TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 31  0  0  0 1605  33.400  133.300   0 7.9   Kyushu, Japan area

 

Also given date as Feb. 2-3. 700 houses - 41% of the town of Hiro was destroyed. A strong tsunami was generated which washed away Hito and drowned 3600 in Shishikui, Awa with maximum height 7 meters.  50 were drowned at Sakihama and 350 more at Kannoura. More than 5,000 drowned in the area. To the east in the Emjimada area castles at Tawara in Atsumi and Kakegawa were destroyed. 80% of the houses at Ari were washed away in the tsunami which hit the coast from Ise Shima to Boso. More than 1,000 people were drowned in this area.

 

 1 31 19 22  0 1900  48.000  146.000 499 7.5   So. Kurils

 1 31 15 36  0 1906   1.000  -81.500  60 8.9   Ecuador

 

This was a catastrophic earthquake which generated a tsunami off the coast of Ecuador and Colombia. Several foreshocks occurred. The entire city of Tumaco appeared to move and houses rose and fell like ships on the ocean. It was impossible to move or to take a single step. A loud earthquake noise accompanied the event. Non-wooden structures were completely destroyed.  On Pindo Island cracks opened and closed on the beach. Citizens were in panic. The earthquake generated a tsunami with maximum height 5 meters which submerged part of the city and washed several islands away. Several homes were destroyed in the tsunami. Felt from Tumaco to Esmeraldas to Micay. 30 homes collapsed at Esmeraldas.  Heavy damage occurred at Limones and two were killed. Houses also collapsed at Guapi and Rioverde. Fires followed. The ground cracked on Cape Manglares and water gushed.  At Buenaventura stone structures and churches were damaged. The tsunami was notable throughout Central America and was observed as far as Hawaii and San Francisco, California.

 

 1 31 20 11 48 1912  61.000 -147.500  80 7.2   Central Alaska

 

Felt throughout the Prince William Sound area in Copper and Tanana Valley. Strongly felt at Fairbanks and Valdez. Undersea cables broke.

 

 1 31 13 17 22 1922  40.870 -125.350   0 7.3   Off Coast of No. California

 

A large sub-oceanic earthquake which was felt with maximum intensity of VI at Eureka. Also felt at San Jose on the south and northward into Oregon and eastward as far as northwestern Nevada.

 

 1 31  9 17  8 1956  -3.250  152.250 360 7.1   New Britain

 1 31 20 55 54 1973  28.267  139.767 500 7.0   Bonin Islands

 

Felt on Hachijo-jima and Miyake-jima and as far north as Tateyama and Tokyo.

 

 1 31 23 30  5 1974  -7.461  155.894  34 7.0   Solomon Islands

 

Followed a foreshock of M 5.8. Felt strongly on Bougainville Island with intensity VI at Arawa and with V at Panguna and Shortland Island. A tsunami was generated with maximum height 4.6 meters which did damaged on the coasts of Shortland (Korovu) and Choiseul.

 

 1 31 20 30 47 1996  44.455  149.372  58 7.1   Hokkaido, Japan

 

Felt with maximum intensity at Kurilsk, Iturup and in the southern portion of Urup.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 31 20 11 48 1912  61.000 -147.500  80 7.2   Central Alaska

 

Felt throughout the Prince William Sound area in Copper and Tanana Valley. Strongly felt at Fairbanks and Valdez. Undersea cables broke.

 

 1 31 13 17 22 1922  40.870 -125.350   0 7.3   Off Coast of No. California

 

A large sub-oceanic earthquake which was felt with maximum intensity of VI at Eureka. Also felt at San Jose on the south and northward into Oregon and eastward as far as northwestern Nevada.

 

 1 31  3 55  0 1934  38.300 -118.400   0 5.0   California/Nevada area

 

Felt at Fenton and Fallon, NV.

 

 1 31  6 49 11 1942  51.180 -123.580   0 5.5   British Colombia

 

Centered near San Juan Island, WA. Felt in Canada especially in Vancouver.

 

 1 31  0 48 36 1961  56.000 -153.900  26 6.2   Southern Alaska

 

Felt by many and frightened people at Fairbanks. Merchandise fell from shelves at Manley Hot Springs.

 

 1 31 19 55 27 1974  52.383 -168.688  42 5.6   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 31 20 15 55 1974  52.326 -168.671  44 5.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 31  3  7 32 1979  51.503 -175.870  20 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III at Adak.

 

 1 31 23 59  7 1981  59.017 -152.231  62 5.0   Southern Alaska

 1 31 16 46 43 1986  41.650  -81.162  10 5.0   Ohio/Lake Erie

 

Felt over an area of 300,00 sq. km in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Delaware, West Virginia, Wisconsin and other areas between especially in high-rise buildings. Well water was greatly affected in the region. At least 17 were injured and minor damage occurred in the epicentral area. Maximum intensity VI but could be has high as VII. Injuries occurred due to falls during evacuation of buildings, broken glass and falling objects as well as exposure to the cold weather. Damage to homes included cracked chimneys, walls windows and tiles.  Merchandise was thrown from shelves.

 

 1 31 13 32 01 2004  53.718 -162.952  33 5.0   South of Alaska

 1 31 09 53 40 2013  55.435 -135.018  13 5.9   SE Alaska

 

Felt (IV) at Ketchikan and Wrangell; (III) at Craig, Klawock, Petersburg, Sitka and Thorne Bay; (II) at Juneau. Felt throughout southeastern Alaska. Felt (II) at Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Also felt at Smithers and Terrace.

 

 1 31 12 38 31 2015  56.693 -168.996  10 5.3   North of Fox Is. Alaska

 

Not felt. Winter Storm Juno which probably had an effect on the Pribilof Islands.  The effect of this storm on North America was likely to promote high seismicity along the interface between North America and the Pacific plate. The Pribilof Islands lie on this interfacial boundary.

 

 1 31 17 39 12 2015  56.631 -169.091  10 5.3   North of Fox Is. Alaska

 1 31 20 47 13 2015  56.609 -169.081  21 5.0   North of Fox Is. Alaska

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 30 14  1  0 1902  40.500  141.300  60 7.0   Hokkaido, Japan

 1 30  3 35 50 1914 -35.000  -73.000  60 8.2   Central Chile

 

Located off the coast of central Chile. Felt in San Luis Province, Argentina.

 

 1 30  2 45 30 1917  55.200  164.500  40 8.1   Komandorsky Isl

 

A tsunami was generated.

 

 1 30 21 18 37 1918  45.400  136.500 350 7.7   Sea of Japan

 1 30  2 18 27 1939  -6.500  155.500  25 7.9   Solomon Islands

 

Felt at Bougainville and Guadalcanal.

 

 1 30  0 56 32 1950 -53.500  -71.500   0 7.0   So. So. America

 1 30 10 29 40 1969   4.805  127.437  70 7.2   Halmahera

 

Felt at Mindanao with intensity VI and at Davao where power was disrupted.  Felt as far as Samar Island.

 

 1 30 21  1 18 1973  18.390 -103.210  32 7.5   Michoacan, Mexico

 

Strongest earthquake in Mexico since 1957. Considerable damage occurred in Colima, Michoacan and Jalisco. Maximum damage was located at Tecomate, Coahuuayana, Manzanillo, Colima and Cuidad Guzman. More than 56 killed and at least 200 were injured. At Mexico City traffic lights were out. Damage occurred to high rise buildings. A slight tsunami was generated which was felt at sea. The earthquake was followed by the eruption of the Colima volcano. Lava reached nearby villages.

 

 1 30  8 52 43 1981  51.820  176.140  21 7.1   Rat Islands

 

Felt with intensity IV at Shemya.

 

 1 30 22 29 42 1987 -60.063  -26.916  48 7.0   Southern  Ocean

 1 30 22  0 12 1996 -32.885 -178.339  33 7.0   So. Kermadec Islands

 1 30 22 29 57 1996 -32.831 -178.266  33 7.4   So. Kermadec Islands

 1 30 12 16 10 1998 -23.689  -70.008  34 7.0   Coast No. Chile

 

One person killed at Antofagasta where minor damage to buildings occurred.  Maximum intensity VII at Antofagasta, Calama and Collahuuasi. Felt as far as La Serena.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 30 19 24  2 1934  38.300 -118.400   0 5.6   California/Nevada area

 

Felt with intensity VII at Mina. Broke dishes and windows and damaged chimneys in the epicentral area.

 

 1 30 20 16 31 1934  38.280 -118.360   0 6.3   California/Nevada area

 1 30 20 30  0 1934  38.300 -118.400   0 5.7   California/Nevada area

 1 30 23 40  0 1934  38.300 -118.400   0 5.4   California/Nevada area

 

A sequence of earthquakes which was felt in the area of Hawthorne, NV but did little damage in this unsettled area. Chimneys and adobe buildings collapsed at Mina and Marietta. Changes in ground water occurred and landslides and fissures were noted including a 5-inch scarp on Excelsior Mountain. Felt as far as Utah.

 

 1 30  4  0  0 1952  44.500  -73.200   0 5.0   New York State

 

Felt in Burlington Vermont for an area of about 50 sq. miles. Minor damage occurred to sidewalks, basements and gas mains. Ground fissures about 2 miles long and 15 feet apart were observed in the North End of Burlington. 

 

 1 30 12  8 27 1957  65.590 -133.640  15 5.8   Yukon Territory, Canada

 1 30  5 17 32 1959  61.000  -78.500  10 5.5   Baffin/Davis Strait, Canada

 1 30 12 12 35 1961  65.200 -149.900  34 5.5   Northern Alaska

 

Felt by many and frightened some at Fairbanks, Central Alaska. Merchandise fell from shelves in Manley Hot Springs.

