SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKES OF THE WORLD, 2005
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 06 25 44.8 5.099 N 92.304 E 12 D 6.7 1.0 364 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA. MW 6.7 (HRV), 6.5 (GS).
mb 6.0 (GS). MS 6.7 (GS). ME 7.2 (GS). Mo 6.7*10**18 Nm (GS),
1.2*10**19 Nm (HRV), 6.3*10**18 Nm (PPT). Es 1.4*10**15 Nm (GS).
JAN 10 18 47 30.1 37.103 N 54.574 E 32 D 5.4 0.9 408 NORTHERN IRAN. MW 5.4 (HRV), 5.3 (GS). mb 5.3 (GS). MS 5.1 (GS).
Mo 1.3*10**17 Nm (HRV), 1.1*10**17 Nm (GS). Atl least 110 people
injured in the Gorgan area.
JAN 10 23 48 50.0& 37.017 N 27.804 E 16 5.5 344 WESTERN TURKEY. <ISK>. MW 5.5 (HRV), 5.3 (GS). mb 4.9 (GS). MS
4.8 (GS). ML 5.1 (ISK), 4.9 (THE), 4.8 (ATH). Mo 1.8*10**17 Nm
(HRV), 1.1*10**17 Nm (GS). One person injured at Marmaris. Felt
in Aydin and at Bodrum. Also felt on Rhodes, Greece.
JAN 12 08 40 03.6 0.878 S 21.194 W 10 G 6.8 1.0 462 CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE. MW 6.8 (GS), 6.8 (HRV). mb 5.7 (GS).
MS 6.0 (GS). ME 6.6 (GS). Mo 1.9*10**19 Nm (HRV), 1.8*10**19 Nm
(GS). Es 1.9*10**14 Nm (GS).
JAN 16 20 17 52.7 10.934 N 140.842 E 25 6.6 0.9 395 STATE OF YAP, FED. STATES OF MICRONESIA. MW 6.6 (GS), 6.6 (HRV).
mb 6.3 (GS). MS 6.7 (GS). ME 6.9 (GS). Mo 9.6*10**18 Nm (HRV),
7.6*10**18 Nm (GS), 4.6*10**18 Nm (PPT). Es 5.4*10**14 Nm (GS).
Felt on Ulithi.
JAN 19 06 11 36.4 34.064 N 141.491 E 28 D 6.6 1.2 225 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 6.6 (HRV), 6.4 (GS), 6.5
(NIED). mb 5.8 (GS). MS 6.4 (GS). ME 5.9 (GS). Mo 8.1*10**18 Nm
(HRV), 4.8*10**18 Nm (GS), 5.6*10**18 Nm (NIED), 1.4*10**19 Nm
(OBN), 1.1*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 1.4*10**13 Nm (GS). Felt lightly
in the Tokyo area. A tsunami with a wave height of 30 cm was
recorded on Miyake-jima. Recorded (1 JMA) in Aomori, Chiba,
Fukushima, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Miyagi, Nagano, Niigata, Saitama,
Shizuoka, Tochigi and Tokyo Prefectures. Also recorded (1 JMA)
on Miyake-jima, Mikura-jima and Hachijo-jima.
JAN 23 20 10 12.1 1.198 S 119.933 E 11 G 6.3 1.2 139 SULAWESI, INDONESIA. MW 6.3 (HRV), 6.1 (GS). mb 5.8 (GS). MS 5.9
(GS). ME 6.0 (GS). Mo 2.8*10**18 Nm (HRV), 1.5*10**18 Nm (GS).
Es 2.5*10**13 Nm (GS). One person killed, four injured and at
least 136 buildings damaged (V) in the Palu area. Felt (III) at
Parigi. New hot springs formed in the Bobo area.
JAN 25 16 30 38.9 22.526 N 100.709 E 12 * 4.8 1.0 42 YUNNAN, CHINA. mb 4.8 (GS). At least three people injured and
some houses damaged at Simao.
JAN 25 16 44 16.1 37.622 N 43.703 E 41 5.9 1.1 333 TURKEY-IRAQ BORDER REGION. MW 5.9 (HRV), 5.8 (GS). mb 5.3 (GS).
MS 5.6 (GS). Mo 7.5*10**17 Nm (HRV), 5.7*10**17 Nm (GS). At
least two people killed, 22 injured and 80 buildings damaged in
the Hakkari area, Turkey. Felt in Batman, Siirt, Sirnak and Van,
Turkey. Also felt at Baghdad, Iraq.
FEB 02 05 55 18.2 7.037 S 107.819 E 15 A 4.8 1.2 29 JAVA, INDONESIA. mb 4.8 (GS). One person killed and several
injured; many buildings damaged or destroyed; power outages
occurred in Garut. Felt (IV) at Garut and (III) at Pangalengan,
Pelabuhan and Soreang.
FEB 05 03 34 25.7 16.011 N 145.867 E 143 D 6.6 1.1 322 ANATAHAN REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. MW 6.6 (HRV), 6.5 (GS).
mb 6.3 (GS). ME 6.2 (GS). Mo 9.4*10**18 Nm (HRV), 7.1*10**18 Nm
(GS), 6.8*10**18 Nm (PPT). Es 5.1*10**13 Nm (GS). Felt (VI) on
Tinian and (V) on Saipan. Felt (IV) at Barrigada, Hagatna,
Tamuning and Yigo and (III) at Santa Rita, Guam.
FEB 05 12 23 18.9 5.293 N 123.337 E 525 D 7.1 1.1 640 CELEBES SEA. MW 7.1 (HRV), 7.0 (GS). mb 6.4 (GS). ME 6.6 (GS). Mo
5.2*10**19 Nm (HRV), 4.7*10**19 Nm (GS), 2.8*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es
1.7*10**14 Nm (GS). Two people killed in Sabah, Malaysia. Felt
at Kota Kinabalu and Tawau, Malaysia. Felt (III PIVS) at Davao
and General Santos, Mindanao, Philippines.
FEB 08 14 48 21.9 14.252 S 167.259 E 206 D 6.7 1.2 457 VANUATU. MW 6.7 (GS), 6.7 (HRV). mb 6.1 (GS). ME 6.1 (GS). Mo
1.5*10**19 Nm (GS), 1.3*10**19 Nm (HRV), 2.2*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es
3.6*10**13 Nm (GS).
FEB 14 23 38 08.6 41.728 N 79.440 E 22 G 6.1 0.9 623 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA. MW 6.1 (HRV), 6.0 (GS), 6.2 (OBN). mb
6.1 (GS). MS 6.2 (GS). ME 5.7 (GS). Mo 1.7*10**18 Nm (HRV),
1.1*10**18 Nm (GS), 2.2*10**18 Nm (OBN). Es 8.5*10**12 Nm (GS).
At least 6,000 homes destroyed or damaged in the Wushi area.
Felt (V) at Almaty, Kazakhstan.
FEB 15 14 42 25.8 4.756 N 126.421 E 40 D 6.5 1.0 286 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA. MW 6.5 (HRV), 6.4 (GS). mb 6.1 (GS).
MS 6.0 (GS). ME 6.1 (GS). Mo 7.0*10**18 Nm (HRV), 5.0*10**18 Nm
(GS), 1.1*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 3.2*10**13 Nm (GS). Felt (IV PIVS)
at General Santos; (III PIVS) at Davao and Zamboanga; (II PIVS)
at Kidapawan, Mindanao, Philippines.
