Significant Earthquakes of the World
1998
SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKES OF THE WORLD, 1998
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 MAGNITUDES SD NO. REGION, CONTRIBUTED MAGNITUDES AND COMMENTS
UTC COORDINATES GS STA
HR MN SEC LAT LONG MB Msz USED
JAN 01 06 11 22.6 23.913 N 141.907 E 96 D 6.4 5.8 0.9 388 VOLCANO ISLANDS REGION. Mw 6.3 (GS), 6.4 (HRV). Me 6.5
(GS). mb 6.6 (BRK). Es=1.3*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=3.5*10**18
Nm (GS). Mo=3.8*10**18 Nm (HRV).
JAN 04 06 11 58.9 22.301 S 170.911 E 101 D 6.4 0.9 423 LOYALTY ISLANDS REGION. Mw 7.3 (GS), 7.5 (HRV). Me 6.8
(GS). Es=3.5*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=1.1*10**20 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.8*10**20 Nm (HRV). Mo=1.0*10**20 Nm (PPT). Felt at
Noumea, New Caledonia. Complex earthquake, with at least
two larger events occurring about 13 and 23 seconds after
the onset.
JAN 10 03 50 41.5 41.083 N 114.500 E 30 5.8 5.7 0.9 401 NORTHEASTERN CHINA. Mw 5.7 (GS), 5.7 (HRV). Me 5.8 (GS).
Es=1.2*10**13 Nm (GS). Mo=4.1*10**17 Nm (GS).
Mo=4.5*10**17 Nm (HRV). Seventy people killed, about
11,500 injured, 44,000 families left homeless, extensive
damage and fires in the Shangyi-Zhangbei area. Over
70,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. Damage to
portions of the Great Wall of China in northwestern Hebei
Province. Felt strongly at Zhangjiakou and as far as
Beijing.
JAN 10 08 20 05.7 14.374 N 91.473 W 33 N 6.1 6.2 0.9 450 GUATEMALA. Mw 6.6 (GS), 6.6 (HRV). Mo=8.8*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=9.0*10**18 Nm (HRV). Mo=9.5*10**18 Nm (PPT). At least
16 people injured in Quezaltenango and 3 injured in San
Marcos Departments. Five people injured in the Guatemala
City area. Three people also injured in El Salvador.
Landslides, power outages and buildings damaged in
Quezaltenango and San Marcos Departments. Several houses
destroyed in Solola Department. Felt throughout southern
and western Guatemala as far as Alta Verapaz and Zacapa
Departments. Also felt in El Salvador and parts of
southern Mexico.
JAN 12 10 14 07.6 30.985 S 71.410 W 35 D 5.8 6.2 1.0 230 NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE. Mw 6.6 (GS), 6.6 (HRV).
Me 6.1 (GS). Ms 6.2 (BRK). Es=2.9*10**13 Nm (GS).
Mo=9.7*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=8.7*10**18 Nm (HRV).
Mo=1.2*10**19 Nm (PPT). Felt (VI) at Combarbala and
Ovalle; (V) at Coquimbo, Illapel, La Serena, Los Andes
and Los Vilos; (IV) at Rancagua, San Antonio and
Valparaiso; (III) at Santiago. Two events about 3.5 seconds
apart.
JAN 12 16 36 20.2 15.848 S 179.376 W 23 D 5.8 6.7 1.2 277 FIJI ISLANDS REGION. Mw 6.7 (GS), 6.7 (HRV). Me 6.9 (GS).
Ms 6.9 (BRK). Es=4.9*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=1.2*10**19 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.2*10**19 Nm (HRV). Mo=2.3*10**19 Nm (PPT). Two events
about 3 seconds apart.
JAN 14 17 24 10.3 15.731 S 179.329 W 33 N 5.8 6.5 1.0 198 FIJI ISLANDS REGION. Mw 6.6 (GS), 6.5 (HRV). Ms 6.7 (BRK).
Mo=7.9*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=7.4*10**18 Nm (HRV).
Mo=1.3*10**19 Nm (PPT).
JAN 27 21 05 44.3 22.411 S 179.035 E 610 D 5.6 0.9 379 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS. Mw 6.5 (GS), 6.5 (HRV). Me 5.9 (GS).
Es=1.4*10**13 Nm (GS). Mo=5.5*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=5.4*10**18 Nm (HRV).
JAN 30 12 16 08.6* 23.913 S 70.207 W 42 G 6.3 6.5 1.1 385 NEAR COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE. Mw 7.0 (GS), 7.1 (HRV).
Me 6.6 (GS). Ms 6.3 (BRK). Es=1.7*10**14 Nm (GS).
Mo=3.5*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=4.4*10**19 Nm (HRV).
Mo=4.2*10**19 Nm (PPT). One person suffered a heart attack
at Antofagasta. Minor damage to older buildings (VII) at
Antofagasta. Felt (VII) at Calama and Collahuasi; (VI) at
Maria Elena, Taltal and Tocopilla; (V) at Copiapo, Chanaral
and San Pedro de Atacama; (IV) at Iquique; (III) at
Caldera; (II) at La Serena.
FEB 03 03 02 00.2 15.883 N 96.298 W 33 N 6.0 6.2 1.0 430 NEAR COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO. Mw 6.4 (GS), 6.3 (HRV).
Me 6.2 (GS). MD 6.4 (UNM). Ms 6.1 (BRK). Es=3.9*10**13 Nm
(GS). Mo=4.0*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=3.7*10**18 Nm (HRV).