 

 1 30  4 39 54 1963  55.200 -161.700   0 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1 30  4 37 21 1965  51.680 -179.670  88 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 30 18 10  7 1969  53.800 -170.100  51 5.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 30 18  0 58 1984  55.580 -154.160  33 5.0   Southern Alaska

 1 30 13 13 33 1985  51.670 -170.150  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 30  7 15 34 1986  43.601 -127.339  10 5.2   North Pacific Ocean

 1 30  4  6 23 1989  38.824 -111.614  24 5.4   Utah area

 

Damage to windows, walls, chimneys and foundations at Ferron and Wales. Underground pipes broke at Salina. Plaster fell at Wales. Felt in northern Arizona, western Colorado, Utah and southwest Wyoming.

 

 1 30 12 57 50 1991  52.500 -167.700   0 5.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

 1 30  5 28 23 1997  59.380 -145.049  33 5.0   Southern Alaska

 

 1 30 03 14 28 2013  43.638 -127.620  10 5.4   Off coast of Oregon

 1 30 00 28 41 2016  40.897 -127.272  10 5.0   Off coast of No. California

 1 30 03 34 02 2016  39.492 -121.695  69 5.0   Northern California

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 29  0  0  0 1763  40.800  142.000   0 7.4   Hokkaido, Japan

 

Much damage. A tsunami was generated which hit Sanricu at Hachinohe and in Hokkaido and Hakodate with maximum height 4-5 meters. 20 boats were wrecked and washed away. Two houses were destroyed and temples were destroyed in Aomori, Hakodate and Hechinohe tsunami.

 

 1 29 13 41 10 1932  -6.000  155.000  60 7.0   Solomon Islands

 1 29  9 23 44 1942 -19.000  169.000 130 7.1   Vanuatu Islands

 1 29  8 17 50 1947 -26.000  -63.000 580 7.2   Argentina

 

Felt but not damaging.

 

 1 29 10 19  5 1968  43.540  146.780  36 7.2   Hokkaido, Japan

 

Violent earthquake south of the Kuril Islands. A small tsunami was generated which was observed on the coast of Hokkaido with maximum height of 26 cm at Nemuro.

 

 1 28 19 10 26 2020  19.400  -79.000  10 7.7   Cuba

 

Felt throughout northern Caribbean and southeastern U.S. No major damage, tsunami or casualties were reported.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 29 13 52  0 1933  38.500 -118.000   0 5.0   California/Nevada area

 1 29  5 43 47 1951  43.000 -128.000   0 5.0   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 29 20 21 27 1959  51.880 -173.790   0 5.9   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 29 20 58 18 1959  52.000 -174.000   0 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 29 22 31 57 1965  51.430 -178.970  35 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 29 18 53 49 1968  59.700 -153.220 120 5.2   Southern Alaska

 1 29 20 52 21 1968  56.390 -153.540   6 5.1   Southern Alaska

 1 29 18 45 54 1976  43.558 -127.269  28 5.2   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 29  0 16 43 1990  51.770 -175.230  42 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 29 20 57 23 1990  52.310 -169.770  16 5.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 29 11 20 36 1994  34.305 -118.579   1 5.4   So. California

 

Aftershock of Northridge earthquake. Additional damage in Northridge. Damage with intensity VI at Camarillo and Sunland. Felt in Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Orange counties.

 

 1 29  3 11 23 1995  47.388 -122.365  17 5.1   Washington state, U.S.

 

Slight damage was observed at Auburn and Tacoma. Felt from Vancouver, British Columbia to Salem, Oregon and as far as Grand Coulee and Yakima, Washington.

 

 1 29 22 25 34 2010  51.672  177.745  73 5.0   Rat Islands, Aleutians

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 28 15  0  0 1763  41.000  142.025   0 7.4   Hokkaido, Japan

 

Much damage. A tsunami was generated which hit Sanricu at Hachinohe and in Hokkaido and Hakodate with maximum height 4-5 meters. 20 boats were wrecked and washed away. Two houses were destroyed and temples were destroyed in Aomori, Hakodate and Hechinohe tsunami.

 

 1 28 21 24  3 1931  11.000  144.800  60 7.2   So. Marianas/Guam

 

Felt at Agana and Sumay.

 

 1 28  0  0  0 1947 -26.500  -63.000   0 7.5   Argentina

 

Felt but not damaging.

 

 1 28  3 47 21 1948  -1.500  126.500  80 7.2   Ceram area

 1 28 13  0 48 1963  55.100 -161.800   0 7.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 28  8 27 57 1940  61.490 -138.910  15 5.2   Central Alaska

 1 28  5  6  8 1945  48.242 -122.377   0 5.0   Washington state, U.S.

 

Felt by many at Stanwood, WA. Felt with intensity IV at Granite Falls and Snohomish.

 

 1 28 23 14 57 1959  62.500  -76.000   0 5.0   Baffin/Davis Strait, Canada

 1 28  8 12 46 1961  35.778 -118.049   6 5.3   So. California

 

Felt in Kern and Tulare Counties near Walker Pass with intensity VI.  At Johannesbury, concrete cracked. A rockslide occurred at Kernville and dishes broke at Bodfish.

 

 1 28 13  0 47 1963  54.600 -161.600  51 6.7   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1 28 10 15  6 1966  43.600 -127.200  33 5.1   North Pacific Ocean

 1 28 19  7 16 1966  51.810 -176.990  63 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt at Adak.

 

 1 28 13 52 58 1967  52.375 -169.515  43 6.4   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt in the epicentral area on Umnak.

 

 1 28 14  5 57 1967  52.301 -169.488  45 5.7   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 28 14 23 26 1967  52.450 -169.580  37 5.7   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 28 14 30 27 1967  52.610 -169.480  44 5.7   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 28 16 31 23 1967  52.272 -169.303  45 6.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 28 17 19 33 1967  52.235 -169.476  40 5.7   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 28 17 26 34 1967  52.349 -169.390  45 5.7   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 28 17 42  2 1967  52.401 -169.386  50 6.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 28 13 53 16 1975  40.415 -125.446  10 5.0   Off Coast of No. California

 

Felt with intensity V at Eureka, Fortuna and Loleta. Felt with intensity IV at Arcata, Bayside, Ferndale, Miranda, Rio Dell and Scotia. Damage was reported.

 

 1 28  2 25  2 1978  63.036 -151.058 115 5.0   Central Alaska

 1 28  4 16 55 1985  53.120 -163.990  33 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1 28 19 37 56 1985  54.900 -163.400   0 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1 28  8 10  5 1999  52.886 -169.123  67 6.6   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

Minor damage at Nikolski. Also felt at Akutan, Dutch Harbor and Unalaska.

 

 1 28 21 08 53 2015  40.318 -124.607  17 5.7   Off Coast of Northern California

 

Felt with moderate intensity in Redway, Fort Bragg and Trinity Center where shaking lasted about 8 seconds.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 27 20  9 13 1931  25.600   96.800  60 7.6   Myanmar

 

Highly damaging with maximum intensity about IX. Inhabitants were thrown from their beds in the epicentral area. All glassware was broken at Kamaing.  Cupboards, mirrors and furniture were overturned. All masonry buildings in the epicentral area and at Kamaing were severely damaged. Two pagodas were destroyed. The bridge over the Indaw Chaung sagged about four feet. Fissures were observed and water and sand spouts occurred. Hill slopes were scarred by big cracks up to 2 feet wide with vertical abutment up to 3-4 feet. Landslides dammed streams. Felt over the entire Myithkyina District. Also felt north at Fort Hertz and east to Htawgaw and in Maingkwan.  Felt over the southern region in the Katha district. Also felt severely at Haungpa and in upper Chindwin districts.

 

 1 27 13 29  8 1942  -4.500  135.000  60 7.1   West Irian, PNG

 1 27 11 58 28 1948 -20.500 -178.000 630 7.2   Tonga Islands

 1 27 16 58 53 2006  -5.473  128.131 397 7.5   Banda Sea

 

Felt(V) on Ambon; (IV) at Kupang, Saumlaki, Sorong, Tual, and Waingapu; (III) at Makassar, Indonesia. Felt at Denpasar. Felt (IV) at Dili, East Timor; (III) at Darwin and (II) at Palmerston, Australia. Felt (III PIVS) at Marawi and (II PIVS) at Davao, Philippines.  Also felt at Jabiru, Howard Springs and Humpty Doo-MacMinns Lagoon, Australia.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 27 14 29  3 1931  60.700 -149.000   0 5.6   Central Alaska

 

Felt at Seward and surroundings. Also felt at Matanuska and Cordova and Kasilof(?).

 

 1 27 14 19 48 1954  35.150 -118.633   0 5.0   So. California

 

West of Tehachapi. Slight damage at Arvin, Keene and Tehachapi.

 

 1 27 23  7 42 1962  30.800 -114.600  16 5.3   SW U.S.A

 1 27 15 24 46 1963  44.300 -114.500  31 5.5   Montana/Idaho

 

Plaster and windows cracked at Clayton, Central Idaho. Large boulders rolled down a hill at Livingston Camp south of Clayton. Felt with intensity V at Atlanta, Hailey, Ketchum, Stanley and south.

 

 1 27 16  6 47 1976  43.565 -127.417  27 5.0   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 27 18 57 55 1979  54.768 -161.250  17 6.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity V at Cold Bay where cracks appeared in exterior walls and a building moved on its foundation. Furniture shifted. Objects fell from shelves. Buildings and dishes rattled. Also felt at King Cove, Sand Point, Perryville and False Pass.

 

 1 27  2 33 36 1980  37.737 -121.740  15 5.8   Central California

 

A damaging earthquake in Livermore at the south end of Greenville Fault. Six were injured by flying glass at Livermore. Ceiling tiles also fell. Severe property damage occurred in The Tassajaro Valley and at Danville where about 50 houses sustained damage. At Danville brick chimneys broke as well as stone walls, ceilings, sidewalks and patios. Felt over a moderate area of Central California.