FEB 15 19 46 35.8 35.982 N 139.686 E 46 D 5.5 0.8 215 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 5.5 (GS), 5.4 (HRV),
5.3 (NIED). mb 5.2 (GS). Mo 1.9*10**17 Nm (GS), 1.6*10**17 Nm
(HRV), 1.3*10**17 Nm (NIED). At least 7 people injured in
Ibaraki; 7 in Chiba; 6 in Tokyo; 6 in Saitama; and 1 in Kanagawa
Prefectures. Recorded (5L JMA) in Chiba, Ibaraki and Saitama; (4
JMA) in Kanagawa, Tochigi and Tokyo; (3 JMA) in Fukushima and
Gumma; (2 JMA) in Miyagi, Nagano, Shizuoka and Yamanashi
Prefectures. Also recorded (2 JMA) on O-shima and (1 JMA) on
Hachijo-jima, Kozu-shima, Mikura-jima, Miyake-jima and Nii-jima.
FEB 16 20 27 52.4 36.320 S 16.558 W 10 G 6.6 1.4 329 SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE. MW 6.6 (HRV), 6.5 (GS). mb 6.0 (GS).
MS 6.1 (GS). ME 6.7 (GS). Mo 6.0*10**18 Nm (GS), 1.0*10**19 Nm
(HRV). Es 2.2*10**14 Nm (GS).
FEB 19 00 04 43.5 5.562 S 122.129 E 10 G 6.5 0.9 371 SULAWESI, INDONESIA. MW 6.5 (GS), 6.4 (HRV). mb 6.3 (GS). MS 6.3
(GS). ME 6.3 (GS). Mo 7.0*10**18 Nm (GS), 5.6*10**18 Nm (HRV),
2.2*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 7.1*10**13 Nm (GS). Felt (V) on Pulau
Buton and (IV) at Makassar.
FEB 22 02 25 22.9 30.754 N 56.816 E 14 G 6.4 1.3 652 CENTRAL IRAN. MW 6.4 (HRV), 6.3 (GS). mb 6.0 (GS). MS 6.5 (GS).
ME 6.2 (GS). mbLg 6.2 (TEH). Mo 5.2*10**18 Nm (HRV), 3.0*10**18
Nm (GS). Es 4.2*10**13 Nm (GS). At least 612 people killed and
1,411 injured in Kerman Province. An estimated 8,000 homes
damaged or destroyed in the Zarand area.
FEB 26 12 56 52.6 2.908 N 95.592 E 36 6.8 0.9 444 SIMEULUE, INDONESIA. MW 6.8 (GS), 6.7 (HRV). mb 6.0 (GS). MS 6.7
(GS). ME 6.2 (GS). Mo 1.7*10**19 Nm (GS), 1.4*10**19 Nm (HRV).
Es 5.2*10**13 Nm (GS). Felt on Simeulue and at Banda Aceh and
Meulaboh, Sumatra.
MAR 02 10 42 12.2 6.527 S 129.933 E 202 D 7.1 1.2 569 BANDA SEA. MW 7.1 (GS), 7.1 (HRV). mb 7.0 (GS). ME 7.0 (GS). Mo
5.7*10**19 Nm (HRV), 5.0*10**19 Nm (GS), 9.3*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es
6.2*10**14 Nm (GS). Felt (V) on Ambon and at Waingapu, Sumba;
(III) at Jayapura and Merauke, Papua. Felt at Manokwari and
Sorong, Papua. Felt at Karangasem and Klungkung, Bali. Felt (IV)
at Dili, East Timor. Felt (IV) at Darwin, Humpty Doo-MacMinns
Lagoon, Jabiru and Palmerston; (III) at Katherine, Australia.
Also felt at Howard Springs and Kununurra, Australia.
MAR 02 11 12 14.9* 30.378 N 68.038 E 52 * 4.9 1.1 29 PAKISTAN. mb 4.9 (GS). One person injured and some buildings
damaged at Quetta.
MAR 05 19 06 51.4 24.637 N 121.935 E 4 5.7 1.0 311 TAIWAN. MW 5.7 (GS), 5.7 (HRV). mb 5.7 (GS). MS 5.6 (GS). ML 5.9
(TAP). Mo 5.3*10**17 Nm (HRV), 3.8*10**17 Nm (GS). At least two
people injured in I-lan and items knocked from shelves in I-lan
and T'ai-pei Counties. Recorded (5 TAP) in I-lan; (4 TAP) in Hua-
lien and T'ai-pei; (3 TAP) in T'ao-yuan; (2 TAP) in Nan-t'ou
Counties. Also recorded (2 JMA) on Yonaguni-jima and (1 JMA) on
Iriomote-jima and Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands.
MAR 09 10 15 31.8 26.913 S 26.789 E 5 G 5.0 0.8 93 SOUTH AFRICA. mb 5.0 (GS). MS 4.3 (GS). Two people killed, 58
injured and many buildings damaged in the Klerksdorp-Stilfontein
area. Felt (V) at Klerksdorp and (III) at Johannesburg. Also
felt at Pretoria and Westonaria. Felt (II) at Gaborone, Botswana.
MAR 12 07 36 12.1 39.440 N 40.978 E 11 5.6 1.1 458 EASTERN TURKEY. MW 5.6 (GS), 5.6 (HRV). mb 5.4 (GS). MS 5.0 (GS).
ML 5.7 (ISK). Mo 3.7*10**17 Nm (GS), 3.5*10**17 Nm (HRV). At
least 16 people injured and 214 buildings damaged in the Cat-
Karliova area. A landslide blocked a road between Cat and
Erzurum. Several livestock killed at Cat. Felt at Diyarbakir,
Erzincan, Mus and Tunceli.
MAR 14 01 55 55.6& 39.354 N 40.890 E 5 5.8 578 EASTERN TURKEY. <ISK>. MW 5.8 (HRV), 5.7 (GS). mb 5.5 (GS). MS
5.7 (GS). ML 5.9 (ISK). Mo 6.1*10**17 Nm (HRV), 4.5*10**17 Nm
(GS). At least 18 people injured, some buildings destroyed which
were damaged by the earthquake of 07:36 UTC on March 12, at
least 450 additional buildings damaged and some livestock killed
in Bingol Province.
MAR 14 09 43 49.1 17.145 N 73.730 E 10 G 4.9 1.0 98 MAHARASHTRA, INDIA. MW 4.9 (HRV). mb 4.9 (GS). MS 4.1 (GS). ML
5.1 (MERI). Mo 2.7*10**16 Nm (HRV). At least 45 people injured
in Kolhapur, Ratnagiri and Satara, Maharashtra and in Belgaum,
Karnataka. Buildings damaged (VII) in the Dhebewadi-Kasani area
and (VI) at Devgad, Koynanagar, Patan and Sangammeshwar. Minor
damage (V) to some buildings at Pune. Felt (V) at Chiplun,
Karad, Kolhapur and Satara; (IV) at Belgaum, Hubli and Bombay;
(III) at Madgaon, Karwar, Latur, Nashik, Panaji and Solapur.
Felt throughout Goa, Karnataka and western Maharashtra. Rail
services interrupted in Ratnagiri and Sindudurg. For additional
information, see the web site http://asc-india.org/.
MAR 20 01 53 41.8 33.807 N 130.131 E 10 G 6.6 1.3 401 KYUSHU, JAPAN. MW 6.6 (HRV), 6.4 (GS), 6.5 (NIED). mb 5.9 (GS).