Mo=5.0*10**18 Nm (PPT). Moderate damage at San Agustin,
San Francisco and Santa Maria Huatulco. Minor damage at
Bahias de Huatulco, Oaxaca City, Puerto Angel and Puerto
Escondido. Landslides occurred on the highway between
San Pedro Pochulta and Santa Maria Tonameca. Felt in much
of southern Mexico, including Mexico City. Two events
about 3 seconds apart.
FEB 04 14 33 21.2 37.075 N 70.089 E 33 N 5.6 6.1 1.0 300 AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORD REG. Mw 5.9 (GS), 5.9 (HRV),
5.8 (OBN). Mo=8.7*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=8.4*10**17 Nm (HRV).
Mo=6.0*10**17 Nm (OBN). At least 2,323 people killed, 818
injured, 8,094 houses destroyed, 6,725 livestock killed
and landslides in the Rostaq area, Afghanistan. Felt
(III) at Dushanbe, Tajikistan and (II) at Toshkent,
Uzbekistan.
FEB 11 13 14 46.2 10.331 N 124.990 E 57 D 5.5 1.0 97 LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Mw 5.5 (GS), 5.5 (HRV).
Mo=2.3*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=2.3*10**17 Nm (HRV). Six
people injured, a fishing pier destroyed, at least 11
buildings damaged, roads cracked and water pipes damaged
at Sogod. Felt (IV RF) at Tacloban and Palo. Also felt
(III RF) at Cabagna-an, Negros and Lapu-Lapu, Mactan;
(II RF) at Cebu, Cebu Island and Surigao, Mindanao.
FEB 16 23 53 19.7 52.718 N 33.677 W 10 G 6.1 6.6 0.8 447 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Mw 6.7 (GS), 6.8 (HRV). Me 7.3 (GS).
Ms 6.5 (BRK). Es=2.2*10**15 Nm (GS). Mo=1.1*10**19 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.5*10**19 Nm (HRV).
FEB 19 14 14 51.1 4.476 S 129.082 E 33 N 6.1 6.4 0.9 378 BANDA SEA. Mw 6.5 (GS), 6.5 (HRV). Me 6.7 (GS).
Ms 6.3 (BRK). Es=2.9*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=5.6*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=6.8*10**18 Nm (HRV). Felt (IV) on Ambon, Indonesia.
FEB 20 12 18 06.2 36.479 N 71.086 E 236 D 5.8 5.7 1.1 419 AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORD REG. Mw 6.4 (GS), 6.4 (HRV).
Me 6.0 (GS). Es=2.4*10**13 Nm (GS). Mo=4.1*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=4.0*10**18 Nm (HRV). One person killed and three injured
at Yar Husain, six injured at Rawalpindi and two injured at
Peshawar, Pakistan. An earthquake-induced avalanche
destroyed 35 houses, including a mosque, left 300 people
homeless and killed several dozen cattle and sheep in the
Astor area, Kashmir. Damage occurred from Chitral to Swabi,
Pakistan, in western Kashmir and in the Rostaq area,
Afghanistan. Felt in much of northern Pakistan as far south
as Lahore and in northeastern Afghanistan as far as Kabul
and Mazar-e Sharif. Felt (V) at Dushanbe and Khorugh,
Tajikistan; (IV) at Andijon and Farghona, Uzbekistan; (III)
at Bishkek and Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Also felt (III) at
Samarqand and Toshkent, Uzbekistan.
FEB 21 00 55 42.3 37.222 N 138.684 E 33 N 5.3 4.5 0.8 234 NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. Mw 5.1 (HRV).
Mo=4.8*10**16 Nm (HRV). One person injured in Niigata
Prefecture. Felt (IV JMA) in central Niigata; (III JMA) in
Gumma, northern Nagano and western Niigata Prefectures.
MAR 14 19 40 27.0 30.154 N 57.605 E 9 G 5.9 6.9 1.2 395 NORTHERN IRAN. Mw 6.6 (GS), 6.6 (HRV). Me 6.6 (GS).
Es=1.7*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=7.7*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=9.4*10**18 Nm (HRV). Mo=1.3*10**19 Nm (PPT). Five
people killed, 50 injured, 10,000 homeless, 2,000 houses
destroyed, 1,200 livestock killed and utilities disrupted
in the Golbaf area. Felt at Baft and Kerman.
MAR 19 13 51 33.7 39.977 N 76.731 E 33 N 5.4 5.6 0.9 265 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA. Mw 5.6 (GS), 5.6 (HRV).
Mo=3.0*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=3.3*10**17 Nm (HRV). About 400
houses destroyed and some livestock killed 90 km northeast
of Artux. Felt at Artux and Kashi. Also felt at Almaty,
Kazakhstan.
MAR 20 21 08 08.5 50.008 S 163.107 E 10 G 5.8 6.1 1.3 118 AUCKLAND ISLANDS REGION. Mw 6.7 (GS), 6.7 (HRV).
Mo=1.2*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=1.3*10**19 Nm (HRV).
MAR 21 16 33 11.0 79.888 N 1.856 E 10 G 5.9 6.1 1.0 175 GREENLAND SEA. Mw 6.1 (GS), 6.2 (HRV), 6.2 (CSEM).
Me 6.7 (GS). Ms 6.2 (BRK). Es=2.2*10**14 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.8*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=2.6*10**18 Nm (HRV).
