt at Las Vegas, Nevada; Lake Havasu City,
Arizona and in northern Baja California, Mexico. The focal mechanism is moderately well controlled and corresponds
to strike-slip faulting with a large reverse component.
JUL 09 23 10 53.1 1.904 N 126.525 E 28 G 6.2 6.5 1.1 352 MOLUCCA PASSAGE. Ms 6.4 (BRK). Mo=1.7*10**19 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.6*10**19 Nm (HRV). Felt (IV) at Manado,
Sulawesi. The focal mechanism is moderately well
controlled and corresponds to reverse faulting with
a small strike-slip component.
JUL 12 07 54 26.8 29.962 N 51.582 E 10 G 5.7 5.6 1.2 272 SOUTHERN IRAN. Mo=4.1*10**17 Nm (HRV). One person
killed, four injured and about 300 homes damaged in
the Mamasani area. Felt at Shiraz.
JUL 13 13 47 08.2& 32.978 N 117.858 W 9 5.6 5.8 268 CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER REGION. . ML 5.3 (PAS).
Mo=6.5*10**17 Nm (HRV). Twenty-nine people injured,
one critically and at least 50 buildings damaged in the Newport Beach-San Diego area. Preliminary estimate of
damage 720 thousand U.S. dollars. Also some damage reported in the Tijuana area, Mexico. A small landslide
occurred near Lakeside in eastern San Diego County. Felt throughout the coastal area of southern California,
from Santa Barbara to San Diego, east to Palm Springs and as far as Yuma, Arizona.
JUL 18 17 22 38.2 10.770 N 69.428 W 7 G 5.9 4.9 1.0 307 VENEZUELA. Mo=1.8*10**17 Nm (HRV). One person died
from a heart attack and about 30 homes damaged in the
Churuguara area. Felt in Falcon, Lara, Carabobo,
Zulia, Aragua and Miranda.
JUL 21 14 42 26.6& 37.537 N 118.447 W 9 6.0 6.2 311 CALIFORNIA-NEVADA BORDER REGION. . ML 6.5 (BRK),
6.0 (PAS). Mo=3.5*10**24 Nm (BRK). Mo=2.8*10**18 Nm
(GS). Mo=2.6*10**18 Nm (HRV). About 20 mobile homes were damaged and a number of others shaken off their
foundations in the Chalfant Valley, California. Several buildings were damaged (VI) at Bishop, California.
Landslides occurred in the area. Fault rupture with a maximum of 5 cm of right-lateral slip, occurred along
faults in the Volcanic Tableland west of Chalfant Valley and the White Mountains fault zone. The earthquake was
felt throughout a large area of California and Nevada from San Francisco to Reno and south to Los Angeles and
Las Vegas. Felt in highrise buildings as far away as Salt Lake City, Utah. The focal mechanism is moderately
well controlled and corresponds to strike-slip faulting with a moderate reverse component.
AUG 03 01 33 20.3 37.200 N 37.300 E 12 5.0 4.1 1.1 130 TURKEY. Seventy houses damaged at Yesilce, Ucgoze and
Sam, Gaziantep Province; three houses damaged at
Karabiyikli, Kahraman Maras Province. Felt at
Kahramanmaras, Adiyaman and Malatya. Felt also in the
Eskisehir area.
AUG 14 19 39 13.6 1.795 N 126.519 E 33 N 6.6 7.2 1.4 441 MOLUCCA PASSAGE. Ms 7.4 (BRK). Mo=1.5*10**20 Nm (GS).
Mo=2.3*10**20 Nm (HRV). Felt (IV) at Manado, Sulawesi
and (II RF) at Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao. The focal
mechanism is moderately well controlled and
corresponds to reverse faulting with a moderate
strike-slip component.
AUG 20 21 23 54.8 34.572 N 91.633 E 33 N 5.4 6.5 1.2 191 QINGHAI PROVINCE, CHINA. Mo=4.9*10**18 Nm (HRV).
AUG 23 23 47 48.8 34.549 S 179.288 E 32 D 6.1 6.5 1.2 115 SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS. Ms 6.3 (BRK).
Mo=8.0*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=4.9*10**18 Nm (HRV).
The focal mechanism is moderately well controlled
and corresponds to strike-slip faulting with a small
normal component.