MS 6.7 (GS). ME 7.0 (GS). Mo 9.2*10**18 Nm (HRV), 5.8*10**18 Nm
(GS), 8.5*10**18 Nm (PPT), 7.8*10**18 Nm (NIED). Es 8.4*10**14
Nm (GS). One person killed at Fukuoka; at least 500 injured on
Genkai and in the Fukuoka area. Sixty-five houses destroyed by a
landslide on Genkai and buildings damaged (VII) at Fukuoka. Felt
(V) at Isaya and Sasebo; (IV) at Hiroshima, Iwakuni and
Kumamoto; (III) at Miyazaki. Also felt (IV) at Keoje, Kyeongju
and Pusan; (III) at Kunsan, Kwangju, Taegu and Ulsan, South
Korea. Recorded (6L JMA) in Fukuoka and Saga; (5L JMA) in
Nagasaki; (4 JMA) in Kumamoto and Oita and in the Tsushima
Islands; (3 JMA) in Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures. Recorded
(4 JMA) in Shimane and Yamaguchi; (3 JMA) in Hiroshima, Hyogo,
Kyoto, Okayama and Tottori Prefectures, Honshu. Recorded (2 JMA)
in much of southern Honshu and (1 JMA) as far north as Tochigi
Prefecture, Honshu. Also recorded (3 JMA) in Ehime and Kochi; (2
JMA) in Kagawa and Tokushima Prefectures, Shikoku.
MAR 21 12 23 54.0 24.983 S 63.470 W 579 D 6.9 0.8 650 SALTA, ARGENTINA. MW 6.9 (GS), 6.8 (HRV). mb 6.1 (GS). ME 6.3
(GS). MD 6.5 (SJA). Mo 2.7*10**19 Nm (GS), 2.3*10**19 Nm (HRV),
1.6*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 7.3*10**13 Nm (GS). Felt (III) at
Catamarca, Salta, San Miguel de Tucuman and Santiago del Estero.
Felt (IV) at Maria Elena and Tocopilla; (III) at Antofagasta,
Mejillones and Sierra Gorda; (II) at Iquique, Chile.
MAR 28 16 09 36.5 2.085 N 97.108 E 30 G 8.6 0.9 510 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA. MW 8.6 (HRV), 8.1 (GS), 7.9 (OBN).
mb 7.2 (GS). MS 8.4 (GS). ME 8.3 (GS). Mo 1.5*10**21 Nm (GS),
1.1*10**22 Nm (HRV), 9.1*10**20 Nm (OBN), 2.8*10**21 Nm (PPT).
Es 6.7*10**16 Nm (GS). At least 1,000 people killed, 300 injured
and 300 buildings destroyed on Nias; 100 people killed, many
injured and several buildings damaged on Simeulue; 200 people
killed in Kepulauan Banyak; 3 people killed, 40 injured and some
damage in the Meulaboh area, Sumatra. A 3 meter tsunami damaged
the port and airport on Simeulue. Tsunami runup heights as high
as 2 meters were observed on the west coast of Nias and 1 meter
at Singkil and Meulaboh, Sumatra. Felt (VIII) at Gunungsitoli
and (VII) at Telukdalem, Nias. Felt (VI) at Banda Aceh and (V)
at Medan, Padang and Palembang; (IV) at Jambi; (III) at
Bengkulu. At least 10 people were killed during evacuation of
the coast of Sri Lanka. Felt (IV) along the west coast of
Malaysia; (IV) at Bangkok and (III) at Phuket, Thailand; (III)
in Singapore; (III) at Male, Maldives. The quake was also felt
in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India and in Sri Lanka.
Tsunami wave heights (peak-to-trough) recorded from selected
tide stations: about 40 cm on Panjang, Indonesia; about 25 cm at
Colombo, Sri Lanka; 40 cm on Hanimadu, 18 cm at Male and 10 cm
at Gan, Maldives. Initial observations indicate about 1 meter of
subsidence on the coast of Kepulauan Banyak as well as 1 meter
of uplift on the coast of Simeulue. Seiches were observed on
ponds in West Bengal, India.
APR 10 10 29 11.2 1.644 S 99.607 E 19 G 6.7 1.0 656 KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA. MW 6.7 (HRV), 6.5 (GS). mb
6.4 (GS). MS 6.7 (GS). ME 6.8 (GS). Mo 8.3*10**18 Nm (GS),
1.3*10**19 Nm (HRV), 1.5*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 3.7*10**14 Nm (GS).
Felt (V) at Padang, (IV) at Padangsidempuan and (II) at
Pekanbaru, Sumatra. Felt (III) at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and in
Singapore. Also felt (II) on Nias. A tsunami with a wave height
of 40 cm was observed at Padang, Sumatra.
APR 10 11 14 19.6 1.714 S 99.779 E 30 G 6.5 0.9 478 KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA. MW 6.5 (HRV). mb 6.2 (GS).
MS 6.3 (GS). Mo 6.8*10**18 Nm (HRV). Felt (III) at Padang,
Sumatra and in Singapore. Felt (II) at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
APR 11 12 20 05.9 3.484 S 145.909 E 11 D 6.6 1.1 211 NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G. MW 6.6 (HRV), 6.4 (GS). mb
5.9 (GS). MS 6.7 (GS). ME 7.2 (GS). Mo 5.7*10**18 Nm (GS),
1.1*10**19 Nm (HRV), 1.9*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 1.4*10**15 Nm (GS).
APR 11 17 08 53.9 21.975 S 170.612 E 68 G 6.7 1.0 414 SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS. MW 6.7 (GS), 6.7 (HRV). mb 6.0
(GS). ME 6.4 (GS). Mo 1.5*10**19 Nm (GS), 1.5*10**19 Nm (HRV),
2.9*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 8.3*10**13 Nm (GS). Felt on New
Caledonia and in the Loyalty Islands.
APR 19 21 11 28.4 33.637 N 130.179 E 19 D 5.5 0.9 242 KYUSHU, JAPAN. MW 5.5 (GS), 5.5 (HRV), 5.3 (NIED). mb 5.3 (GS).
MS 5.0 (GS). Mo 2.1*10**17 Nm (GS), 1.9*10**17 Nm (HRV),
1.3*10**17 Nm (NIED). At least 58 people injured and 279
buildings damaged in Fukuoka Prefecture. Several homes destroyed
on Genkai-jima. Felt (IV) at Sasebo. Felt (III) at Pusan, South
Korea. Felt at Beppu, Hiroshima, Isahaya, Iwakuni, Nagasaki,
Sasebo, Shimonoseki and Takeo. Also felt at Inch'on, Kwangju,
Seoul and Ulsan, South Korea. Several landslides occured in the
epicentral area. Recorded (5U JMA) in Fukuoka and Saga; (4 JMA)
in Nagasaki; (3 JMA) in Kumamoto and Oita; (2 JMA) in Kagoshima
and Miyazaki Prefectures. Recorded (3 JMA) in the Tsushima
Islands and (2 JMA) on Uku-jima. Recorded (4 JMA) in Yamaguchi;
(3 JMA) in Shimane; (2 JMA) in Hiroshima and Hyogo; (1 JMA) in
Hyogo, Okayama and Tottori Prefectures, Honshu. Also recorded (3
JMA) in Ehime and (1 JMA) in Kagawa and Kochi Prefectures,
Shikoku.
MAY 01 16 23 57.9 33.611 N 130.244 E 10 G 4.6 1.0 43 KYUSHU, JAPAN. MW 4.6 (NIED). mb 4.5 (GS). Mo 1.1*10**16 Nm
(NIED). One person injured in Fukuoka Prefecture. Felt strongly
in the Fukuoka area. Felt in many parts of southwestern Japan.
Recorded (4 JMA) in Fukuoka and Saga; (3 JMA) in Nagasaki; (2
JMA) in Kumamoto and Oita; (1 JMA) in Miyazaki Prefectures.
Recorded (2 JMA) on Mi-shima, Uku-jima and in the Tsushima
Islands. Also recorded (3 JMA) in Yamaguchi, (2 JMA) in Shimane
and (1 JMA) in Hiroshima Prefectures, Honshu.
MAY 03 07 21 10.4 33.711 N 48.685 E 12 4.9 1.3 186 WESTERN IRAN. MW 4.9 (HRV). mb 4.9 (GS). ML 4.9 (THR). mbLg 4.9
(TEH). Mo 3.2*10**16 Nm (HRV). At least 4 people killed, 26
injured and extensive damage in the Borujerd area.