Mo=2.4*10**18 Nm (CSEM).
MAR 25 03 12 25.0 62.877 S 149.527 E 10 G 6.6 8.0 1.1 418 BALLENY ISLANDS REGION. Mw 7.8 (GS), 8.1 (HRV). Me 8.8 (GS).
Ms 8.1 (BRK). Es=3.3*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=6.0*10**20 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.7*10**21 Nm (HRV). Mo=9.0*10**20 Nm (PPT). Believed
to be the largest instrumentally recorded earthquake in this
area to date. Complex earthquake, with a larger event
occurring about 10 seconds after onset.
MAR 26 16 26 11.5 43.255 N 12.969 E 10 G 5.4 4.8 1.3 377 CENTRAL ITALY. Mw 5.4 (HRV). ML 5.6 (STR), 5.6 (VIE),
5.5 (FBB), 5.5 (LDG), 5.0 (LJU), 5.0 (ROM).
Mo=1.5*10**17 Nm (HRV). One person died of a heart attack at
Perugia. Additional minor damage (VII) to buildings weakened
by earthquakes of September 26, 1997 and their aftershocks.
Damage occurred at Camerino, Sant Ippolito and Urbino. Felt
from Bologna to Rome. Felt (IV) at Ljubljana, Slovenia and
felt throughout Slovenia. Also felt in parts of Salzburg and
Tirol, Austria.
MAR 29 19 48 16.2 17.552 S 179.092 W 537 D 6.5 1.0 553 FIJI ISLANDS REGION. Mw 7.1 (GS), 7.2 (HRV). Me 7.2 (GS).
mb 7.2 (BRK). Es=1.2*10**15 Nm (GS). Mo=5.2*10**19 Nm (GS).
Mo=6.4*10**19 Nm (HRV). Mo=2.6*10**19 Nm (PPT).
APR 01 17 56 23.3 0.544 S 99.261 E 56 6.2 6.9 0.9 506 SOUTHERN SUMATERA, INDONESIA. Mw 6.9 (GS), 7.0 (HRV).
Me 6.5 (GS). Ms 6.6 (BRK). Es=1.4*10**14 Nm (GS).
Mo=2.8*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=3.3*10**19 Nm (HRV).
Mo=1.0*10**19 Nm (PPT). Felt strongly at Padang. Felt in
Singapore and in the Kuala Lumpur area, Malaysia. Two
events about 2 seconds apart.
APR 01 22 42 56.9 40.316 S 74.874 W 9 G 6.2 6.0 1.1 315 OFF COAST OF SOUTHERN CHILE. Mw 6.6 (GS), 6.7 (HRV).
Me 6.5 (GS). MD 6.4 (GUC). Es=1.1*10**14 Nm (GS).
Mo=8.2*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=1.2*10**19 Nm (HRV). Felt (V) at
Futrono, Panguipulli and Valdivia; (IV) at Castro, Osorno,
Puerto Montt and Ranco; (III) at Corral and Temuco.
APR 03 07 26 36.6& 43.164 N 12.701 E 10 5.1 4.8 368 CENTRAL ITALY. . Mw 5.2 (HRV). ML 5.3 (VIE), 5.2 (FUR),
5.1 (STR), 5.0 (LDG). Mo=6.1*10**16 Nm (HRV). Five people
slightly injured and 300 houses damaged or destroyed in the
Gualdo Tadino-Nocera Umbra area. Additional damage to a
castle at Foligno. Felt strongly at Assisi. Felt as far
south as Rome. Also felt (IV) at Koper, Slovenia.
APR 03 22 01 48.2 8.148 S 74.238 W 165 D 6.1 5.6 0.8 248 PERU-BRAZIL BORDER REGION. Mw 6.6 (GS), 6.6 (HRV).
Me 6.4 (GS). mb 6.2 (BRK). Es=9.0*10**13 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.0*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=9.5*10**18 Nm (HRV).
Mo=1.5*10**19 Nm (PPT). Felt (II) at Lima, Peru. Also felt
in many parts of northern Peru. Two events about 2 seconds
apart.
APR 09 23 26 52.6 12.245 S 67.846 E 10 G 5.5 5.4 1.0 220 MID-INDIAN RIDGE. Mw 5.7 (GS), 5.8 (HRV). Me 6.6 (GS).
Es=1.7*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=3.8*10**17 Nm (GS).
Mo=5.2*10**17 Nm (HRV).
APR 10 15 00 53.1 32.457 N 59.976 E 33 N 5.3 5.7 1.5 227 NORTHERN IRAN. Mw 5.7 (GS), 5.8 (HRV). Mo=4.2*10**17 Nm
(GS). Mo=5.0*10**17 Nm (HRV). At least 12 people killed,
10 injured and more than 600 homes severely damaged in
the Birjand-Gonabad area.
APR 12 10 55 32.5 46.245 N 13.652 E 10 G 5.3 5.7 1.2 411 AUSTRIA. Mw 5.7 (GS), 5.7 (HRV), 6.0 (CSEM). ML 5.9 (LDG),
5.6 (CLL), 5.6 (STR), 5.6 (VIE), 5.5 (LJU).
Mo=3.6*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=3.5*10**17 Nm (HRV).