 

 1 27 14 24 19 1995  51.200 -176.000  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity II at Adak.

 

 1 27 13 42 44 2002  51.725  177.014  50 5.2   Rat Islands, Aleutians

 1 27 09 50 52 2004  56.806 -156.757  75 5.6   Alaska Peninsula

 

Felt (III) at Chignik and (II) at Perryville. Also felt at Chignik Lagoon.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 26 10  6 46 1947  12.500  -86.250 170 7.2   Nicaragua

 

Felt over an area of 20,000 sq. km  in the Villa de la Union, El Salvador.  with intensity VII.

 

 1 26 16  2 14 1983 -30.920 -177.480 271 7.3   So. Kermadec Islands

 1 26  3 16 40 2001  23.419   70.232  16 8.0   India

 

At least 20,000 people killed, more than 166,000 injured and nearly 350,000 building destroyed and an additional 800,000 damaged in the Bhuj-Gujarat area. At least 18 killed in southern Pakistan. Felt throughout southern Pakistan and northern India. Sandblows, liquefaction, visible surface waves and water phenomena were commonly reports. 

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 26  9 31 20 1922  41.000 -126.000   0 6.0   Off Coast of No. California

 

Followed by an M 7.3 in the same area on Jan. 31, 1922.

 

 1 26 10 11 54 1932  52.000 -125.000   0 5.0   British Colombia

 

No earthquake was reported have been felt.

 

 1 26 10 13  0 1932  43.600 -110.800   0 5.0   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 

At Grovont, Kelly, Moran and Jackson western Wyoming plaster cracked and dishes broke. Telephone service was out. A number of aftershocks occurred.

 

 1 26  1 16  7 1957  48.290 -122.600   0 5.0   Washington state, U.S.

 

Felt by many in northwestern Washington near Whidbey Island with Maximum intensity V. Also felt at Anacortes, Bar View, Burlington, La Conner, Mount Vernon and Oak Harbor.

 

 1 26 19 32  6 1971  51.690 -174.930  39 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III on Adak and Atka Islands.

 

 

 1 26  3 11 21 1974  52.260 -171.350  55 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 26 19 20 51 1986  36.809 -121.288   8 5.7   Central California

 

Felt over an area of 36,000 sq. km. with maximum intensity VII at Pacines.  At Almaden Vineyard's Cienaga Winery a 20,000 gallon vat of wine moved 6 meters off its foundation and shattered. Estimated loss at $800,000. Items fell from shelves, pictures fell. Gas pipes broke at Hollister along with a water line. Mason and chimneys cracked in the Santa Ana Valley. Items fell from shelves and some cracks appeared in walls at Tres Pinos. Felt from Arroyo Grande on the south to San Francisco on the north and as far east as June Lake near the Nevada border.

 

 1 26 23 16 41 1989  51.300 -169.400   0 5.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 26  9 22 54 1992  54.650 -161.390   3 5.4   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1 26 12 13 39 1992  52.130 -169.950  32 5.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 26  6 23 19 1997  40.280 -124.402  22 5.2   Off Coast of No. California

 1 26  7 40 26 1998  52.227 -168.322  33 5.2   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 26 08 36 17 2002  51.754  176.946  45 5.3   Rat Islands, Aleutians

 1 26 07 08 12 2003  52.242 -170.253  33 5.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 26 10 27 07 2004  51.135  178.078  36 5.6   Rat Islands, Aleutians

 1 26 19 11 47 2009  51.955 -171.159  25 5.8   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 25  0 36 18 1926  -9.000  158.000  60 7.4   Solomon Islands

 1 25  6 34  0 1937 -10.000  163.000  60 7.1   No. of Santa Cruz Islands

 1 25  3 32 14 1939 -36.250  -72.250  55 8.3   Central Chile

 

This earthquake destroyed Chillan and caused great damage in surrounding towns. At least 30,000 dead chiefly in Chilland and Concepcion. Greatest damage occurred in Central Chile over about 45,000 sq. km. This was the most destructive earthquake in the history of Chile based on damage and casualties. Adobe houses were nearly all destroyed. The Coast Range lifted up by five feet near the Central Valley margin, but fault displacement was not observed. No tsunami was observed. Felt throughout most of southern South America. Strong aftershocks lasted for months.

 

 1 25  2  6 23 1972  22.560  122.370  29 8.5   Taiwan

 

Earthquake in Taitung. One killed, one injured, two houses destroyed four partially destroyed. Felt with intensity V in the southern Ryukyu Islands. Roads destroyed in Taiwan. Also felt in northern Luzon, Philippines. Intensity IV at Hong Kong.  A small tsunami was observed at Ishigakishima.

 

 1 25  3 41 24 1972  23.060  122.140  34 7.7   Taiwan

 

Felt in the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan (intensity V) and northern Luzon.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 25  3 36 55 1957  51.760 -177.030  47 6.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 25 16  8 15 1971  51.465 -177.693  38 6.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity IV on Atka Island. Also felt strongly on Adak.

 

 1 25 21 43  5 1978  52.178 -169.883  27 5.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 25 17  5 45 1979  52.054 -175.663 167 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 25 19 30  6 1979  60.130 -153.130 104 5.4   Central Alaska

 

Felt with intensity IV at Anchorage, and from Kodiak Island to Fairbanks.

 

 1 25  5 29 34 1982  53.260 -165.651  62 6.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity IV at Cold Bay. Also felt at Dutch Harbor and Unalaska.

 

 1 25 13 17 51 1988  31.740 -115.843   5 5.1   So. California

 

Felt with intensity V at Calexico, California. Also felt at San Diego, Imperial, Orange, San Bernardino counties and in northern Baja, Mexico.

 

 1 25  7 53 60 1993  54.827 -160.155   6 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity IV at Sand Point. Also felt at King Cove.

 

 1 25 10 27 30 1995  55.307 -157.561  33 5.1   Alaska Peninsula

 1 25  5 29 38 2001  60.114 -152.363  87 5.6   Central Alaska

 

Felt with intensity IV at Homer, Kenai, Nikiski. Also felt at Eagle River, Palmer, Anchorage and Kasilof.

 

 1 25 15 12 23 2004  49.100 -128.060  10 5.4   Vancouver B.C., Canada

 1 25 11 00 19 2005  52.115  173.294  13 5.1   Near Islands, Alaska

 1 25 23 57 49 2007  51.768 -175.418  72 5.0   Andreanof Islands, Alaska

 1 25 17 04 08 2010  58.604 -153.474  89 5.0   Alaska Peninsula

 

Felt (III) at Anchor Point and Homer; (II) at Kodiak.  Also felt at Anchorage and Ninilchik.

 

 1 25 23 08 55 2010  50.997 -178.090  10 5.3   Andreanof Islands, Alaska

 

Felt on Adak.

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 24  0  0  0 1038  38.400  112.900   0 7.2   So. China

 

Strong shock at Taichou, Pingchou and Hsinchou in the northern portion of Shensi. Greatest damage was done at Hsinchou where 19,743 were killed, 5655 injured and up to 50,000 cattle killed. At Taichou more than 750 people were killed and at Pinchou the death toll was about 2000.

 

 1 24 23 43  0 1899  17.000  -98.000  60 8.4   Oaxaca, Mexico

 

Severe damage at Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico

 

 1 24 23 27  0 1902  -8.000  150.000  60 7.8   New Ireland

 

Felt at the Tobriand Islands.

 

 1 24  6 55 16 1916  40.270   36.830  10 7.1   No. Turkey/Black Sea

 1 24  1  5 43 1927 -16.500  167.500  60 7.1   Vanuatu Islands

 1 24 20 36 28 1929  12.800  -91.000   0 7.1   Guatemala

 

Considerable damage in Puerto Barrios.

 

 1 24 10 31 44 1938 -61.000  -38.000   0 7.1   Southern  Ocean

 1 24 17 46 40 1948  10.500  122.000  60 8.3   Luzon, Philippines

 

Maximum intensity VII at Panany. At least 17 churches were completely destroyed, 20 others were damaged beyond repair. At Iloilo City most historic structures were strongly damaged. A 100-yard fissure sprayed black sand and water into the air. At least 50% of Antique was damaged or destroyed including the Coronet Tower of Arevalo which was ruined. 72 killed up to 3.5 million dollars in property damage. A tsunami was generated which killed 2 in Illolio Strait.

 

 1 24  9 15 48 1949 -22.000 -176.000 110 7.0   Tonga Islands

 1 24  0  0  0 1956  12.200  -86.700   0 7.3   Nicaragua

 

Near Puerto Somoza. Minor damage in coastal regions. Followed by strong aftershocks.  Slight damage occurred at Managua. Also felt in the south of El Salvador.

 

 1 24  0 11 12 1965  -2.400  126.000   6 7.7   Ceram area

 

Strongly felt and destructive in the Ceram Sea on the Island of Sanana. 71 killed. A tsunami was generated which destroyed about 90% of the houses in the city. The tsunami also did damage in Namlea on the Island of Buru. Felt at Davao, Philippines and in Halmahera. Reports indicated the earthquake and aftershocks destroyed more than 2800 buildings (houses, schools, shops and mosques) and up to 14 bridges.

 

 1 24  2 33  4 1969 -21.884 -179.577 595 7.0   Tonga Islands

 1 24  8 17 40 1983  16.147  -95.232  57 7.0   Oaxaca, Mexico

 

Damage occurred in Juchitan and Mexico City. Felt strongly in southeastern Mexico.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 24 12  0  0 1875  39.600 -120.300   0 6.0   Central California

 

Felt with intensity VI at Butte, Plumas and Sierra Counties. Heavy shock. Also felt at Oroville, Taylorsville, Greenville and Downieville. Felt also at Carson City, NV.

 

 1 24  7 10  0 1920  48.700 -123.000   0 5.0   Washington state, U.S.