MAY 05 19 12 21.4 5.710 N 82.845 W 18 G 6.5 1.3 190 SOUTH OF PANAMA. MW 6.5 (HRV), 6.3 (GS). mb 5.9 (GS). MS 5.8
(GS). ME 6.5 (GS). Mo 6.3*10**18 Nm (HRV), 4.2*10**18 Nm (GS),
1.1*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 1.2*10**14 Nm (GS).
MAY 12 11 15 35.3 57.382 S 139.231 W 10 G 6.5 1.3 249 PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE. MW 6.5 (HRV), 6.3 (GS). mb 6.0 (GS). MS
6.2 (GS). ME 7.0 (GS). Mo 6.1*10**18 Nm (HRV), 4.1*10**18 Nm
(GS), 1.3*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 7.0*10**14 Nm (GS).
MAY 14 05 05 18.4 0.587 N 98.459 E 34 G 6.7 1.0 695 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA. MW 6.7 (GS), 6.7 (HRV). mb 6.4 (GS). MS
6.8 (GS). ME 6.6 (GS). Mo 1.6*10**19 Nm (GS), 1.5*10**19 Nm
(HRV), 1.3*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 1.6*10**14 Nm (GS). Felt (V) at
Padang and Sibolga; (III) at Palembang and Pekanbaru, Sumatra.
Felt (III) in Malaysia. Felt on Nias and in Singapore.
MAY 16 03 54 14.6 32.589 S 179.353 W 34 G 6.6 1.0 660 SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS. MW 6.6 (GS), 6.5 (HRV). mb 6.2
(GS). MS 6.4 (GS). ME 6.3 (GS). Mo 9.0*10**18 Nm (GS),
7.0*10**18 Nm (HRV), 7.9*10**18 Nm (PPT). Es 7.1*10**13 Nm (GS).
MAY 19 01 54 52.8 1.989 N 97.041 E 30 G 6.9 0.9 635 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA. MW 6.9 (HRV), 6.7 (GS), 6.7 (OBN). mb 6.2
(GS). MS 6.9 (GS). ME 6.2 (GS). Mo 2.4*10**19 Nm (HRV),
1.2*10**19 Nm (GS), 1.5*10**19 Nm (OBN). Es 4.9*10**13 Nm (GS).
Felt (IV) at Meulaboh and Sibolga; (III) at Banda Aceh, Sumatra.
Felt at Medan, Sumatra. Felt (II) at Gelugor, Malaysia. Also
felt at Bukit Mertajam, George Town, Kuala Lumpur, Sungai Ara
and Tanjong Tokong, Malaysia.
MAY 23 06 09 13.1 26.348 S 27.436 E 5 G 4.3 0.8 18 SOUTH AFRICA. mb 4.3 (GS). Nineteen miners injured in a mine
collapse at Carletonville. Felt at Johannesburg.
JUN 04 14 50 46.6 6.319 S 146.846 E 26 G 6.1 1.0 411 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. MW 6.1 (GS), 6.1 (HRV).
mb 5.9 (GS). MS 6.0 (GS). ME 6.1 (GS). Mo 1.8*10**18 Nm (HRV),
1.7*10**18 Nm (GS). Es 3.3*10**13 Nm (GS). One person killed,
several injured and many houses damaged or destroyed in the Lae
area.
JUN 06 07 41 28.7& 39.220 N 41.080 E 10 5.6 290 EASTERN TURKEY. <CSEM>. MW 5.6 (HRV), 5.5 (GS), 5.6 (CSEM). mb
5.0 (GS). MS 5.4 (GS). ML 5.7 (ISK). Mo 3.7*10**17 Nm (HRV),
2.4*10**17 Nm (GS). Five people seriously injured, at least 49
slightly injured, several buildings collapsed and at least 60
damaged in the Karliova area. Felt in Bingol, Erzurum, Mus and
Tunceli.
JUN 13 22 44 33.9 19.987 S 69.197 W 116 D 7.8 1.0 714 TARAPACA, CHILE. MW 7.8 (GS), 7.7 (HRV). mb 6.8 (GS). ME 7.6
(GS). Mo 6.5*10**20 Nm (GS), 5.3*10**20 Nm (HRV), 4.5*10**20 Nm
(PPT). Es 5.4*10**15 Nm (GS). Five people killed by collapsed
buildings and 6 people killed when their vehicle was struck by a
boulder near Iquique. At least 200 people injured, 544 houses
destroyed and 8,691 damaged (VII), power and telephone services
interrupted, roads damaged and landslides occurred in the
Iquique area. A rock fell from El Morro near Arica. Felt (VI) at
Calama and Tocopilla; (V) at Arica, Chanaral and El Salvador;
(IV) at Antofagasta, Caldera and Copiapo. Felt throughout
northern Chile. Also felt (V) at Arequipa, Ilo, Moquega, Punta
de Bombon and Tacna, Peru. Felt (III) at La Paz, Bolivia. Felt
as far away as Santiago, Chile and in Distrito Federal, Goias,
Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa
Catarina and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
JUN 14 17 10 12.2 51.239 N 179.314 E 17 G 6.8 1.0 885 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA. MW 6.8 (HRV), 6.6 (GS). mb
6.1 (GS). MS 6.7 (GS). ME 6.5 (GS). ML 6.7 (AEIC). Mo 8.7*10**18
Nm (GS), 1.8*10**19 Nm (HRV), 1.7*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 1.2*10**14
Nm (GS). Felt (V) on Adak.
JUN 15 02 50 54.1 41.292 N 125.953 W 16 G 7.2 1.2 420 OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. MW 7.2 (HRV), 7.1 (GS), 7.0
(BRK), 6.8 (OBN). mb 6.1 (GS). MS 7.1 (GS). ME 7.6 (GS). Mo
8.3*10**19 Nm (HRV), 5.9*10**19 Nm (GS), 3.8*10**19 Nm (BRK),
2.1*10**19 Nm (OBN). Es 5.1*10**15 Nm (GS). Felt (IV) at
Crescent City, Ferndale, Kneeland, Loleta and Petrolia; (III) at
Arcata, Bayside, Blue Lake, Carlotta, Dunsmuir, Eureka, Fortuna,
Garberville, Gasquet, Hoopa, Hydesville, Klamath, McKinleyville,
Mount Shasta, Orick, Orleans, Redcrest, Redway, Rio Dell,
Scotia, Smith River, Trinidad, Whitethorn, Willow Creek and
Yreka. Also felt (III) at Azalea, Brookings, Glendale, Grants
Pass, Jacksonville, Merlin, Roseburg and Wolf Creek, Oregon.
Felt from southwestern Oregon south to the San Francisco Bay
area and by some people in the Portland and Los Angeles areas. A
tsunami was generated with maximum recorded wave heights (peak-
to-trough) of 26 cm at Crescent City, 6.5 cm at Arena Cove and 5
cm at North Spit, California; 3.5 cm at Tofino and 2 cm at
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada.
JUN 16 20 53 26.0& 34.058 N 117.010 W 12 4.9 183 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA. <PAS>. MW 4.9 (HRV), 4.9
(PAS). mb 4.8 (GS). MS 4.7 (GS). Mo 2.5*10**16 Nm (HRV),
2.6*10**16 Nm (PAS). Two people injured at San Bernardino and
one person at Lake Arrowhead. Felt (VI) at Angelus Oaks,
Calimesa and Grand Terrace; (V) at Banning, Beaumont,
Bloomington, Colton, Corona, Fontana, Forest Falls, Highland,
Loma Linda, Mentone, Moreno Valley, Perris, Redlands, Riverside,
San Bernardino, San Jacinto, Sun City and Yucaipa. Felt (III-IV)
in much of southern California. Also felt at Bullhead City,
Arizona and Laughlin, Nevada.
