On November 13th...
M7.8 - Near Christchurch, New Zealand, 2016
This earthquake was actually a sequence of at least 7 different earthquakes that ruptured in sequence on 7 different faults. Surface rupture was observed in many differnt areas, and parts of the coast were uplifted, revealing the ocean bottom. The shaking produced many landslides on the steep slopes.
M5.4 - Southern Iran, 1998
Five people killed, 105 injured and at least 850 houses damaged by the earthquake and landslides in the Bigherd-Khonj area.
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