Mo=1.1*10**18 Nm (CSEM). One person died of a heart attack
at Bovec, Slovenia. Maximum intensity (VIII) in the
Bovec-Kobarid area, Slovenia, where damage to buildings and
landslides left 700 people homeless. Minor damage at
Arnoldstein, Austria. Felt strongly throughout Slovenia and
northeastern Italy. Felt throughout Austria and in parts of
Croatia, Germany and Hungary.
APR 13 15 14 33.5 39.238 N 41.055 E 33 N 4.8 4.8 1.0 139 TURKEY. Mw 5.3 (HRV). MD 5.0 (ISK). Mo=9.2*10**16 Nm (HRV).
Eleven people injured and several buildings damaged or
destroyed at Karliova.
MAY 03 23 30 21.9 22.306 N 125.308 E 33 N 6.4 7.3 1.0 458 SOUTHEAST OF TAIWAN. Mw 7.5 (GS), 7.5 (HRV). Me 7.9 (GS).
Ms 7.1 (BRK). Es=1.8*10**16 Nm (GS). Mo=1.9*10**20 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.8*10**20 Nm (HRV). Mo=2.4*10**20 Nm (PPT). Minor local
tsunami generated with recorded wave heights of 4 cm on
Miyako-shima and 3 cm on Ishigaki-shima and at Naha,
Okinawa. Felt (III JMA) on Iriomote-shima, Ishigaki-shima,
Miyako-shima and Yonaguni; (I JMA) on Amami O-shima,
Kikai-shima, Okinawa and in the southern part of Kyushu.
Also felt in parts of eastern Taiwan. Complex earthquake
with at least one larger event about 1 second after onset.
MAY 13 23 02 05.6 5.147 S 151.714 E 61 6.0 0.9 380 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. Mw 6.5 (GS), 6.6 (HRV). Me 5.6
(GS). Es=5.6*10**12 Nm (GS). Mo=5.8*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.0*10**19 Nm (HRV). Mo=5.5*10**18 Nm (PPT). Minor
damage in the Kokopo area. Felt in much of New Britain and
on nearby islands. Two events about 3 seconds apart.
MAY 16 02 22 03.2 22.227 S 179.519 W 586 D 6.1 1.0 598 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS. Mw 6.8 (GS), 6.9 (HRV). Me 6.6 (GS).
Es=1.9*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=2.0*10**19 Nm (GS).
Mo=2.3*10**19 Nm (HRV). Mo=2.2*10**19 Nm (PPT).
MAY 21 05 34 25.5 0.207 N 119.584 E 33 N 6.2 6.3 1.0 303 MINAHASSA PENINSULA, SULAWESI. Mw 6.7 (GS), 6.6 (HRV).
Me 7.2 (GS). Ms 6.2 (BRK). Es=1.2*10**15 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.1*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=1.0*10**19 Nm (HRV). Felt at
Donggala, Palu and Tolitoli.
MAY 22 04 48 50.4 17.731 S 65.431 W 24 G 5.9 6.6 1.4 226 CENTRAL BOLIVIA. Mw 6.6 (GS), 6.6 (HRV). Me 5.9 (GS).
Ms 6.4 (BRK). Es=1.7*10**13 Nm (GS). Mo=8.9*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=8.4*10**18 Nm (HRV). Mo=1.1*10**19 Nm (PPT). At least
105 people killed and 150 injured in the Aiquile-Totora
area. Eighty percent of the buildings at Aiquile and
seventy percent at Totora were destroyed. Felt as far as
La Paz. Complex earthquake with at least two larger events
occurring 8 and 12 seconds after the onset.
MAY 28 18 33 28.1 31.401 N 27.667 E 10 G 5.5 5.0 1.0 394 EGYPT. Mw 5.5 (GS), 5.5 (HRV). Me 5.4 (GS). MD 5.5 (ISK).
ML 5.4 (CSS). Es=2.5*10**12 Nm (GS). Mo=2.1*10**17 Nm (GS).
Mo=2.0*10**17 Nm (HRV). One person injured at Cairo. Felt
in the Cairo area. Also felt at Elat, Israel.
MAY 28 21 11 44.1 37.388 N 78.843 E 33 N 5.2 5.6 1.0 246 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA. Mw 5.6 (GS), 5.6 (HRV).
Mo=3.1*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=3.1*10**17 Nm (HRV). Twenty-
eight people injured, more than 2,000 buildings
destroyed, an additional 3,000 damaged and 5,000 head of
cattle killed in southwestern Xinjiang.
MAY 30 06 22 28.9 37.106 N 70.110 E 33 N 5.9 6.9 1.0 465 AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORD REG. Mw 6.6 (GS), 6.6 (HRV),
6.3 (OBN). Me 7.0 (GS). Es=7.8*10**14 Nm (GS).
Mo=7.7*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=7.9*10**18 Nm (HRV).
Mo=2.9*10**18 Nm (OBN). At least 4,000 people killed, many
thousands injured and homeless in Badakhshan and Takhar
Provinces, Afghanistan. Felt strongly at Mazar-e Sharif,
Afghanistan. Felt at Kabul, Afghanistan. Felt (III) at
Andijon and Samarqand; (II) at Toshkent, Uzbekistan. Also
felt at Islamabad, Peshawar and Rawalpindi, Pakistan and
Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
JUN 01 05 34 03.5 52.889 N 160.067 E 44 6.2 6.3 0.9 515 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA. Mw 6.5 (GS), 6.5 (HRV), 6.9
(OBN). Me 5.9 (GS). Ms 6.0 (BRK). Es=1.7*10**13 Nm (GS).