 

Earthquake in northwestern Washington where it cracked walls at Bellington and Anacortes.  Felt strongly at Vancouver and Victoria, B.C. Damage also occurred to houses on Vancouver Island. Felt on several ships at sea.

 

 1 24  7 17  3 1951  32.983 -115.733   0 5.6   So. California

 

Felt with intensity VII at Calipatria and Westmoreland. Felt over southern California and Arizona. An area subsided 1 inch in the Westmorland and Imperial Valley area. A water Main was cracked at Trifolium.

 

 1 24  9 58 37 1953  49.100  -66.000   0 5.3   E. of Maine

 1 24 23 17 31 1958  60.190 -151.860  60 6.5   Central Alaska

 1 24 21 43 10 1963  47.570 -122.030   0 5.1   Washington state, U.S.

 

West of Tacoma and Maple Valley plaster and walls cracked and furniture moved.  Objects fell to the floor.

 

 1 24  5 31 31 1964  64.300 -126.300  33 5.0   Yukon Territory, Canada

 1 24 19 57  1 1965  54.400 -162.200  20 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1 24 23 16 32 1971  56.490 -152.910  38 5.1   Southern Alaska

 1 24 18 43 27 1974  61.588 -147.626  40 5.1   Central Alaska

 

Felt throughout south-central Alaska. Felt with maximum intensity V at Sheep Mountain Lodge. Also felt at Anchorage, Glennallen, Palmer and Valdez.

 

 1 24  7 45 37 1977  27.836 -111.514  24 5.0   Gulf of California

 1 24 19  0 10 1980  37.852 -121.815  11 5.9   Central California

 1 24 19  1 45 1980  37.829 -121.742   1 5.9   Central California

 

One death and 44 injured during this earthquake in the Livermore region of central California. Injuries were mostly caused by flying glass, overturned furniture and bookcases and falling ceiling tile and lights. Estimated damage $12 million most at Livermore Laboratory Nuclear research center. Felt over about 75,000 sq km of central California. Broken gas and water lines and some bridges cracked on roads and highways. Surface rupture was observed and cracks could be followed for up to two km.

 

 1 24 11 27 21 1985  38.155 -118.816  13 5.0   California/Nevada area

 

Felt with intensity IV at El Dorado, Mono and Tuolumne Counties.  Also felt at Bridgeport, June Lake, Lee Vining and Murpheys and Hawthorne, NV.

 

 1 24 20 47  9 1990  42.350 -126.301  10 5.0   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 24 15 25  1 1995  51.401 -178.399  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity IV at Adak.

 

 1 24 17 47 22 2001  55.514 -156.483  42 5.0   Alaska Peninsula

 

 1 24 04 52 10 2003  63.262 -145.207   5 5.1   Eastern Alaska

 

Felt (III) at Delta Junction, Fairbanks, Glennallen, North Pole, Salcha and Tok; (II) at Eielson AFB, Fort Wainwright and Palmer. Felt as far as Anchorage.

 

 1 24 18 09 50 2009  59.430 -152.887  97 5.8   Southern Alaska

 

Felt (IV) at Anchor Point, Homer, Kasilof, Sterling and Willow; (III) at Anchorage, Eagle River, Girdwood, Kenai, Nikiski, Ninilchik, Palmer, Seward, Soldotna and Talkeetna; (II) at Chugiak, Elmendorf AFB, Indian, Kodiak, Seldovia, Valdez and Wasilla.  Also felt at Big Lake, Clam Gulch, Cooper Landing, Cordova, Eek, Glennallen, Houston, Moose Pass, Pedro Bay, Port Alsworth, Port Lions, Sutton and Whittier.

 

 1 24 10 30 30 2016  59.659 -153.452 127 7.1   Southern Alaska

 

It was widely felt with moderate intensities throughout about 500 km of the epicenter. NEIC reported intensity VI in Anchorage about 300 km from the epicenter. Intensity V-VI was reported from Elmendorf AFB, Cooper Landing, Eagle River, Girdwood, Glennallen, Homer, Kasilof, Kenai, Kodiak, Moose Pass, Ninilchik, Palmer, Pedro Bay, Wasilla, Seward, Skwentna, Soldotna, Sterling, Talkeetna, Trapper Creek, Valdez and Willow. Intensity II-III was felt within about 300-750 km of the epicenter including at Fairbanks, Eielson AFB, North Pole, Fairbanks, Cantwell, Delta Junction and Healy, Alaska.  It was also felt with intensity III in Douglas, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada more than 1000 km from the epicenter.  Many events (M 3.8, 3.4, 3.4, 4.3, 4.2, 3.2, 3.4, 4.7, 3.0, 3.0, 4.1, 3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7. 4.2, 3.6, 3.1, 3.0, 3.1, 2.8, etc in the aftershock sequence, especially those of high 3's or larger magnitude with intensity III-IV in Anchorage, Chugiak, Eagle River, Homer, Kodiak, Naknek, Ninilchik, Wasilla, Soldotna, Sterling and Cantwell, Alaska. No tsunami is expected due to the intermediate depth of this earthquake.  While electrical power was cut to west Anchorage, there were no reports of major damage or casualties with this earthquake.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 23  0  0  0 1556  34.500  109.700   0 8.0   So. China

 

Extreme damage in the Shanxi Province of China. Up to 830,000 killed, the highest death toll in any historic earthquake. Massive damage in Shensi, Weinan, Chaoyi, Sanyuan and Hsianb Fu. Also at Puchou Fu and Honan. The earthquake was followed by a loud earthquake noise. The greatest damage was done at Weinan, Chaoyi. A mountain was displaced and a new mountain was formed on level ground. The land was fissured and water burst forth to form new lakes and ponds. Many houses were destroyed. Date also given as Feb. 3, 1555. 

 

 1 23 15  0  0 1812  36.600  -89.600   0 8.4   New Madrid area

 

The second New Madrid Earthquake - of similar intensity to the event of Dec. 16, 1811.  Chimneys fell and houses heaved. The shocks were accompanied by low rumbling earthquake noises. The ground was observed to rise and fall as earth waves, like the long swell of the sea. These waves bent trees and opened the soil in cracks. Landslides were considerable and large areas were uplifted. Water emerged from fissures and other others sank. A great wave was generated on the Mississippi River which overwhelmed many boats and carried trees into the river. One person was killed in this largely unsettled region. Trees fell as far away as Texas where the Red River was dammed from a forest of fallen trees. This "Red River Dam" persisted in the River for the next sixty years until it was dynamited out leading to the opening of the area for settlement. All the houses at New Madrid were destroyed. Foreshocks occurred in the later 1700's leading Indians to predict a great earthquake in the area. Several persons were drowned by the great wave. Felt as far as Boston, Massachusetts. At Washington, D.C.  people were greatly frightened. Phenomena included sand blows, water and mud ejection from fissures, sand sloughs, water waves, caving of river banks and earthquake noises. Strong earthquakes have occurred with inter-event times in the area between 500-1000 years.

 

 1 23  9 20  0 1855 -41.500  175.200   5 8.0   So. Island, N.Z.

 

Strong shock in Wellington, Waiouru, Wanganui and Otaki. A tsunami was generated.  All brick buildings in Wellington collapsed as did the bridge over the Hutt River. Considerable rockslides and landslides occurred in the mountains.  At Nelson and Worcester damage was slight. At Otaki brick ovens were ruined and people had trouble standing. Cave-ins and landslides occurred, roads were impassable. Felt over and area of up to 1,200,000 sq. km. Uplift  occurred in the area north of Wellington. The south coastline of the Cook Strait dropped 5 feet allowing huge ocean waves to roll over the shore at Cloudy Bay.  Dead fish were washed into the Race Tracks in Wellington. A ship in the bay hit bottom at least four times due to the tsunamis. Maximum wave height was measured  at 9 meters at Palliser Bay.

 

 1 23  0  0  0 1878 -20.055  -70.355  40 7.9   Coast No. Chile

 

Felt with intensity VII. This earthquake was strongest in the province of Tarapaca. Strong as afar as La Horia where many houses were damaged. Also damaging at Poso Almonte and Pisagua.  Damage and destruction also occurred at Sibay, UIsmagama, Limarina, Guavinya, Guaskinya, Spiisa, Sotoka, Chuapa and Jaina. A tsunami was generated which destoryed Pica, Tarapaca, Mamina and many other Settlements. Pisagua and Arica were flooded.

 

 1 23  2 48  0 1909  33.000   53.000  60 7.7   So. Iran

 1 23  3 15  0 1909  32.700   51.700   0 7.7   So. Iran

 

Up to 5000 killed at Silakor, Iran.

 

 1 23 18 49 42 1910  12.000  -60.500 100 7.2   Windward Islands

 1 23 10 55 51 1937  -4.500  153.000  60 7.0   New Britain

 1 23  6 31 13 1949  -9.500   94.500 100 7.2   Indian Ocean

 1 23 21 17 52 1972 -13.174  166.375  33 7.1   Vanuatu Islands

 

Felt at Luganville, Lomorore and Lamap.

