Earthquake Information for 2007
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Deaths from Earthquakes for 2007
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Earthquake with the most casualties for 2007
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August 15, Near the coast of Peru, M8.0
At least 514 people killed, 1,090
injured and more than 39,700 buildings damaged or destroyed. The
majority of the casualties and damage occurred in Chincha Alta,
Ica and Pisco. Widespread communication and power outages
occurred in the area. The Panamerican Highway, the Carretera
Central and other main transport routes were heavily damaged due
to landslides and cracks. Felt (IX) at Chincha Alta and Pisco;
(VII) at Ica and San Vicente de Canete; (VI) at Lima; (V) at
Cusco; (IV) at Arequipa; (III) at Trujillo. Felt at Abancay,
Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Chaclacayo, Chillca, Chimbote, Chosica,
Cocachacra, Huacho, Huanuco, Huaraz, Huarmey, Imperial, La
Oroya, Lambayeque, Mala, Nazca, Nuevo Imperial, Pachacamac,
Pucallpa, Quillabamba, San Luis, Urubamba and Viru. Felt (III)
at Bogota, Colombia and (II) at La Serena, Chile. Also felt at
Coquimbo and Iquique, Chile; at Guayaquil and Quito, Ecuador; at
La Paz, Bolivia and at Manaus, Brazil. Possible earthquake
lights observed at Lima. A tsunami with wave heights, peak-to-
trough in centimeters, was recorded at the following selected
tide stations: 16 at Antofagasta, 36 at Arica, 23 at Caldera, 28
at Coquimbo, 16 at Iquique, 21 in Archipielago Juan Fernandez,
18 at San Antonio, 28 at San Felix, 35 at Talcahuano and 17 at
Valparaiso, Chile; 27 at Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; 30 at Nuku
Hiva Island, French Polynesia; 12 at Hanasaki and 13 at Tosa-
Shimizu, Japan; 20 at Acapulco, Mexico; 30 at Chatham Island, 13
at Green Island, 25 at Kaikoura, 17 at Lyttelton, 22 at Sumner
Head and 26 at Tinaru, New Zealand; 100 at Callao and La Punta,
Peru; 13 at Apia, Samoa; 14 at Port-Vila, Vanuatu; 10 at Dutch
Harbor, Alaska; 12 at Crescent City, California; 33 at Hilo, 28
at Kahului and 12 at Kawaihae, Hawaii, USA.
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United States Earthquakes for 2007
- Largest in:
- 7.2 -- Alaska, December 19 -- Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
- 5.6 -- California, October 31 -- San Francisco Bay Area, California
- 5.4 -- Hawaii, August 14 -- Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
- 4.4 -- Montana, May 08 -- western Montana
- 4.1 -- Nevada, January 24
- 4.1 -- Utah, August 18
- 4.0 -- Washington, November 27 -- Olympic Peninsula, Washington
- 4.0 -- Wyoming, October 31
- 3.9 -- Oregon, June 14
- 3.8 -- Idaho, December 13 -- southern Idaho