Mo=5.7*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=5.8*10**18 Nm (HRV).
Mo=2.2*10**19 Nm (OBN). Mo=4.4*10**18 Nm (PPT). Felt (V)
at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy.
JUN 27 13 55 52.0 36.878 N 35.307 E 33 N 5.8 6.2 1.3 409 TURKEY. Mw 6.2 (GS), 6.3 (HRV). Me 6.6 (GS). Ms 6.3 (BRK).
MD 6.3 (ISK). ML 5.9 (GII). Es=1.8*10**14 Nm (GS).
Mo=2.4*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=3.0*10**18 Nm (HRV). At least
145 people killed and more than 1,500 injured in the
Adana and Ceyhan areas. At least 6 major buildings
collapsed and about 17,000 houses destroyed in Adana
Province. Felt in Cyprus, Israel and Syria. Complex
earthquake, with at least one larger event occurring
about 3.0 seconds after the onset.
JUL 04 02 15 46.9 36.874 N 35.321 E 33 G 5.0 4.7 1.2 267 TURKEY. Mw 5.4 (HRV). ML 5.3 (GII). MD 5.0 (ISK).
Mo=1.6*10**17 Nm (HRV). At least 1,000 people injured and
one building collapsed in the Adana-Geyhan area.
JUL 09 05 19 07.3 38.650 N 28.626 W 10 G 5.7 6.0 1.0 421 AZORES ISLANDS. Mw 6.2 (GS), 6.2 (HRV). Me 6.6 (GS).
Ms 6.0 (BRK). Es=1.6*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=2.0*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=2.0*10**18 Nm (HRV). Ten people killed, about 100
injured and 1,000 left homeless on Faial. Some damage on
Pico and Terceira. Felt on Corvo and Sao Jorge.
JUL 09 14 19 18.4 38.717 N 48.507 E 26 G 5.9 1.0 442 ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORD REG. Mw 5.9 (GS), 6.0 (HRV).
Me 5.7 (GS). Es=8.4*10**12 Nm (GS). Mo=7.6*10**17 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.0*10**18 Nm (HRV). Extensive damage at Astara,
Bilasuvar, Imisli, Lankaran, Masalli and Yardimli,
Azerbaijan. Felt at Baku, Azerbaijan. Felt (V) at
Goris, Armenia.
JUL 09 14 45 39.9 30.487 S 178.994 W 130 D 6.2 6.2 1.1 483 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND. Mw 6.9 (GS), 6.9 (HRV). Me
6.9 (GS). Es=5.4*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=2.4*10**19 Nm (GS).
Mo=2.4*10**19 Nm (HRV). Mo=4.9*10**19 Nm (PPT).
JUL 16 11 56 36.4 11.040 S 166.160 E 110 D 6.4 6.7 0.9 297 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS. Mw 7.0 (GS), 7.0 (HRV). Me 7.0 (GS).
Es=7.5*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=3.9*10**19 Nm (GS).
Mo=4.1*10**19 Nm (HRV). Mo=4.0*10**19 Nm (PPT).
JUL 17 04 51 14.7 23.407 N 120.736 E 13 5.5 5.4 1.1 279 TAIWAN. Mw 5.7 (HRV). Mo=4.3*10**17 Nm (HRV). Five people
killed, 27 injured, damage (V JMA) and landslides occurred
in Chia-i County. Felt (IV JMA) at Tai-nan; (III JMA) at
Hua-lien, Kao-Hsiung and Tai-chung; (II JMA) at Cheng-kung
and I-lan; (I JMA) at Taipei. Felt throughout Taiwan. Felt
(II JMA) at Ma-kung, Peng-hu. Also felt along the coasts
of Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces, China.
JUL 17 08 49 13.2 2.961 S 141.926 E 10 G 5.8 7.1 1.3 60 NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG. Mw 7.0 (GS), 7.0 (HRV).
Me 6.7 (GS). Ms 7.0 (BRK). Es=2.4*10**14 Nm (GS).
Mo=3.7*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=3.7*10**19 Nm (HRV).
Mo=3.4*10**19 Nm (PPT). At least 2,183 people killed,
thousands injured, about 9,500 homeless and about 500
missing as a result of a tsunami generated in the Sissano
area. Maximum wave heights estimated at 15 meters. Several
villages were completely destroyed and others extensively
damaged. Maximum recorded wave heights from selected tide
stations (peak-to-trough, in cm) were as follows: 40 on
Miyake-jima; 30 at Tosa-Shimuzu, Shikoku; 26 at Muroto,
Shikoku; 24 at Naze, Amami O-shima; 20 on Tanega-shima; 20
at Kushimoto, Honshu; 6 at Jackson Bay and 4.7 at Kaikoura,
New Zealand; 5 on Yap. Felt along much of the northern
Papua New Guinea coast.
JUL 28 04 51 43.9 41.793 N 81.460 E 33 N 5.3 4.7 0.9 231 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA. Mw 5.2 (HRV). Mo=6.3*10**16 Nm
(HRV). Several people injured and 19 houses destroyed in
Baicheng County.
JUL 29 07 14 24.0 32.312 S 71.286 W 51 D 6.3 0.9 359 NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE. Mw 6.4 (GS), 6.4 (HRV).