 

 1 23  4 58 31 1981  42.417  142.200 130 7.1   Hokkaido, Japan

 1 23 21 54 42 1981 -29.682   60.839  10 7.0   So. Indian Ocean

 1 23  2 15 23 1997 -21.999  -65.719 276 7.1   Argentina

 

Felt with intensity V at Antofagasta, Calama and Tocopilla. Also felt at Arica, Chile and in northern Jujuy Province, Argentina.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 23 15  0  0 1812  36.600  -89.600   0 8.4   New Madrid area

 

The second New Madrid Earthquake - of similar intensity to the event of Dec. 16, 1811.  Chimneys fell and houses heaved. The shocks were accompanied by low rumbling earthquake noises. The ground was observed to rise and fall as earth waves, like the long swell of the sea. These waves bent trees and opened the soil in cracks. Landslides were considerable and large areas were uplifted. Water emerged from fissures and other others sank. A great wave was generated on the Mississippi River which overwhelmed many boats and carried trees into the river. One person was killed in this largely unsettled region. Trees fell as far away as Texas where the Red River was dammed from a forest of fallen trees. This "Red River Dam" persisted in the River for the next sixty years until it was dynamited out leading to the opening of the area for settlement. All the houses at New Madrid were destroyed. Foreshocks occurred in the later 1700's leading Indians to predict a great earthquake in the area. Several persons were drowned by the great wave. Felt as far as Boston, Massachusetts. At Washington, D.C.  people were greatly frightened. Phenomena included sand blows, water and mud ejection from fissures, sand sloughs, water waves, caving of river banks and earthquake noises. Strong earthquakes have occurred with inter-event times in the area between 500-1000 years.

 

 1 23  7 24  0 1935  52.250 -169.500  25 6.8   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt strongly at Dutch Harbor.

 

 1 23  1 56 39 1966  36.970 -106.940  13 5.1   Colorado area

 

Earthquake at Lumberton, New Mexico furniture moved. Slightly felt at Dulce, New Mexico and at Edith, Colorado.

 

 1 23 16  6 50 1968  52.210 -171.330  51 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 23  3 31 29 1970  53.720 -163.610  36 5.2   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1 23 22  7 36 1971  32.550 -115.783   8 5.1   So. California

 1 23  5 40 20 1984  36.373 -121.907   7 5.4   Central California

 

Felt over an area of about 32,000 km sq. of central California. Felt from San Francisco Bay to San Luis Obispo. 4 inches of motion were observed at the end of the Little Sur Bridge over the Little Sur River. Windows cracked at Big Sur and the quake was widely felt in this area. Plaster cracked and pictures fell with maximum intensity V. Also felt at Los Gatos, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, San Miguel and Soledad. Felt as far south as Tres Pinos.

 

 1 23  6 59 51 1984  36.369 -121.877   7 5.0   Central California

 1 23 22  6  6 1984  53.261 -169.666 101 5.4   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity II at Nikolski, Fox Islands.

 

 1 23  0 52 42 1988  51.431 -174.296  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 23  2 45 30 1988  51.411 -174.336   7 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 23  1 12 16 1991  51.200  179.700  33 5.7   Rat Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity V on Amchitka and with IV at Adak.

 

 1 23 18 22 12 1993  54.475 -161.633  23 5.7   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity IV at King Cove and Sand Point.

 

 1 23  9 20  8 1998  52.379 -168.643  70 5.8   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 23  9 25 26 1998  52.252 -168.611  43 5.2   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 23  9 37 48 1998  52.600 -168.500  33 5.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 23 12 27 55 1998  52.328 -168.615  33 5.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 23 13 43 32 1998  52.261 -168.614  33 5.4   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 23  8 42 27 2000  57.538 -149.062  17 5.7   Southern Alaska

 1 23  9 39 25 2001  49.330 -128.790  10 5.7   Vancouver Island area

 

 1 23 02 50 04 2011  63.542 -150.865  15 5.4   Central  Alaska

 

Felt (IV) at Cantwell and Talkeetna; (III) at Denali National Park, Fairbanks, Healy and Nenana;(II) at Eagle River, Fort Wainwright, North Pole, Wasilla and Willow. Also felt at Anchorage, Chugiak, Alaska.  Clear, Delta Junction, Eielson AFB, Ester, Palmer, Skwentna and Trapper Creek, Alaska.

 

 1 23 23 37 50 2011  63.543 -150.880  15 5.0   Central Alaska

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 22 16 30  0 1582 -16.600  -71.600  30 8.2   So. Peru/Bolivia

 

Moderate damage with intensity X at Arequipa. A tsunami was generated.  At least 30 were killed and 300 homes destroyed. Felt as far as Lima about to 750 km to the northeast of Arequipa.

 

 1 22  0  0  0 1858  55.000  166.000  20 7.5   Komandorsky Isl

 

Felt with intensity X.

 

 1 22  2 43 54 1905   1.000  123.000  90 8.4   Mindanao, Philippines

 

Felt on the Minahassa Peninsula.

 

 1 22  8 48 30 1910  67.500  -17.000   0 7.2   Iceland area

 1 22  9  4 18 1923  40.800 -124.050   0 7.2   Off Coast of No. California

 

Located off Cape Mendocino, California. Houses were damaged at Upper Mattole, Petrolia, Dyerville and Pepperwood. Damage also at Eureka.  Felt up to 200 miles away from the epicenter and at ships at sea.

 

 1 22 13 55 21 1948 -22.000 -177.000 140 7.0   Tonga Islands

 1 22  5 10 30 1959  37.500  142.500   0 7.5   Off East Coast Honshu

 

Widely felt on the east coast of Honshu and at Tokyo and with intensity VI at Sendai and Fukushima. A tsunami was generated which was observed at Miyako.

 

 1 22  3 24  4 1961 -11.900  166.200  25 7.0   Vanuatu Islands

 1 22  2  5 35 2003  18.770 -104.104  24 7.6   Offshore Colima, Mexico

 

At least 29 people were killed and 300 injured leaving up to 10,000 homeless.  More than 8,000 homes were damaged or destroyed most in the area of Villa de Alvarez-Colima. Some deaths and damage was also observed in Jalisco and Michoacan and some building were damaged in Morelos. The quake was strongly felt in Mexico City and north to Corpus Cristi, Dallas and El Paso and in high rise buildings in Houston, Texas. Landslides were common and closed highways. Power was out as well as telephone lines in Mexico City. A tsunami was observed with maximum height 1.2 meters at Manzanillo. Seiches were observed as far away as Louisiana.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 22  9  4 18 1923  40.800 -124.050   0 7.2   Off Coast of No. California

 

Located off Cape Mendocino, California. Houses were damaged at Upper Mattole, Petrolia, Dyerville and Pepperwood. Damage also at Eureka.  Felt up to 200 miles away from the epicenter and at ships at sea.

 

 1 22 14 27  8 1966  56.030 -153.780  30 5.6   Southern Alaska

 1 22 10 30  0 1967  53.550 -165.170  30 5.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 22 23 44 34 1968  70.410 -143.770  18 5.3   Northern Alaska

 1 22 21 19 17 1975  63.405 -150.386 141 5.0   Central Alaska

 1 22 21 18 33 1988  51.425 -174.251  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 22  7 17 17 1997  40.272 -124.394  24 5.7   Off Coast of No. California

 

Slight damage occurred at Petrolia and Scotia. Felt strongly along the coast of Northern California especially in Trinidad and Humboldt Counties.

 

 1 22 21 40 33 2000  51.116 -178.011  33 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

 1 22 10 22 54 2007  51.596 -173.584  43 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 21 13 49 35 1906  34.000  138.000 340 8.4   Central/So. Honshu Japan

 1 21  1 52 54 1924  54.000  158.800 340 7.2   Kamchatka

 1 21 19 21 10 1933 -33.000   57.500  60 7.0   So. Indian Ocean

 1 21 20  6 40 1947 -25.000  -70.000   0 7.0   Coast No. Chile

 1 21 10  5 24 1976  44.915  149.123  41 7.0   Hokkaido, Japan

 

Felt. A tsunami was generated.

 

 1 21  2 24 30 1994   1.015  127.733  20 7.3   Halmahera

 

Seven people were killed and 50 injured. More than 500 homes were damaged or destroyed in the area of Kau. Felt at Ternate.

 

 1 21 17 47 35 1995  42.493  146.623   5 7.2   Hokkaido, Japan

 

Felt with intensity VI on Shikotan and Kunashir. Also felt at Yuzhno, Kurilsk, Koshiro and Nemuro, Hokkaido.

 

 1 21 11 27 45 2007   1.065  126.282  22 7.5   Nolucca Sea

 

Felt (III) at Manado and (II) on Ternate, Indonesia.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 21 10 30 53 1929  64.000 -148.000  25 6.2   Northern Alaska

 

Earthquake south of Fairbanks, Alaska. Furniture was moved about and most were awakened.  Some panicked into the streets. Most houses were not damaged but some broken windows and fallen objects were reported. A loud earthquake rumbling was heard.

 

 1 21  3 42 55 1952  52.500 -167.500   0 6.8   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 21 22 37 28 1960  44.500 -110.500   0 5.0   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 

Felt with maximum intensity IV in Hebgen Lake, Montana. At Stevens Creek, Montana, windows, doors dishes and houses rattled and creaked. Felt at West Yellowstone and at Mammoth Hot Springs.

 

 1 21 14 43 39 1972  71.840  -74.960  18 5.1   Baffin/Davis Strait, Canada

 1 21 15 43 12 1972  44.147 -128.948  33 5.0   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 21 21 48 19 1975  57.217 -155.532  82 5.6   Alaska Peninsula

 1 21 14  9 13 1982  35.191  -92.214   0 5.7   New Madrid area

 

Felt over an area of 31,000 sq. km of Arkansas. This was the first of a long series of moderate earthquakes in the area. Felt with maximum intensity of VI where cracks occurred in Naylor and Enola, Arkansas. Also felt in southern Missouri and in Mississippi.

 

 1 21 19 36 11 1988  51.219 -174.264  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 21  1 59 40 1990  51.916 -170.154   0 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

 1 21 11 55 21 2010  54.421 -161.482  29 5.2   Alaska Peninsula, Alaska

 

Felt at Sand Point.

 

 1 21 11 32 19 2013  51.606 -178.422  15 5.1   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 20 15  0  0 1408  33.000  136.000   0 7.5   Central/So. Honshu Japan

 

A tsunami was generated which was observed at Kii.

 

 1 20  0  0  0 1749  -4.000  -79.300   0 7.4   Ecuador

 

Strong earthquake at Loja.