JUN 17 06 21 42.5 40.773 N 126.574 W 12 G 6.6 1.1 659 OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. MW 6.6 (GS), 6.6 (HRV), 6.6
(BRK). mb 6.2 (GS). MS 6.6 (GS). ME 7.2 (GS). Mo 9.9*10**18 Nm
(GS), 1.1*10**19 Nm (HRV), 1.1*10**19 Nm (BRK). Es 1.4*10**15 Nm
(GS). Felt (III) at Aptos, Arcata, Bayside, Burlingame, Crescent
City, Daly City, Emeryville, Eureka, Felton, Ferndale,
Garberville, Los Gatos, Millbrae, Redwood City, San Bruno, San
Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, South San Francisco and
Trinidad. Also felt (III) at Grants Pass, Oregon. Felt from
southwestern Oregon south as far as the San Francisco Bay area.
JUN 20 04 03 13.4 37.206 N 138.420 E 16 4.9 0.6 224 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 4.9 (HRV), 4.8 (NIED).
mb 5.2 (GS). Mo 3.1*10**16 Nm (HRV), 2.2*10**16 Nm (NIED). One
person injured in Kashiwazaki. Felt strongly in Niigata
Prefecture. Recorded (4 JMA) in Niigata; (2 JMA) in Fukushima,
Gumma, Nagano and Yamagata; (1 JMA) in Ishikawa, Miyagi, Saitama
and Toyama Prefectures. Recorded (3 JMA) on Sado-shima.
JUL 02 02 16 43.7 11.245 N 86.172 W 27 G 6.6 1.1 446 NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA. MW 6.6 (HRV), 6.5 (GS). mb 5.6 (GS).
MS 6.4 (GS). ME 6.1 (GS). Mo 7.8*10**18 Nm (GS), 1.0*10**19 Nm
(HRV). Es 2.8*10**13 Nm (GS). Felt (IV) at Managua and San Juan
del Sur. Also felt (IV) at Curridabat, San Pedro and Santa Cruz;
(III) at Cartago, Escazu and Liberia, Costa Rica. Felt (II) at
San Salvador, El Salvador. Felt in much of Costa Rica and
Nicaragua.
JUL 05 01 52 02.9 1.819 N 97.082 E 21 G 6.7 1.0 398 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA. MW 6.7 (HRV), 6.5 (GS). mb 6.2 (GS). MS
6.8 (GS). ME 6.5 (GS). Mo 7.9*10**18 Nm (GS), 1.2*10**19 Nm
(HRV), 1.5*10**18 Nm (PPT). Es 1.3*10**14 Nm (GS). Buildings and
roads damaged in the Gunungsitoli area. Felt (II) at Sibolga,
Sumatra. Felt at Medan and Pematangsiantar, Sumatra. Also felt
at Kelang, Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam and Sungai
Ara, Malaysia.
JUL 05 16 53 26.3? 26.47 S 27.43 E 5 G 2.7 0.7 5 SOUTH AFRICA. ML 2.7 (PRE). One person killed and one injured in
a mine near Carletonville.
JUL 23 07 34 56.7 35.498 N 139.982 E 61 G 5.9 0.7 457 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 5.9 (GS), 5.9 (HRV),
5.9 (NIED). mb 6.1 (GS). ME 5.7 (GS). Mo 9.5*10**17 Nm (GS),
1.0*10**18 Nm (HRV), 9.1*10**17 Nm (NIED). Es 7.5*10**12 Nm
(GS). Twenty-seven people injured and one building damaged in
the Tokyo area. Felt (V) at Togane, Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka,
Zama and Zushi; (IV) at Chigasaki. Recorded (5U JMA) in Saitama
and Tokyo; (5L JMA) in Chiba and Kanagawa; (4 JMA) in Ibaraki,
Shizuoka and Tochigi; (3 JMA) in Fukushima, Gumma, Miyagi,
Nagano, Niigata and Yamanashi; (2 JMA) in Iwate and Yamagata; (1
JMA) in Aichi, Akita, Aomori and Gifu Prefectures. Also recorded
(3 JMA) on O-shima; (2 JMA) on Kozu-jima, Mikura-jima, Miyake-
jima and Nii-jima; (1 JMA) on Aoga-shima and Hachijo-jima.
JUL 24 15 42 06.2 7.920 N 92.190 E 16 G 7.2 0.9 636 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION. MW 7.2 (HRV), 7.1 (GS), 7.0 (OBN).
mb 6.6 (GS). MS 7.5 (GS). ME 8.1 (GS). Mo 8.9*10**19 Nm (HRV),
6.5*10**19 Nm (GS), 3.5*10**19 Nm (OBN), 1.1*10**20 Nm (PPT). Es
3.0*10**16 Nm (GS). Some buildings damaged in the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands. Felt (V) on Car Nicobar, Katchal and Nancowry.
Also felt (V) at Campbell Bay, Great Nicobar and Port Blair,
South Andaman Island; (IV) at Rangat, Middle Andaman Island.
Felt throughout the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Felt (IV) at
Chennai and at Machilipatnam, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam,
Vizianagaram and other coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh; (III) at
Dum Dum and Garia, West Bengal and at Ramanniguda, Orissa; (II)
by people in high-rise buildings at Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Felt at Mamallapuram, India. Felt (III) at Banda Aceh,
Indonesia. Felt (III) at Colombo, Matale and Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Felt at Peraliya and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka. Also
felt at Male, Maldives; Georgetown, Malaysia; and at Phuket,
Thailand.
JUL 25 15 43 41.1 46.827 N 125.058 E 48 D 5.0 0.7 157 HEILONGJIANG, CHINA. MW 5.0 (HRV). mb 5.0 (GS). MS 4.7 (GS). Mo
3.7*10**16 Nm (HRV). At least one person killed and 12 injured
at Daqing. Felt at Changchun and Harbin.
AUG 05 14 14 48.0 26.569 N 103.036 E 42 5.2 1.0 200 YUNNAN, CHINA. MW 5.2 (HRV). mb 5.2 (GS). MS 4.8 (GS). Mo
8.8*10**16 Nm (HRV). At least nine people injured and 3,700
buildings damaged in Huize County. Felt at Chengdu, Panzhihua
and Qujing.
AUG 13 04 58 44.8 23.627 N 104.103 E 10 G 4.8 0.7 127 YUNNAN, CHINA. mb 4.8 (GS). MS 4.5 (GS). At least 26 people
injured, several houses destroyed and roads and reservoirs
damaged in Wenshan County.
AUG 16 02 46 28.4 38.276 N 142.039 E 36 G 7.2 0.9 698 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 7.2 (HRV), 7.0 (GS), 7.3
(OBN), 7.1 (NIED). mb 6.5 (GS). MS 6.8 (GS). ME 6.7 (GS). Mo
7.6*10**19 Nm (HRV), 4.7*10**19 Nm (GS), 9.8*10**19 Nm (OBN),
5.4*10**19 Nm (NIED). Es 2.9*10**14 Nm (GS). At least 39 people
injured in Miyagi, 9 in Iwate, 5 in Fukushima and 3 in Saitama
Prefectures. One building destroyed at Kazo and one damaged at
Sendai. Power outages and landslides occurred in northern Japan.