Me 6.5 (GS). Es=1.2*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=5.0*10**18 Nm
(GS). Mo=5.3*10**18 Nm (HRV). Two people had fatal heart
attacks at Santiago. Several dozen people slightly injured
in the Santiago area. Four miners injured at the
Boton de Oro mine. Felt (VI) at La Ligua, Los Andes,
Los Vilos, Quillota, San Antonio, San Felipe and Valparaiso;
(V) at Illapel, Ovalle, Rancagua and Santiago; (III) at
Coquimbo, La Serena and Talca. Rockslides occurred along the
Trans-Andean road near Portillo.
JUL 29 18 00 29.9 2.693 S 138.901 E 33 N 5.9 6.7 0.9 248 IRIAN JAYA, INDONESIA. Mw 6.5 (GS), 6.7 (HRV). Me 6.3 (GS).
Ms 6.7 (BRK). Es=7.3*10**13 Nm (GS). Mo=6.8*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.2*10**19 Nm (HRV). Felt at Jayapura, Sarmi and Wamena.
AUG 02 04 40 46.4 39.573 N 76.999 E 69 D 5.6 0.9 382 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA. Mw 5.6 (GS), 5.6 (HRV). Me 4.9
(GS). Es=5.9*10**11 Nm (GS). Mo=3.3*10**17 Nm (GS).
Mo=3.3*10**17 Nm (HRV). At least two people injured and
several homes destroyed in Jiashi County. Felt (II) at
Almaty, Kazakhstan and at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
AUG 04 18 59 20.1 0.593 S 80.393 W 33 N 6.2 7.1 0.9 412 NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR. Mw 7.0 (GS), 7.2 (HRV). Me 6.9 (GS).
Ms 7.1 (BRK). Es=4.9*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=4.2*10**19 Nm (GS).
Mo=6.4*10**19 Nm (HRV). Mo=4.5*10**19 Nm (PPT). Three
people killed and forty injured in the Bahia de Caraquez-
Canoa area. Approximately sixty percent of the buildings at
Canoa severely damaged. Electricity, telephone and water
services disrupted and most buildings with three or more
stories damaged at Bahia de Caraquez. Considerable damage
in many other parts of western Manabi Province. Landslides
blocked a road between Bahia de Caraquez and Canoa. Felt
strongly at Guayaquil and Quito. Felt in much of Ecuador
and also at Cali, Colombia. Two large events occurring
about 3 and 7 seconds after small onset.
AUG 12 14 10 25.1& 36.755 N 121.464 W 9 4.8 5.0 160 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. . Mw 5.2 (HRV), 5.1 (BRK). ML 5.3
(GM), 5.4 (BRK). Mo=7.0*10**16 Nm (HRV). Mo=5.3*10**16 Nm
(BRK). Two people injured in southern Santa Cruz County. Some
damage to a church at San Juan Bautista. Damage to several
mobile homes and minor cracking of highway 101 in San
Benito County. Considerable loss from items falling from
store shelves in the epicentral area. Felt in Alameda,
Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Francisco,
Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Mateo Counties. Felt as far
north as Rohnert Park, east to Turlock and south to Big Sur
and King City.
AUG 20 06 40 55.8 28.932 N 139.329 E 441 6.1 0.9 488 BONIN ISLANDS REGION. Mw 7.1 (GS), 7.1 (HRV). Me 6.8 (GS).
Es=3.8*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=4.3*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=4.7*10**19
Nm (HRV). Felt (III JMA) on Chichi-jima and at Tateyama,
Honshu. Felt (II JMA) in the Tokyo-Yokohama area, Honshu. A
small onset is followed by two large events about 7 and 12
seconds later.
AUG 23 13 57 15.3 11.663 N 88.038 W 55 5.7 6.3 1.0 449 OFF COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA. Mw 6.7 (GS), 6.7 (HRV).
Me 6.6 (GS). Ms 6.2 (BRK). Es=1.8*10**14 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.2*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=1.2*10**19 Nm (HRV). Felt at
Managua and along the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.
AUG 27 09 03 36.6 39.660 N 77.343 E 33 N 5.6 6.4 1.0 369 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA. Mw 6.4 (GS), 6.4 (HRV). Me 6.1
(GS). Ms 6.1 (BRK). Es=3.2*10**13 Nm (GS). Mo=4.2*10**18
Nm (GS). Mo=3.9*10**18 Nm (HRV). At least 3 people killed,
7 injured, more than 3,600 houses destroyed, 18,771 damaged
and 159 livestock killed in Jiashi County.
AUG 28 23 46 43.9 35.522 N 139.879 E 76 D 5.2 1.0 244 NEAR SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. Mw 5.4 (HRV).
Mo=1.2*10**17 Nm (HRV). Two people slightly injured in the
Tokyo-Yokohama area.
SEP 02 08 37 29.9 5.410 N 126.764 E 50 G 6.6 6.7 1.0 424 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Mw 6.8 (GS), 6.8 (HRV).
Me 6.7 (GS). Ms 6.7 (BRK). Es=2.3*10**14 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.9*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=2.1*10**19 Nm (HRV).
Mo=3.3*10**19 Nm (PPT). Items knocked from shelves (IV RF)
at General Santos. Felt (IV RF) on Samal; (III RF) at
Butuan, Davao and Kidapawan; (II RF) at Bislig, Cagayan de
Oro and Cotabato; (I RF) at Zamboanga. Felt in much of
Mindanao. Two events about 2.5 seconds apart.