 

 1 20 12  0  0 1834   1.197  -77.058  20 7.7   Colombia

 

Severe damage with intensity XI at Putumayo, Pasto, Popayan, Santa Marta, Colombia. Up to 80 killed. The earthquake was destructive at Nueva Granada and Santiago.  Trees were downed in surrounding forests. Aftershocks were felt through the 20th of March. 

 

 1 20  6 33 30 1900  20.000 -105.000  60 8.3   Jalisco, Mexico

 

Severe damage in Colima and Coahuayana, Mexico.

 

 1 20 14 52  6 1904   7.000  -79.000  60 7.9   Panama/No. Colombia

 1 20 12  0 13 1914  52.900  159.600  60 7.2   Kamchatka

 1 20 12  0 21 1914  52.000  159.100  50 7.0   Kamchatka

 1 20 16 56 19 1936   6.000  127.000  80 7.1   Halmahera

 1 20 16 54 21 1946 -17.500  167.500  60 7.0   Vanuatu Islands

 1 20  1 57 23 1967  48.000  102.900  33 7.0   Mongolia

 

Felt with intensity VI at Ulan Bator and Irkutsk. No victims were identified since the area was remote.

 

 1 20  7 19 51 1970 -25.800 -177.349  80 7.3   Tonga Islands

 

Felt with intensity V-VI on Raoul Island.

 

 1 20  8 43 06 2003 -10.491  160.770  33 7.3   Solomon Islands

 

Felt at Honiara. Tsunami observed on San Cristobal.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 20 13 10  0 1933  37.842 -112.827   0 5.0   Utah area

 

Plaster cracked and structures were damaged at Parowan, Utah.

 

 1 20  3 25 53 1960  36.783 -121.433  10 5.5   Central California

 

Felt in the area of Hollister,  central California. Damage occurred at the W.A. Taylor Winery. Underground pipes broke. Cracks appeared in pavement.  A chimney cracked and fell. Walls and plaster cracked and merchandise fell from store shelves.

 

 1 20 17  9 12 1961  56.600 -152.350   0 6.4   Southern Alaska

 1 20 16 32 19 1966  52.400 -169.600  14 5.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 20  0 38 24 1970  53.783 -163.532  33 5.1   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1 20 10 32 15 1981  44.112 -129.192  15 5.2   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 20 23 43 54 1987  51.586 -174.425  40 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 20  7 16 38 1996  51.418 -179.990  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 20 13 16 37 1997  56.472 -152.919  33 5.1   Southern Alaska

 1 20  6 13  5 2000  56.686 -161.897 225 5.9   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity IV at Sand Point.

 

 1 20  9 41 47 2000  43.649 -127.257  10 6.1   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 20  0 14 23 2001  50.490 -130.350  10 5.4   British Colombia

 

 1 20 08 11 58 2004  58.235 -151.221  30 5.5   Southern Alaska

 

Felt (IV) at Kodiak and (III) at Homer.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 19  0  0  0 1501  34.800  110.100   0 7.0   So. China

 

Severe damage in southern China with intensity to IX. Up to 400 killed.  The greatest damage occurred at Chaoyi and Siengtung where castle walls and houses were destroyed and people killed. Fissures formed and water flowed from th them to form a small river. Accompanied by a loud earthquake noise. Felt strongly at Yungning, Lushi, Anyi, Jungho, Shansi, Yunan, Kansu and Shensi.  Date may be Jan. 29.

 

 1 19  0  0  0 1780  45.800  152.000  40 7.0   So. Kurils

 

Uncertain data. Reports indicated a great quake lasting 15 minutes followed by withdrawal of the Sea, then a returning wave, further recession and then a strong tsunami which killed 12 and destroyed huts and carried ships inland.  This earthquake and tsunami may have occurred on Jan. 9 or June 18 or 29, 1780.

 

 1 19 17  5 15 1913   2.000   86.000  60 7.4   No. Indian Ocean

 1 19 23 47 55 1913  46.000  152.000 120 7.5   So. Kurils

 

Limited damage in the Kuril Islands.

 

 1 19 14  7  1 1958   1.220  -79.370  40 7.8   Ecuador

 

Located near the epicenter of the Jan. 31, 1906 earthquake this event and a strong aftershock killed 15 and injured 45 in the port of Esmeraldas, Ecuador.  Damage also at Tumaco, Colombia and in Palmas and Guayaquil, Ecuador. A small tsunami was generated and dis some damage on Morro. The road to Esmeraldas to Quito cave in and many other roads were blocked by fissures and landslides and fallen trees.

 

 1 19 12 40 13 1967 -14.800 -178.800  18 7.0   Samoa Islands

 1 19  7  2  8 1969  45.020  143.160 242 7.6   So. Kurils

 

Widely felt in northern Hokkaido.

 

 1 19  8  2  2 1975  31.900   79.200   0 7.1   India

 

On the Tibet-Kashmir border 49 reportedly were killed. In addition 40 were injured and 2500 left homeless. Extensive dmage in the Kinnaur region of northern India. Damage also in Tibet. Felt as far as New Delhi, India and at Lahore and Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

 

 1 19  7 30 27 1988 -24.770  -71.090   3 7.0   Coast No. Chile

 

Felt with intensity V at Antofagasta and Taltal. Also felt at Calama, Chanaral and copiapo and Tocopilla.

 

 1 19  3 35 34 1999  -4.596  153.235 114 7.0   New Britain

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 19 14 41 35 1967  52.370 -169.570  34 5.2   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 19  8 53 39 1974  52.980 -167.957  52 5.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 19  7  2 34 1980  51.086 -178.516  20 5.8   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 19  6 53 29 1989  33.919 -118.627  11 5.1   So. California

 

Several injured and broken windows and merchandise fell from shelves in Malibu, Santa Monica, Redondo Beach. Maximum intensity VI at Hollywood, Lancaster, Los Angeles and Malibu. Felt from San Diego County to Santa Barbara and San Bernardino.

 

 1 19  1 16 26 1994  43.660 -127.551  10 5.1   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 19 21  9 29 1994  34.379 -118.711  14 5.5   So. California

 

Felt in the Los Angeles area. Aftershock of Northridge earthquake.

 

 1 19  5 32 12 1997  51.510 -178.224  33 5.7   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt on Adak.

 

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 18 13 48  0 1895  36.100  140.400  60 7.2   Off East Coast Honshu

 1 18  4 39  0 1901  60.000 -135.000   0 7.1   Yukon Territory, Canada

 1 18 12  5 52 1925  48.100  154.100  40 7.3   So. Kurils

 1 18 12  4 40 1964  23.080  120.550  34 7.0   Taiwan

 

Felt strongly in Chiayi and Tainan. 106 people killed, 650 wounded. 10,502 houses were destroyed and nearly 26,000 were destroyed. A strong landslide occurred. Considerable damage to roads and rail services. Fires were common.

 

 1 18  5 34 30 1967  56.590  120.960  13 7.0   So. Siberia

 

Strong shock in the Stanovoy mountains. Felt at Chita.

 

 1 18 18 17 24 1981  38.600  142.967   0 7.0   Off East Coast Honshu

 

Felt with intensity IV at Miyako, Morioka and Sendai. A tsunami was generated with maximum height of 10 cm at Ofunato.

 

 1 18 19 31  7 1982  39.906   24.578  10 7.0   Aegean Sea

 

Felt in most portions of Greece. Also felt in Bulgaria, southeastern Turkey and Yugoslavia.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 18  4 39  0 1901  60.000 -135.000   0 7.1   Yukon Territory, Canada

 1 18  1 20  0 1936  62.000 -152.000   0 5.6   Central Alaska

 1 18  1 55 51 1950  40.500 -110.500   0 5.2   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 

Felt near Soldier Summit, Utah with strongest intensity at Grand Junction, Colorado. Plaster and buildings cracked at Green River.

 

 1 18 21 15 45 1951  52.100 -177.500   0 6.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt at Adak.

 

 1 18 19 55 12 1961  62.000 -150.700 108 5.5   Central Alaska

 1 18  8 18 22 1967  52.550 -168.240  33 5.7   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 18  0 17 43 1972  56.505 -153.495  23 5.1   Southern Alaska

 1 18  1 59  2 1986  51.553 -173.109  33 5.8   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 18 11 45 14 1990  38.800 -123.200  33 5.0   Central California

 

Felt with intensity V at Klamath, Willow Creek. Felt throughout Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino Siskiyou and Trinity Counties in northern California.

 

 1 18 15 49 10 1990  58.036 -154.173  71 5.1   Southern Alaska

 1 18  2 11 12 1991  51.250 -178.140  36 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 18  0 43  9 1994  34.377 -118.698  11 5.5   So. California

 1 18 15 23 47 1994  34.379 -118.561   8 5.0   So. California

 

Felt in Northridge, Los Angeles, California.

 

 1 18  1 40 50 2001  26.074 -110.315  10 5.3   Gulf of California

 

 1 18 09 28 19 2008  51.235 -178.922  28 5.0   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

 1 18 04 47 38 2015  51.905  179.568 105 5.8   Rat Islands, Aleutians

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 17 15  0  0 1586  36.000  136.090   0 7.8   No. Honshu, Japan

 

Earthquake north of Kobe, Japan caused many homes and castles to be destroyed at Nagashima, Kuwana, Kameyama, Ogaki, Nagahama, Kaerigumo, Sawayama and other localities.  More than 10,000 homes were destroyed and 8000 were killed. The quake was accompanied by a very large landslide and well documented. A tsunami was generated which hit Central Honshu and the Japan Sea and probably also the east coast. The tsunamis may have been associated with other landslides generated by the earthquake.

 

 1 17 16  5  7 1903  50.850 -175.160   0 7.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 17  3 50 33 1922  -2.500  -71.000 650 7.6   Brazil

 

Felt on the Vaupes River, Colombia and lightly in a broad area of South America.