AUG 30 21 28 35.4 45.547 N 26.316 E 132 G 6.4 6.9 1.1 554 ROMANIA. Mo=5.6*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=7.9*10**19 Nm
(HRV). Damage (VIII) in the Focsani-Birlad area,
including the collapse of a church. Felt (VII) at
Bucharest. Two people killed, 558 injured, and about 55,000 homes damaged, leaving more than 12,500 people
homeless in the Kishinev-Kagul area, USSR. Felt (VII) in northern Bulgaria; (V) in the Skopje area, Yugoslavia;
(IV) at Simferopol and Kiev, USSR and Belgrade, Yugoslavia; (III) at Moscow, USSR and Titograd, Yugoslavia. Felt
throughout central and eastern Hungary. Also felt in Greece, Turkey, southern Italy and eastern Poland. The
focal mechanism is well controlled and corresponds to reverse faulting with a moderate strike-slip component.
SEP 11 00 18 25.5 5.187 S 152.442 E 51 D 5.8 6.4 1.3 298 NEW BRITAIN REGION. Ms 6.7 (BRK). Mo=5.4*10**18 Nm
(GS). Mo=6.3*10**18 Nm (HRV). Felt (V) at Rabaul.
The focal mechanism is poorly controlled and
corresponds to reverse faulting.
SEP 13 17 24 31.4 37.014 N 22.176 E 11 G 6.0 5.8 1.4 362 SOUTHERN GREECE. ML 5.7 (ATH). Mo=6.6*10**17 Nm (GS).
Mo=9.8*10**17 Nm (HRV). At least twenty people
killed, about 300 injured, 2,500 homeless and 1,500
buildings damaged or destroyed (X) in the Kalamai area.
Felt in Lakonia and on Zakinthos. Also felt at Athens
and in central Greece. The focal mechanism is
moderately well controlled and corresponds to normal
faulting with a moderate strike-slip component.
SEP 15 11 41 27.8 36.930 N 22.175 E 10 G 4.9 4.8 1.4 180 SOUTHERN GREECE. ML 4.8 (ATH). Thirty-seven people
injured and additional damage in the Kalamai area.
SEP 16 18 20 17.7 19.376 N 146.301 E 48 6.5 6.7 1.1 521 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION. Ms 6.8 (BRK). Mo=1.2*10**19 Nm
(GS). Mo=9.5*10**18 Nm (HRV). The focal mechanism is
poorly controlled and corresponds to normal faulting.
OCT 06 23 28 07.2 25.498 N 102.422 E 10 G 5.4 4.5 1.0 179 YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA. Several people injured and some
houses damaged in the Fumin area.
OCT 10 17 49 24.1 13.827 N 89.118 W 7 G 5.0 5.4 1.2 131 EL SALVADOR. Ms 5.5 (PAS). Mo=4.7*10*17 Nm (HRV). At
least 1,000 people killed, 10,000 injured, 200,000
homeless and severe damage and landslides in the San
Salvador area. Some damage at Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Felt strongly in parts of Guatemala and Honduras.
OCT 11 09 00 10.5 37.931 N 28.574 E 5 G 5.5 5.5 1.1 260 TURKEY. ML 5.5 (ATH). Mo=3.6*10**17 Nm (HRV). Three
people injured and at least 50 homes destroyed and 150
damaged in the Aydin area; also felt in the
Denizli-Izmir-Manisa area and on the Dodecanese Islands,
Greece.
OCT 14 16 53 08.1 5.030 S 153.616 E 41 G 6.2 6.6 1.2 304 NEW IRELAND REGION. Ms 6.0 (PAS). Mo=1.6*10**19 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.5*10**19 Nm (HRV). Felt (V) at Rabaul, New Britain
and (IV) at Arawa and Panguna, Bougainville. The focal
mechanism is moderately well controlled and corresponds
to reverse faulting with a moderate strike-slip component.
OCT 16 19 54 10.4 27.727 N 66.650 E 43 * 5.2 4.5 0.9 121 PAKISTAN. Mo=4.2*10**16 Nm (HRV). About 150 buildings
damaged in the Khuzdar area.