SEP 03 07 58 21.1 39.716 N 140.760 E 38 5.7 5.7 0.8 361 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN. Mw 5.9 (GS), 5.8 (HRV). Mo=7.4*10**17
Nm (GS). Mo=6.5*10**17 Nm (HRV). Mo=2.2*10**18 Nm (PPT).
Eleven people slightly injured, items knocked from shelves
(VI JMA) and power outages at Shizukuishi. Felt (IV JMA) in
Akita; (III JMA) in Aomori, Miyagi, Niigata and Yamagata
Prefectures. Landslides blocked two roads in the epicentral
area.
SEP 03 17 37 58.2 29.450 S 71.715 W 27 G 6.2 6.6 0.9 384 NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE. Mw 6.5 (GS), 6.6 (HRV). Me 6.4
(GS). Ms 6.5 (BRK). Es=8.3*10**13 Nm (GS). Mo=6.0*10**18 Nm
(GS). Mo=7.7*10**18 Nm (HRV). Mo=6.5*10**18 Nm (PPT). Two
people injured at La Serena. Felt (VI) at Andacollo,
Coquimbo, Hurtado, La Higuera, La Serena, Monte Patria,
Paihuano, Punitaqui, Talahuen and Vicuna; (V) at Alto del
Carmen, Combarbala and Ovalle; (IV) at Copiapo, El Palqui,
Freirina, Huasco, Illapel, Los Molles, Salamanca, Tierra
Amarilla and Vallenar; (III) at Caldera, Papudo, Quillota,
Quintero and Valparaiso; (II) at Santiago. Felt (III) at
San Juan and (II) at Mendoza, Argentina. Also felt at
Cordoba, Argentina.
SEP 09 11 27 59.3 40.035 N 15.980 E 10 G 5.2 5.2 1.0 385 SOUTHERN ITALY. Mw 5.5 (GS), 5.6 (HRV), 5.9 (CSEM).
Me 5.2 (GS). ML 5.5 (PDG). Es=1.5*10**12 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.7*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=3.3*10**17 Nm (HRV).
Mo=7.4*10**17 Nm (CSEM). One person killed by falling
rock, another person died from a heart attack, at
least 12 people injured and many buildings damaged in
the Castelluccio Inferiore-Lauria Inferiore area. Felt
from Naples to Reggio di Calabria.
SEP 15 07 24 06.5 38.346 N 140.508 E 50 5.1 0.9 129 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN. One person injured in Miyagi
Prefecture. Felt (IV JMA) at Sendai and (III JMA) at
Yamagata. Felt (III JMA) in much of Miyagi; (II JMA) in
southern Akita, eastern Fukushima, eastern Yamagata and
parts of Ibaraki; (I JMA) as far as northern Chiba,
northern Iwate and western Niigata Prefectures.
SEP 28 13 34 30.4 8.194 S 112.413 E 152 D 6.4 1.4 418 JAWA, INDONESIA. Mw 6.6 (GS), 6.6 (HRV). Me 6.7 (GS).
Es=2.4*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=7.6*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=7.7*10**18 Nm (HRV). Mo=5.9*10**18 Nm (PPT). One
person killed, 38 houses destroyed and 62 others damaged
in the Malang area. Some buildings and homes damaged at
Blitar and Bantur. Felt throughout central and eastern
Jawa. Also felt on Bali and Sumbawa. Complex earthquake,
with two events occurring about 3 seconds apart.
SEP 29 22 14 49.5 44.209 N 20.080 E 10 G 5.2 5.3 1.1 356 NORTHWESTERN BALKAN REGION. Mw 5.5 (HRV). ML 5.5 (PDG),
5.1 (THE), 5.1 (ROM). Mo=2.1*10**17 Nm (HRV). One person
died from a heart attack, 17 people injured, some houses
destroyed and many heavily damaged (VIII) in the
Belgrade-Ljig-Valjevo area. Felt (V) at Cacak, Kragujevac,
Smederevo and Titovo Uzice; (IV) at Krusevac, Novi Sad,
Prijepolje and Prokuplje. Felt throughout Serbia. Also felt
in the Sarajevo area, Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as in
parts of Croatia and in northern Greece.
SEP 30 23 42 54.2 41.925 N 20.390 E 10 G 5.0 5.1 1.1 309 ALBANIA. Mw 5.3 (HRV). ML 5.1 (PDG). Mo=9.7*10**16 Nm (HRV).
At least 700 houses damaged or destroyed and an electric
substation damaged in the Kukes District. Felt at Elbasan,
Korce, Peshkopi, Pogradec and Tirana.
OCT 05 02 20 33.9 33.199 N 47.225 E 39 D 5.3 4.9 1.1 295 WESTERN IRAN. Mw 5.4 (HRV). Mo=1.4*10**17 Nm (HRV). At
least 100 houses damaged in the Darreh Shahr area and minor
damage in the Pol-e Dokhtar area.
OCT 18 14 20 08.0* 11.968 N 86.254 W 10 G 4.4 0.7 23 NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA. Three people injured, 2 houses
destroyed and 45 others severely damaged in the Ticuantepe
area. Largest of a swarm of over 200 quakes on October 18
and 19.
OCT 26 20 01 44.0 27.213 N 101.057 E 47 * 4.7 4.3 1.1 58 SICHUAN, CHINA. Twenty-eight people injured and more than
700 buildings damaged in Yunnan Province.