 

 1 17  1 15  0 1940  17.000  148.000  80 7.3   No. Marianas

 1 17  9 39 35 1946  -7.500  147.500 100 7.2   New Ireland

 1 17 12 41 30 1983  38.026   20.228  14 7.2   No. Greece

 

Damage occurred at Kefallinia, Levkas and Zakinthos. Felt from Albania, Italy and southern Yugoslavia.

 

 1 17 12 30 55 1994  34.220 -118.760  18 7.0   So. California

 

Strongly damaging in the Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and San Bernardino area with maximum damage in the Northridge area. Up to 60 killed and 7000 injured.  40,000 buildings damaged and more than 20,000 homeless. Maximum intensity was IX at Northridge and Sherman Oaks. Overpasses on the Santa Monica Freeway collapsed. Damage also to other freeways in the area. Fires were started by the earthquakes which caused additional damage. Estimated damage was $20 billion (U.S. Dollars). Felt throughout southern California into Nevada, Utah and Baja, California. Rockslides closed many roads. Ground cracks were noted at Granada Hills and Potrero Canyon. Liquefaction occurred in the Los Angeles Basin.

 

 1 16 20 46 52 1995  34.583  135.018  22 6.9   Off SOUTH COAST OF WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN

 

(Local time January 17 05:46) This earthquake killed more than 5500 people and injured nearly 37,000 while causing extensive damage with maximum intensity to X in Kobe and Awaji-shima.  A landslide killed 38 at Nishinomiya. Over 200,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed. More than 300,000 homeless. Fires and power outages were common near the epicenter. Liquefaction was observed in the epicentral region.

 

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 17 16  5  7 1903  50.850 -175.160   0 7.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 17  2 50 14 1931  26.750 -111.000   0 6.5   Gulf of California

 1 17  0 51  0 1950  35.700 -109.500   0 5.0   SW U.S.A

 

Felt near Soldier Summit, Utah with strongest intensity at Grand Junction, Colorado. Plaster and buildings cracked at Green River.

 

 1 17  2 13 27 1965  58.200 -152.260  33 5.2   Southern Alaska

 1 17 18 56 16 1966  52.000 -171.200  39 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 17  9 42 24 1977  53.753 -158.564  22 5.0   Alaska Peninsula

 

Felt with intensity II at Palmer.

 

 1 17 10 25 22 1984  50.700 -172.000   0 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 17 12  5 29 1990  43.540 -128.260   3 5.7   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 17 10 25 34 1993  64.958 -149.180  17 5.4   Northern Alaska

 

Felt with maximum intensity IV at Fairbanks and Minto. Also felt at North Pole, Two Rivers, Chena Hot Springs, Fox and Clear, Alaska.

 

 1 17 12 30 55 1994  34.213 -118.537  18 6.8   So. California

 

Strongly damaging in the Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and San Bernardino area with maximum damage in the Northridge area. Up to 60 killed and 7000 injured.  40,000 buildings damaged and more than 20,000 homeless. Maximum intensity was IX at Northridge and Sherman Oaks. Overpasses on the Santa Monica Freeway collapsed. Damage also to other freeways in the area. Fires were started by the earthquakes which caused additional damage. Estimated damage was $20 billion (U.S. Dollars). Felt throughout southern California into Nevada, Utah and Baja, California. Rockslides closed many roads. Ground cracks were noted at Granada Hills and Potrero Canyon. Liquefaction occurred in the Los Angeles Basin.

 

 1 17 12 39 40 1994  34.261 -118.534  15 5.0   So. California

 1 17 15 54 11 1994  34.374 -118.622  12 5.0   So. California

 1 17 20 46  2 1994  34.301 -118.565  10 5.2   So. California

 1 17 23 33 31 1994  34.326 -118.698  10 5.9   So. California

 

Additional damage in the epicentral area.

 

 1 17 14 42 32 1995  50.140 -129.960   0 5.0   British Colombia

 

 1 17 02 13 53 2003  51.236  179.249  38 5.2   Rat Islands, Aleutians

 1 17 19 46 41 2008  68.143 -136.604  10 5.0   Yukon Territory, Canada

 

Felt (II) at Inuvik, Northern Yukon Territory, Canada.

 

 1 17 12 07 33 2009  51.212  178.930  45 5.1   Rat Islands, Aleutians

 1 17 16 51 08 2011  52.636  174.532  94 5.0   Near Islands, Alaska

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 16 11  0  0 1644   7.400  -72.700   0 7.0   Colombia

 

Severe damage in Colombia at Pamploma and Herran and in Venezuela at Merida, Tariba, San Cristobal and Trujillo. Maximum intensity X with many killed. Many buildings were completely ruined including many important buildings. Thousands were left homeless. Strong aftershocks continued for at least a month.

 

 1 16 21 38  0 1924 -21.000 -176.000 350 7.0   Tonga Islands

 1 16 23 37 41 1956  -0.500  -80.200  33 7.3   Ecuador

 

Damage was observed at Guayaquil, Ecuador. A bridge between Andres Veraand Portoviejo collapsed causing considerable disruption in commerce in industrial towns. Electrical cables were cut and buildings were damaged at Otavalo, Atuntaqui and Cotacachi.

 

 1 16 15 40 50 1961  36.400  140.600   0 7.0   Off East Coast Honshu

 

Strong earthquake off the coast of Honshu, Japan in the Ibaraki Prefecture.  Felt widely over much of eastern Honshu. A strong aftershock sequence occurred with at least six aftershocks of M>=6. A tsunami was generated. Maximum height at Onahama at 42 cm. Two aftershocks also generated tsunamis of height 40 cm.

 

 1 16 20 46 52 1995  34.583  135.018  22 6.9   Off SOUTH COAST OF WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN

 

This earthquake killed more than 5500 people and injured nearly 37,000 while causing extensive damage with maximum intensity to X in Kobe and Awaji-shima.  A landslide killed 38 at Nishinomiya. Over 200,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed. More than 300,000 homeless. Fires and power outages were common near the epicentral. Liquefaction was observed in the epicentral region.

 

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 16  0  0  0 1840  37.000 -122.100   0 6.3   Central California

 

An earthquake was reported at Santa Cruz, California where a church tower and several houses collapsed. A tsunami was reportedly generated which carried away roofing material as far inland as 182 meters. The church tower may have collapsed because of the water from the tsunami. Maximum intensity IX.  Some have questioned whether this was a true tsunami.

 

 1 16 23  0  0 1855  44.000  -71.000   0 5.0   New England

 1 16  0 24 34 1930  34.200 -116.900   0 5.2   So. California

 

Earthquake at Fawnskin and Summit, California. Widely felt as far as Los Angeles. A strong aftershock followed.

 

 1 16  2 20 31 1944  40.283 -125.117   0 5.1   Off Coast of No. California

 

Felt with intensity IV at Upper Mattole. Also felt at Ferndale.

 

 1 16  1 31 26 1959  52.300 -171.100  41 6.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 16 16 50 43 1959  51.980 -131.210   0 5.4   British Colombia

 1 16 20 49 31 1960  63.300 -150.400 125 5.9   Central Alaska

 

Light shock felt at College, Alaska.

 

 1 16  8  5 39 1970  60.280 -152.660  85 6.0   Central Alaska

 

Felt at Homer.

 

 1 16  9 57 38 1973  54.051 -165.482  75 5.2   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity II at Cape Sarichef, Unimak Island and with intensity II also at Nikolski, Umnak Island.

 

 1 16  7 13 28 1979  52.520 -167.890  18 5.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 16 12 57 22 1990  43.830 -126.780   9 5.4   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 16 20  8 25 1990  40.670 -125.310   3 5.6   Off Coast of No. California

 

Minor damage occurred at Honey Dew with maximum intensity VII. Damage also at Garberville, Redway and Whitethorn. Felt in Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino and Trinity counties, California.

 

 1 16  6 29 33 1993  36.930 -121.550   5 5.0   Central California

 

Minor damage was observed at Gilroy with intensity V also at Ben Lomond and San Bruno.  Felt north to Santa Rosa and south to Monterey County. Also felt at Sacramento and Modesto.

 

 1 16 18 14 49 1995  51.200  179.100  33 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 16 18 42 17 1995  51.300 -179.200  33 5.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 16 13 47 11 1998  54.140 -165.943 134 5.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity IV on Akutan and Unalaska.

 

 1 16  3  1  2 1999  50.749 -169.920  34 5.4   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 16 10 44 43 1999  56.163 -147.378  10 6.1   Southern Alaska

 1 16 14 18 18 2000  57.391 -154.194  46 5.3   Southern Alaska

 

 1 16 00 19 15 2003  56.751 -152.860  32 5.3   Alaska Peninsula

 

Felt at Kodiak.

 

 1 16 00 53 15 2003  44.284 -129.024  10 6.2   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 16 01 06 30 2003  44.172 -129.263  10 5.1   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 16 02 25 05 2003  44.281 -129.351  10 5.7   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 16 05 03 29 2003  44.149 -129.183  10 5.5   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 16 06 52 04 2003  44.168 -128.934  10 5.2   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 16 20 08 16 2010  51.711  177.706  50 5.5   Rat Islands, Alaska

 1 16 07 33 12 2014  51.276 -179.191  40 5.8   Andreanof Islands, Alaska.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 15 12 56  0 1908  36.000  142.000  60 7.3   Off East Coast Honshu

 1 15  1 50 40 1931  16.100  -96.640   0 8.0   Oaxaca, Mexico

 

Destructive in Oaxaca. Followed by a widely felt aftershock the next day.  Maximum intensity X.