A local tsunami was generated with a wave height of 10 cm on the
coast of northern Japan. Felt (VI) at Sendai, (V) at Misawa and
(IV) at Tokyo. Felt (II) at Yuzhno-Kuril'sk, Kunashir. Recorded
(6L JMA) in Miyagi and Yamagata; (5U JMA) in Fukushima and
Iwate; (5L JMA) in Akita, Aomori, Ibaraki and Tochigi; (4 JMA)
in Chiba, Gumma, Kanagawa, Nagano, Niigata, Saitama, Shizuoka,
Tokyo and Yamanashi; (3 JMA) in Aichi, Gifu and Mie; (2 JMA) in
Fukui, Ishikawa, Shiga and Toyama Prefectures. Recorded (2 JMA)
on Kozu-shima, Miyake-jima, Nii-jima, O-shima and Sado-shima; (1
JMA) on Aoga-shima, Hachijo-jima and Mikura-jima. Also recorded
(3 JMA) in southwestern Hokkaido and in the Chitose-Ebetsu-
Shizunai and Obihiro areas, Hokkaido; (2 JMA) in much of
central, south-central and eastern Hokkaido.
AUG 21 02 29 29.9 37.276 N 138.588 E 13 D 4.8 0.7 184 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 4.8 (HRV), 4.6 (NIED).
mb 5.1 (GS). MS 4.5 (GS). Mo 2.1*10**16 Nm (HRV), 1.1*10**16 Nm
(NIED). Two people injured at Kashiwazaki. Felt strongly in
Niigata. Train service interrupted between Tokyo and Niigata.
Recorded (5L JMA) in Niigata; (4 JMA) in Nagano; (3 JMA) in
Gumma; (2 JMA) in Fukushima, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Saitama,
Tochigi, Tokyo, Toyama and Yamagata; (1 JMA) in Aichi, Chiba and
Kanagawa Prefectures. Also recorded (2 JMA) on Sadoga-shima.
SEP 09 07 26 43.7 4.539 S 153.474 E 90 G 7.6 1.0 502 NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. MW 7.6 (HRV), 7.4 (GS). mb
6.3 (GS). ME 6.2 (GS). Mo 3.7*10**20 Nm (HRV), 1.8*10**20 Nm
(GS), 3.2*10**20 Nm (PPT). Es 4.6*10**13 Nm (GS). Felt at Rabaul
and Sohano and on Lihir. Also felt at Gizo and Honiara, Solomon
Islands.
SEP 24 19 24 02.6 12.471 N 40.634 E 12 D 5.5 1.0 207 ETHIOPIA. MW 5.5 (GS), 5.5 (HRV). mb 5.1 (GS). MS 5.0 (GS). ML
5.5 (DHMR). Mo 2.6*10**17 Nm (HRV), 2.1*10**17 Nm (GS). A 500-
meter wide zone of tensional fissures and normal faults up to 3
km long was observed in the Dabbahu area. Displacement on some
scarps was as much as 1 meter. Dabbahu Volcano began erupting,
with the largest eruption occurring on September 26. An
estimated 6,500 people were displaced, about 1,000 livestock
were killed and roads and water facilities were damaged by the
eruption.
SEP 26 01 55 37.6 5.678 S 76.398 W 115 G 7.5 0.9 696 NORTHERN PERU. MW 7.5 (GS), 7.5 (HRV). mb 6.7 (GS). ME 7.0 (GS).
MD 7.5 (QUI). Mo 2.2*10**20 Nm (HRV), 2.0*10**20 Nm (GS),
1.2*10**20 Nm (PPT). Es 7.3*10**14 Nm (GS). Five people killed,
at least 60 injured, about 70 percent of the houses destroyed
and at least 200 buildings damaged at Lamas. Buildings damaged
at Chachapoyas, Moyobamba and Tarapoto. Felt (IV) at Cajamarca,
Lima and Trujillo. Felt (VI) at Cuenca and Loja and (III) at
Guayaquil and Quito, Ecuador. Felt (III) at Manaus, Brazil and
(II) at Bogota, Colombia. Felt throughout Peru and Ecuador. Also
felt in Rondonia, Brazil.
SEP 29 15 50 24.0 5.437 S 151.840 E 25 G 6.6 0.9 402 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. MW 6.6 (HRV), 6.5 (GS). mb
5.9 (GS). MS 6.6 (GS). ME 6.0 (GS). Mo 7.4*10**18 Nm (GS),
1.0*10**19 Nm (HRV), 1.2*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 2.2*10**13 Nm (GS).
Felt in parts of eastern New Britain.
OCT 01 22 19 51.3 16.635 S 70.794 W 20 A 5.3 1.0 72 SOUTHERN PERU. MW 5.3 (HRV). mb 5.3 (GS). ML 5.4 (LIM). Mo
1.1*10**17 Nm (HRV). At least 10 people injured and 300 houses
destroyed in Moquegua. Felt (V) at Carumas, (IV) at Omate and
(II) at Arequipa.
OCT 08 03 50 40.8 34.539 N 73.588 E 26 G 7.6 0.9 724 PAKISTAN. MW 7.6 (HRV), 7.3 (GS), 7.2 (OBN). mb 6.9 (GS). MS 7.7
(GS). ME 7.4 (GS). Mo 2.9*10**20 Nm (HRV), 1.0*10**20 Nm (GS),
8.2*10**19 Nm (OBN), 4.6*10**20 Nm (PPT). Es 2.7*10**15 Nm (GS).
At least 86,000 people killed, more than 69,000 injured and
extensive damage in northern Pakistan. The heaviest damage
occurred in the Muzaffarabad area, Kashmir where entire villages
were destroyed and at Uri where 80 percent of the town was
destroyed. At least 32,335 buildings collapsed in Anantnag,
Baramula, Jammu and Srinagar, Kashmir. Buildings collapsed in
Abbottabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Islamabad, Lahore and
Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Maximum intensity VIII. Felt (VII) at
Topi; (VI) at Islamabad, Peshawar and Rawalpindi; (V) at
Faisalabad and Lahore. Felt at Chakwal, Jhang, Sargodha and as
far as Quetta. At least 1,350 people killed and 6,266 injured in
India. Felt (V) at Chandigarh and New Delhi; (IV) at Delhi and
Gurgaon, India. Felt in Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal and Uttar
Pradesh, India. At least one person killed and some buildings
collapsed in Afghanistan. Felt (IV) at Kabul and (III) at
Bagrami, Afghanistan. Felt (III) at Kashi, China and (II) at
Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Also felt at Almaty, Kazakhstan. An
estimated 4 million people in the area were left homeless.
Landslides and rockfalls damaged or destroyed several mountain
roads and highways cutting off access to the region for several
days. Landslides also occurred farther north near the towns of
Gilgit and Skardu, Kashmir. Liquefaction and sandblows occurred
in the western part of the Vale of Kashmir and near Jammu.
Landslides and rockfalls also occurred in parts of Himachal
Pradesh, India. Seiches were observed in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh
and West Bengal, India and in many places in Bangladesh.
OCT 15 04 24 06.2 34.014 N 74.003 E 10 G 5.2 0.8 222 SOUTHWESTERN KASHMIR. mb 5.2 (GS). Two people killed in the Uri
area, Kashmir. Felt at Islamabad, Pakistan.
OCT 16 07 05 41.6 36.014 N 139.773 E 40 D 5.0 0.7 221 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 5.0 (HRV), 5.0 (NIED). mb 5.1 (GS). Mo
4.4*10**16 Nm (HRV), 3.6*10**16 Nm (NIED). Two people injured in
the Tokyo area. Felt (V) at Urawa; (IV) at Tokyo, Tsukuba and
Yokohama; (III) at Narita and Yokosuka. Recorded (4 JMA) in
Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, Tochigi and Tokyo; (3 JMA) in Chiba;
(2 JMA) in Fukushima, Gumma, Nagano, Shizuoka and Yamanashi; (1
JMA) in Miyagi Prefectures. Also recorded (2 JMA) on O-shima and
(1 JMA) on Kozu-shima, Miyake-jima and Nii-jima.