OCT 28 16 25 03.8 0.839 N 125.966 E 33 N 6.2 6.2 1.1 326 NORTHERN MOLUCCA SEA. Mw 6.6 (GS), 6.5 (HRV). Me 7.1 (GS).
Es=1.1*10**15 Nm (GS). Mo=7.5*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=6.8*10**18
Nm (HRV). Mo=1.3*10**19 Nm (PPT). Felt at Bitung, Manado
and on Ternate, Indonesia.
NOV 09 05 30 14.4 6.954 S 129.022 E 33 N 6.1 1.0 277 BANDA SEA. Mw 6.5 (GS), 6.7 (HRV). Me 6.6 (GS).
Es=2.1*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=6.8*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=1.4*10**19 Nm (HRV). Felt (III) on Ambon, Indonesia.
Also felt at Darwin, Australia.
NOV 09 05 38 44.2 6.920 S 128.946 E 33 N 6.4 7.0 1.1 241 BANDA SEA. Mw 7.0 (GS), 7.0 (HRV). Me 6.9 (GS).
Ms 6.9 (BRK). Es=5.8*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=3.2*10**19 Nm (GS).
Mo=3.9*10**19 Nm (HRV). Felt (III) on Ambon, Indonesia.
Also felt at Darwin, Australia.
NOV 13 13 01 10.5 27.791 N 53.608 E 33 N 5.3 5.1 1.0 278 SOUTHERN IRAN. Mw 5.4 (HRV). Mo=1.6*10**17 Nm (HRV). Five
people killed, 105 injured and at least 850 houses damaged
by the earthquake and landslides in the Bigherd-Khonj area.
NOV 19 11 38 14.8 27.308 N 101.029 E 33 N 5.2 5.6 1.0 143 SICHUAN, CHINA. Mw 5.6 (HRV). Mo=2.7*10**17 Nm (HRV).
Five people killed, at least 1,543 injured, more than
23,600 homeless, over 12,000 houses destroyed, about 16,000
buildings damaged, 47 bridges and 36 reservoires damaged,
power and communications cut off in Huaping, Lijiang,
Ninglang and Yongsheng Counties. Landslides blocked a river
in the epicentral area.
NOV 19 15 39 19.1 22.605 N 125.783 E 10 G 5.8 6.0 1.3 248 SOUTHEAST OF TAIWAN. Mw 6.3 (GS), 6.3 (HRV). Me 6.7 (GS).
Es=2.7*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=2.8*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=3.3*10**18 Nm (HRV). Mo=3.7*10**18 Nm (PPT). Felt (II JMA)
on Iriomote-shima and Ishigaki-shima; (I JMA) on Kume-shima,
Miyako-shima and Yonaguni, Ryukyu Islands.
NOV 29 14 10 31.9 2.071 S 124.891 E 33 N 6.5 7.7 1.2 239 CERAM SEA. Mw 7.7 (GS), 7.7 (HRV), 7.4 (OBN). Me 8.3 (GS).
Ms 7.5 (BRK). Es=7.2*10**16 Nm (GS). Mo=4.5*10**20 Nm (GS).
Mo=4.5*10**20 Nm (HRV). Mo=1.4*10**20 Nm (OBN).
Mo=6.9*10**20 Nm (PPT). At least 34 people killed, 89
injured and about 1,000 buildings destroyed or damaged (VII)
on Mangole and Taliabu, Indonesia. At least 7 people killed
and 18 injured at Manado, Sulawesi. Felt (VI) at Luwuk,
Sulawesi; (IV) on Ternate; (III) on Ambon and at Palu,
Sulawesi. Complex earthquake, with a large event occurring
about 5 seconds after a small onset.
DEC 01 07 37 56.1 26.373 N 104.021 E 10 G 4.5 0.7 30 SOUTHEASTERN CHINA. At least 84 people injured, 21,400
houses and 472 schools damaged in Yunnan Province.
DEC 06 00 47 13.4 1.253 N 126.198 E 33 N 6.3 6.2 1.1 284 NORTHERN MOLUCCA SEA. Mw 6.5 (GS), 6.6 (HRV). Me 6.6 (GS).
Ms 6.1 (BRK). Es=2.1*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=6.8*10**18 Nm (GS).
Mo=8.5*10**18 Nm (HRV). Mo=1.2*10**19 Nm (PPT). Felt (V)
at Bitung and Tondano; (IV) at Manado; (III) at Galela and
on Ternate, Indonesia. Two events about 2.5 seconds apart.
DEC 11 20 16 24.0 36.514 N 71.021 E 223 D 5.0 1.0 240 AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORD REG. Mw 5.7 (GS), 5.6 (HRV).
Mo=3.7*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=3.1*10**17 Nm (HRV).
Five people killed, seven injured and some damage at Kabul,
Afghanistan.
DEC 14 13 06 09.8 38.969 N 35.794 E 10 G 4.5 3.9 1.1 78 TURKEY. Two people injured, 20 houses destroyed and 118
houses damaged at Kayseri.
DEC 27 00 38 26.7 21.632 S 176.376 W 144 D 6.1 0.9 432 FIJI ISLANDS REGION. Mw 6.8 (GS), 6.8 (HRV). Me 6.7 (GS).
mb 6.2 (BRK). Es=2.4*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=1.7*10**19 Nm (GS).
Mo=2.0*10**19 Nm (HRV).
Compiled by Waverly J. Person