Oct 20 06 46 09.9 28.117 S 176.367 W 29 G 6.6 8.1 1.2 489 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION. MS 8.3 (BRK). Mo=2.3*10**20
Nm (GS). Mo=4.5*10**20 Nm (HRV). Objects knocked from
shelves on Raoul Island. Felt at Napier and Wellington,
New Zealand. Tsunami generated with maximum wave heights
22 cm at Hilo, 15 cm at Kahului, 13 cm at Honolulu and
7 cm at Kona, Hawaii; 14 cm at Papeete, Tahiti and 10 cm
at Pago Pago, Samoa Islands. The focal mechanism is
poorly controlled and corresponds to strike-slip faulting
with a large reverse component.
OCT 23 15 48 43.7 11.037 S 165.204 E 19 D 5.4 6.5 1.1 153 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS. Ms 6.5 (BRK). Mo=1.4*10**19 Nm (HRV).
OCT 30 01 28 54.5 21.702 S 176.616 W 188 G 6.4 0.9 453 FIJI ISLANDS REGION. mb 6.8 (PAS), 6.4 (BRK).
Mo=6.3*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=6.4*10**19 Nm (HRV). Appears
to be two events about 5 seconds apart, with slightly
different locations. Depth based on first event. The
focal mechanism is poorly controlled and corresponds to
normal faulting.
NOV 07 19 48 58.8 28.591 S 176.407 W 33 N 5.7 6.3 1.3 155 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION. Ms 6.8 (BRK).
Mo=1.9*10**18 Nm (HRV).
Nov 14 21 20 10.5 23.901 N 121.574 N 34 G 6.3 7.8 1.2 79 TAIWAN. MS 7.5 (BRK). Mo=9.4*10**19 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.3*10**20 Nm (HRV). Fifteen people killed, 44
injured and damage (V JMA) in the Taipei-Hua-lien area, mostly in the Taipei area. Landslides occurred along the
highway between Su-ao and Hua-lien. Taiwan-to-Guam and Taiwan-to-Okinawa undersea telecommunication cables were
damaged. Felt strongly throughout Taiwan. Felt (III JMA) on Yonaguni-jima and (II JMA) on Ishigaki-shima, Ryukyu
Islands. Felt (II RF) at Pasuquin, Luzon, Philippine Islands. The focal mechanism is poorly controlled and
corresponds to reverse faulting.
NOV 25 13 59 42.3 44.120 N 16.339 E 30 5.3 5.5 1.2 273 YUGOSLAVIA. ML 5.5 (TRI), MD 5.5 (TTG). Mo=2.6*10**17
Nm (HRV). At least 12 people injured, damage (VIII)
and landslides in the Knin-Grahovo area. Felt strongly
in many parts of Yugoslavia. Felt (IV) at Trieste,
Udine and Venice, Italy and (III) in the Graz-Klagenfurt
area, Austria. Also felt at Naples, Italy.
NOV 30 05 19 48.2 5.494 S 35.769 W 5 G 4.9 4.8 1.0 32 BRAZIL. Mo=5.4*10**16 Nm (HRV). Approximately 1,500
homes damaged in the Joao Camara area. Felt at Natal.
DEC 07 14 17 09.5 43.274 N 25.912 E 21 5.2 5.6 1.2 246 BULGARIA. ML 5.5 (TTG). Mo=3.1*10**17 Nm (HRV). At
least 3 people killed, 60 injured and damage (VII) in
the Veliko Turnovo-Turgovishte area. Felt throughout
Bulgaria. Also felt at Bucharest, Romania; Istanbul,
Turkey and in eastern Yugoslavia.
DEC 18 20 01 59.5? 50.30 N 19.24 E 10 G 1.8 5 POLAND. ML 2.8 (KRA). Three people killed and five
injured in the Zabrze-Bielszowice mine near Katowice.
DEC 19 05 47 29.0 33.071 S 72.084 W 33 N 5.0 1.3 32 OFF COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE. Several people were injured
and 16 homes and 12 vehicles were damaged or destroyed
due to flooding caused by the rupture of a large water
main at Valparaiso.
DEC 20 23 47 08.9 29.985 N 51.623 E 26 5.5 5.0 1.0 240 SOUTHERN IRAN. Mo=1.6*10**17 Nm (HRV). About 80 homes
damaged in the Mamasani area. Felt at Shiraz and Norabad.
DEC 21 01 10 51.1 28.101 S 176.737 W 17 G 6.1 6.6 1.2 277 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION. Ms 6.1 (PAS). Mo=6.0*10**18 Nm
(GS). Mo=6.9*10**18 Nm (HRV). The focal mechanism is
poorly controlled and corresponds to reverse faulting.