OCT 20 21 40 04.0 38.152 N 26.751 E 10 G 5.9 0.9 494 NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY. MW 5.9 (GS), 5.8 (HRV). mb 5.5
(GS). MS 5.7 (GS). ML 5.9 (ISK), 5.6 (ATH), 5.5 (THE). Mo
8.4*10**17 Nm (GS), 7.0*10**17 Nm (HRV). One person died of a
heart attack and fifteen others injured at Izmir. Minor damage
to several buildings at Urla. Felt (VI) at Izmir and (III) at
Istanbul. Felt at Balikesir, Bursa, Buyukcekmece, Canakkale,
Eskisehir, Gebze, Golcuk, Kusadasi, Manisa, Odemis, Polatli and
Tekirdag. Also felt at Chios, Kalamakion, Kos, Mytilini, Neon
Karlovasion, Psikhikon and Zakinthos, Greece.
OCT 27 11 18 57.3 23.604 N 107.798 E 10 G 4.2 1.1 17 GUANGXI, CHINA. mb 4.2 (GS). One person killed and one person
injured at Bose. Several houses damaged at Taiping. Also felt at
Nanning.
OCT 29 04 05 56.0 45.214 S 96.898 E 8 G 6.5 0.8 416 SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE. MW 6.5 (HRV), 6.4 (GS). mb 6.1 (GS). MS
6.2 (GS). ME 6.1 (GS). Mo 6.6*10**18 Nm (HRV), 4.4*10**18 Nm
(GS), 4.2*10**18 Nm (PPT). Es 2.9*10**13 Nm (GS).
NOV 06 02 11 52.9 34.520 N 73.385 E 10 G 5.1 0.8 295 PAKISTAN. MW 5.1 (HRV). mb 5.2 (GS). MS 4.5 (GS). Mo 6.1*10**16
Nm (HRV). Seven people injured at Batgram. Felt at Balakot,
Islamabad, Malakand, Mansehra, Peshawar and Swat. Also felt at
Muzaffarabad and Rawala Kot, Kashmir.
NOV 08 07 54 38.9 9.973 N 108.287 E 10 G 5.3 0.9 88 SOUTH CHINA SEA. MW 5.3 (HRV). mb 5.1 (GS). MS 4.9 (GS). Mo
1.1*10**17 Nm (HRV). One person killed at Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam. Felt (IV) at Vung Tau and (III) at Ho Chi Minh City.
Also felt at Nha Trang.
NOV 14 21 38 51.4 38.107 N 144.896 E 11 G 7.0 0.9 699 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 7.0 (HRV), 6.8 (GS), 7.0
(OBN), 7.0 (NIED). mb 6.7 (GS). MS 6.8 (GS). ME 6.9 (GS). Mo
3.7*10**19 Nm (HRV), 2.2*10**19 Nm (GS), 6.7*10**19 Nm (PPT),
4.2*10**19 Nm (OBN), 4.1*10**19 Nm (NIED). Es 4.5*10**14 Nm
(GS). Felt (IV) at Misawa, (III) at Sendai and Utsunomiya and
(II) at Tokyo and Yokosuka. Felt widely in northern and eastern
Honshu. Also felt on Hokkaido. Felt (III) at Malokuril'skoye and
(II) at Yuzhno-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands. A tsunami with a wave
height of 32 cm (peak-to-trough) was recorded at Ofunato.
Recorded (3 JMA) in northeastern Honshu and (2 JMA) in
northwestern and central Honshu. Recorded (3 JMA) in eastern and
south-central Hokkaido; (2 JMA) in much of central and
southwestern Hokkaido. Also recorded (2 JMA) on Hachijo-jima,
Miyake-jima and O-shima; (1 JMA) on Aoga-shima, Kozu-shima and
Nii-jima.
NOV 17 19 26 54.4 22.361 S 67.895 W 147 G 6.8 0.9 509 POTOSI, BOLIVIA. MW 6.8 (GS), 6.8 (HRV). mb 6.0 (GS). ME 6.5
(GS). Mo 2.2*10**19 Nm (GS), 1.9*10**19 Nm (HRV), 2.5*10**19 Nm
(PPT). Es 1.2*10**14 Nm (GS). Power outages occurred at
Tocopilla, Chile. Felt (VI) at Mejillones and Tocopilla; (V) at
Antofagasta, Calama, Caldera, Camina, Chanaral, Copiapo, Huara,
Sierra Gorda and Taltal; (IV) at Diego de Almagro, El Salvador,
Iquique, Maria Elena, San Pedro de Atacama, Tierra Amarilla and
Vallenar; (III) at Arica and Camarones, Chile. Also felt (II) at
Calana and Tacna, Peru.
NOV 19 14 10 13.0 2.164 N 96.786 E 21 G 6.5 1.0 358 SIMEULUE, INDONESIA. MW 6.5 (GS), 6.3 (HRV). mb 6.0 (GS). MS 6.1
(GS). ME 6.0 (GS). Mo 6.2*10**18 Nm (GS), 3.8*10**18 Nm (HRV).
Es 1.9*10**13 Nm (GS). Felt at Sinabang. Felt at Banda Aceh,
Medan, Sibolga and on Samosir, Sumatra. Also felt on Nias. Felt
at Ayer Itam, Malaysia.
NOV 26 00 49 37.8 29.671 N 115.688 E 11 D 5.2 0.9 274 HUBEI-JIANGXI BORDER REGION, CHINA. MW 5.2 (GS), 5.2 (HRV). mb
5.4 (GS). MS 4.9 (GS). Mo 8.1*10**16 Nm (GS), 7.2*10**16 Nm
(HRV). At least 16 people killed, 8,000 injured and 150,000
houses destroyed in the Jiujiang-Ruichang area. Minor damage at
Wuhan. Felt in Anhui, Hubei, Hunan and Zhejiang.
NOV 27 10 22 19.1 26.774 N 55.858 E 10 G 5.9 1.1 637 SOUTHERN IRAN. MW 5.9 (HRV), 5.8 (GS). mb 6.1 (GS). MS 5.8 (GS).
ME 5.9 (GS). mbLg 5.9 (TEH). Mo 7.3*10**17 Nm (GS), 1.0*10**18
Nm (HRV). Es 1.5*10**13 Nm (GS). Thirteen people killed and
about 100 injured on Qeshm. More than 80 percent of buildings
destroyed at Zirang and at least seven villages severely damaged
on Qeshm. Felt (III) at Bandar `Abbas. Felt (IV) at Sharjah,
(III) at Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Al Fujayrah and Ra`s al
Khaymah, United Arab Emirates. Felt in Oman.
DEC 02 13 13 09.5 38.089 N 142.122 E 29 G 6.5 0.8 464 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. MW 6.5 (HRV), 6.4 (GS), 6.4
(NIED). mb 6.1 (GS). MS 6.3 (GS). ME 6.4 (GS). Mo 6.3*10**18 Nm
(HRV), 5.3*10**18 Nm (GS), 6.5*10**18 Nm (PPT), 5.4*10**18 Nm
(NIED). Es 1.0*10**14 Nm (GS). Felt (III) at Kamaishi, Misawa
and Sendai; (II) at Tokyo and Yokosuka. Recorded (3 JMA) in
northeastern Honshu and (2 JMA) in much of northern and central
Honshu. Also recorded (1 JMA) in the Abashiri area, Hokkaido and
in southwestern and south-central Hokkaido.
DEC 05 12 19 56.6 6.224 S 29.830 E 22 G 6.8 1.0 561 LAKE TANGANYIKA REGION, CONGO-TANZANIA. MW 6.8 (HRV), 6.7 (GS).
mb 6.4 (GS). MS 7.2 (GS). ME 6.4 (GS). Mo 1.8*10**19 Nm (HRV),
1.2*10**19 Nm (GS). Es 7.7*10**13 Nm (GS). At least six people
killed, 300 houses destroyed and a church collapsed at Kalemie,
Congo. Felt (IV) at Arusha, Tanzania and Kigali, Rwanda; (III)
at Kampala, Uganda and Nairobi, Kenya. Also felt at Bujumbura
and Kirundo, Burundi; Bukavu and Lubumbashi, Congo; Lilongwe,
Malawi; Molo, Kenya; Kigoma, Masumbwe and Mwanza, Tanzania;
Kireka, Uganda.
DEC 11 14 20 45.0 6.584 S 152.223 E 17 G 6.6 0.9 503 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. MW 6.6 (HRV), 6.5 (GS). mb
6.2 (GS). MS 6.2 (GS). ME 6.4 (GS). Mo 9.8*10**18 Nm (HRV),
7.5*10**18 Nm (GS), 1.5*10**19 Nm (PPT). Es 8.4*10**13 Nm (GS).
DEC 12 21 47 46.0 36.357 N 71.093 E 225 D 6.5 0.8 529 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN. MW 6.5 (GS), 6.5 (HRV). mb 6.0
(GS). ME 6.2 (GS). Mo 8.2*10**18 Nm (HRV), 7.5*10**18 Nm (GS).
Es 4.6*10**13 Nm (GS). Five people killed at Tili. At least one
person injured at Jalalabad. At least 300 livestock killed and
100 houses damaged in Badakhshan. Felt (V) at Charikar, (IV) at
Kabul and (III) at Bagrami. Also felt at Asadabad and Baghlan.
Felt strongly at Chitral, (V) at Lahore and Rawalpindi and (IV)
at Abottabad and Islamabad, Pakistan. Also felt at Balakot,
Mansehra and Peshawar. Landslides blocked several roads near
Bagh, Kashmir. Felt at Gilgit and Muzaffarabad. Several houses
damaged at Baramulla, Fariabad and Uri, India. Felt (IV) at
Chandigarh. Also felt at Amritsar and New Delhi. Felt at Tash-
Kumyr and (V) at Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Felt (IV) at Tashkent,
Uzbekistan and (III) at Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Felt at Kashi,
China.
DEC 13 03 16 06.3 15.265 S 178.571 W 10 G 6.7 1.2 322 FIJI REGION. MW 6.7 (GS), 6.7 (HRV). mb 6.1 (GS). MS 6.8 (GS). ME
7.1 (GS). Mo 1.3*10**19 Nm (GS), 1.3*10**19 Nm (HRV), 1.2*10**19
Nm (PPT). Es 9.8*10**14 Nm (GS).
DEC 14 07 09 54.1 30.476 N 79.255 E 44 5.1 0.7 194 UTTARANCHAL, INDIA. MW 5.1 (HRV). mb 5.3 (GS). Mo 5.7*10**16 Nm
(HRV). One person killed at Jausari. Three people injured at
Chamoli and one at Nandaprayag. One building destroyed at Phata
and several damaged at Chamoli, Daida, Dasholi, Devaal, Ghat,
Gopeshwar, Joshimath, Ravigram and Tharali; a wall collapsed at
Bageshwar; minor damage occurred at Devaprayag, Gairsain,
Gochar, Pauri, Pokhri and Srinagar. Felt (IV) at Dehra Dun. Felt
strongly at Badrinath. Felt at Almora, Chamba, Champawat,
Khatima, Lohaghat, Naini Tal, Pithoragarh and Uttarkashi. Felt
by people in high-rise buildings at Chandigarh and in the Delhi
area. Landslides occurred at Jausari and Rudraprayag.
DEC 24 02 01 55.0& 35.231 N 136.840 E 43 4.7 63 WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN. <JMA>. MW 4.7 (NIED). mb 4.5 (GS). Mo
1.2*10**16 Nm (NIED). One person injured at Yokkaichi. Felt in
the Nagoya-Osaka-Kyoto area. Recorded (4 JMA) in Aichi and Mie;
(3 JMA) in Gifu, Nara and Shiga; (1 JMA) in Fukui, Hyogo, Kyoto,
Osaka and Wakayama Prefectures.
NOTABLE NORTH AMERICAN EARTHQUAKES
JUN 12 15 41 46.5& 33.529 N 116.572 W 14 5.2 206 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. <PAS>. MW 5.2 (HRV), 5.2 (PAS). mb 5.1 (GS).
MS 5.0 (GS). Mo 8.3*10**16 Nm (HRV), 7.7*10**16 Nm (PAS). Slight
damage (VI) at Anza, Coachella and La Quinta. Felt (V) at
Aguanga, Borrego Springs, Cathedral City, Hemet, Homeland,
Idyllwild, Indian Wells, India, Menifee, Mountain Center, Nuevo,
Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, San Jacinto and Warner
Springs; (IV) at Aliso Viejo, Banning, Bloomington, Bonita,
Bonsall, Carlsbad, Chino, Chino Hills, Colton, Corona, Descanso,
Desert Hot Springs, Diamond Bar, El Cajon, El Centro, Escondido,
Fallbrook, Grand Terrace, Imperial, Jamul, Joshua Tree, Julian,
Lake Elsinore, Lakeside, Loma Linda, Mecca, Mentone, Mira Loma,
Moreno Valley, Morongo Valley, Murrieta, Norco, Ontario, Pala,
Perris, Pine Valley, Ramona, Riverside, San Marcos, Spring
Valley, Sun City, Temecula, Thermal, Thousand Palms, Valley
Center, Vista, Wildomar and Winchester. Felt throughout southern
California and as far as Arizona, Nevada and Baja California.
Several small rockslides occurred on Highway 74.
JUL 26 04 08 37.1 45.365 N 112.615 W 13 D 5.6 0.7 458 WESTERN MONTANA. MW 5.6 (HRV), 5.5 (GS), 5.4 (SLM). mb 5.7 (GS).
MS 5.2 (GS). ME 5.4 (GS). Mo 2.8*10**17 Nm (HRV), 2.0*10**17 Nm
(GS), 1.8*10**17 Nm (SLM). Es 2.8*10**12 Nm (GS). Minor damage
(VI) at Dillon, Silver Star and Twin Bridges. Felt (V) at Gold
Creek, Sheridan, Virginia City and Wisdom; (IV) at Alberton,
Anaconda, Bonner, Boulder, Bozeman, Butte, Canyon Creek,
Cardwell, Cascade, Clancy, Clinton, Corvallis, Darby, Deer
Lodge, East Helena, Ennis, Florence, Gallatin Gateway, Gardiner,
Garrison, Helena, Helmville, Lolo, Manhattan, Missoula, Pray,
Seeley Lake, Stevensville, Sula, Superior, Victor, West
Yellowstone and Whitehall; (III) at Arlee, Belgrade, Bigfork,
Billings, Columbia Falls, Columbus, Cut Bank, Drummond, Dutton,
Emigrant, Fairfield, Fort Benton, Frenchtown, Great Falls,
Hamilton, Kalispell, Livingston, McLeod, Philipsburg, Polson,
Red Lodge, Ronan, Roscoe, Saint Regis, Shelby, Three Forks,
Townsend, Whitefish, White Sulphur Springs and Wilsall. Felt (V)
at Leadore; (IV) at Island Park, North Fork and Salmon; (III) at
Arco, Carmen, Challis, Coeur d'Alene, Hailey, Kamiah, Kooskia,
Ketchum, Mackay, McCall, Moscow, Orofino, Pierce, Potlatch,
Priest River, Saint Anthony, Saint Maries and Sandpoint; (II) at
Boise, Idaho. Also felt (IV) in Yellowstone National Park,
Wyoming and (III) at Spokane, Washington. Felt as far as Denver,
Colorado; Seattle, Washington and Calgary, Alberta.
Compiled by Waverly J. Person and Pamela J. Benfield.