 

 1 15  8 43 18 1934  26.500   86.500  60 8.4   India

 

One of the great earthquakes of the 20th century. This earthquake is also known as the Bihar-Nepal earthquake. Maximum intensity X in a belt about 120X35 km long. At Mongyhr to the Nepal Valley to the north. Strong shaking of intensity IX occurred in a much larger area known as the "slump belt" because buildings and other structures throughout the area tilted and slumped in to the alluvium but did not break apart. Subsidence of roads and railroads were also marked. Embankments of 6 feet sank to the ground level. Uplift also occurred in many areas so that the highs were brought down and the low elevations were raised to ground level. In the area of Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga houses were razed to the ground. Fissures were observed and were partially filled by sand.  At Champaran one was measured at 15 feet deep, 30 feet wide and 300 yards long and remained open. Ground water was disturbed and spectacular fountains were observed. Ground waves were observed. The entire town of Monghyr was completed ruined with no houses remaining standing. About 1260 were killed here.  At least 7253 were known dead with 3400 in the Nepal Valley. The toll was reduced since th earthquake occurred in early afternoon when many people were outdoors.

 

 1 15 23 49 30 1944 -31.300  -68.800  50 7.8   Central Chile

 

Destructive at San Juan, Argentina. 8000 killed, 12,000 injured. More than $100,000,000 (about $1 billion U.S. 2005 dollars) in damage.

 

 1 15 19 14 29 1958 -16.500  -71.500  60 7.3   So. Peru/Bolivia

 

An important destructive earthquake in the Andes of Peru. In the villages around Arequipa - Miraflores and Tiabaya were nearly leveled. 29 died and 150 were injured. 70% of buildings in Arequipa were destroyed or damaged.  Water pipes broke and cracks appeared in buildings.

 

 1 15  9 30 24 1960 -15.000  -75.000 150 7.0   Central Peru

 

Five were reported injured and damage occurred in the province of Ica.  Part of a sequence of major earthquakes which began on Jan. 13 and lasted through Jan. 15.  Major damage occurred in southern Peru. At Arequipa 90% of buildings were damaged most beyond repair. Houses collapsed killing inhabitants. Fires destroyed additional housing. Water pipes broke.  At Tiabaya, Pancarpata and Sabania there were casualties. The village of Chuquibamba was almost completely destroyed. Up to 63 dead and 200 injured. The railroad tracks from Cuzco to Arequipa were destroyed. A tsunami was generated with maximum height at Ancon. 30 died at Chuquibamba. Many roads were blocked by avalanches. The spray from the tsunami reached the top of the ten-story homes in Ancon.  This was part of the strong sequence of earthquakes in South America in the early part of 1960 which culminated in the great Chile quakes of May, 1960.

 

 

 1 15 11  6  4 1993  43.030  143.810 112 7.4   Hokkaido, Japan

 

Two people were killed and more than 600 injured at Kushiro, Hokkaido and in northern Honshu. Damage was significant with maximum intensity VIII.  Felt from Tokyo and Yokohama on the south to Aomori and Akita on the north.  Also felt in the Kuril Islands. Landslides and ground subsidence were observed in the epicentral area.

 

 1 15 17 49 39 2009  46.857  155.154  36 7.4   Kuril Islands

 

Felt at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy. Recorded (2 JMA) in eastern and southern Hokkaido. Also recorded (2 JMA) in Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi; (1 JMA) in Akita, Honshu.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 15  4 40  0 1936  44.000 -110.500   0 5.0   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 

Felt at south entrance, Yellowstone National Park. Several chimneys were cracked.

 

 1 15 22 31 56 1946  40.500 -117.300   0 5.1   Montana/Idaho

 1 15 11 59 59 1966  59.460 -144.490  33 5.4   Southeast Alaska

 1 15  4 15 50 1976  58.294 -151.199 113 5.1   Southern Alaska

 1 15 12 50 49 1983  55.730 -153.675  23 5.2   Southern Alaska

 1 15  7 10 53 1984  56.685 -152.376  33 5.0   Southern Alaska

 1 15 12 28 38 1984  56.890 -152.710   3 5.5   Southern Alaska

 1 15  5 29  3 1990  37.988 -118.210   5 5.0   California/Nevada area

 

Felt with intensity IV at Lee Vining and Mono City, California. Also felt at Benton, California.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 14  0  0  0 1546  32.000   35.500   0 7.0   Israel

 

Severe damage at Nabulus, Salt and at Al Karak, Jordan. A tsunami was generated.

 

 1 14  2 36  0 1899  20.000 -110.000   0 7.0   Gulf of California

 

Followed on Jan. 24 by a destructive earthquake in Guerrero and Oaxaca.

 

 1 14  1 47 36 1903  15.000  -98.000  60 8.3   Oaxaca, Mexico

 

Off the coast of Guerrero, Mexico. No report of damage but some probably occurred.

 

 1 14 20 50  0 1924  35.500  139.200  10 7.3   No. Honshu, Japan

 

Severe damage at Sagamo, Honshu. 14 killed.

 

 1 14  5 36 30 1936 -60.000  -22.000  50 7.2   So. Sandwich Islands

 1 14 15 56 35 1976 -29.208 -177.886  69 7.8   No. Kermadec Islands

 

Damage on Raoul with intensity VIII.

 

 1 14 16 47 34 1976 -28.427 -177.657  33 8.2   No. Kermadec Islands

 

A tsunami was generated with maximum height 45 cm at Suva, Fiji and 6 cm at Apia, Samoa, Islands. Damage occurred on Raoul Island.

 

 1 14  3 24 39 1978  34.767  139.250   0 7.0   Central/So. Honshu Japan

 

21 killed, 119 injured and four people missing. Damage occurred at Yokohama and Oshima. 94 houses were destroyed. A tsunami was generated with maximum height 34 cm at Shima Island and 62 cm at Okada.

 

 1 14 11  3 50 1987  42.533  142.932 119 7.0   Hokkaido, Japan

 

Felt with maximum intensity V at Kushiro. Also felt at Hiroo, Nemuro, Hachinohe and Morioka. Also felt at Tokyo and Yokohama, Honshu.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 14 21 32 38 1943  45.250  -69.600   0 5.4   Maine

 

Felt in the Dover and Foxcroft area of Maine. Also felt at Old Town.  Plaster cracked at Lisbon nearly 100 km from the epicenter. Felt in parts of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.

 

 1 14 14  8 52 1956  51.800 -172.900  64 6.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 14 16 38 56 1961  53.900 -163.700  41 6.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1 14 12 40 50 1968  52.610 -171.290  44 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 14 17 43  6 1968  52.650 -171.250   3 6.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity IV at Nikolski and Unmak Island.

 

 1 14 21 43 58 1976  36.007 -120.272  11 5.1   Central California

 

Plaster cracked and a light fixture fell at Avenal.

 

 1 14 18 20 48 1983  55.871 -154.218   0 6.0   Southern Alaska

 1 14  5 10 35 1985  52.364 -179.812 213 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 14  3  9 36 1986  36.501 -121.312  14 5.2   Central California

 

Maximum intensity of IV at Castroville, Chualar, Hollister, Salinas, San Ardo, San Juan Bautista and Santa Cruz. Felt from Arroyo Grande on the south to San Francisco and June Lake on the north and east. Preceded by an event of M 3.3 foreshock.

 

 1 14 19 40 46 1986  52.000 -174.300   0 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

 1 14 14 55 51 2013  55.163 -134.548   4 5.5   Queen Charlotte Isalnds, Canada

 

Felt (III) at Craig and (II) at Ketchikan, Petersburg and Sitka. Also felt at Hydaburg, Hyder, Klawock, Metlakatla and Thorne Bay. Felt in Haida Gwaii and at Prince Rupert and Terrace, British Columbia.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 13  6 52 43 1915  41.967   13.600   8 7.5   Italy

 

Extreme damage in Marsica, Abruzzi and Avezzano, Italy with maximum intensity to XI. Up to 35,000 killed.

 

 1 13  6 18 16 1916  -3.000  136.000  60 8.1   West Irian, PNG

 1 13  8 20 48 1916  -3.000  135.500  60 8.1   West Irian, PNG

 

Observed at Geelvink Bay.

 

 1 13  3  0  0 1924   0.920  -77.780   0 7.0   Colombia

 1 13  0  3 13 1929  50.600  154.700 135 7.8   Northern Kurils

 

Maximum intensity VII.

 

 1 13 16 27 38 1941  -4.500  152.500  60 7.0   New Britain

 1 13  0 13 10 1954 -48.500  165.500  60 7.0   Southern S. Isl. N.Z.

 1 13 15 40  0 1960 -15.800  -72.800 120 7.5   So. Peru/Bolivia

 

Major damage in southern Peru. At Arequipa 90% of buildings were damaged most beyond repair. Houses collapsed killing inhabitants. Fires destroyed additional housing. Water pipes broke.  At Tiabaya, Pancarpata and Sabania there were casualties. The village of Chuquibamba was almost completely destroyed. Up to 63 dead and 200 injured. The railroad tracks from Cuzco to Arequipa were destroyed. A tsunami was generated with maximum height at Ancon. 30 died at Chuquibamba. Many roads were blocked by avalanches. The spray from the tsunami reached the top of the ten-story homes in Ancon.

 

 1 13  0 13  9 1965 -49.000  165.800  33 7.0   Southern S. Isl. N.Z.

 1 13 17 33 32 2001  13.049  -88.660  60 7.8   Coast of Central America

 

At least 844 killed, 4700 injured and more than 150,000 homes and buildings damaged in El Salvador. Large landslides in Nueva, San Salvador and Copmasagua cause about 585 of these deaths. More than 16,000 landslides were reported. Every area of El Salvador was reported to have experienced damage and injuries. Eight people were killed in Guatemala. The event was felt from Mexico to Colombia.

 

 1 13 04 23 21 2007  46.243  154.524  10 8.1   Kuril Islands

 

Felt (VI) on Paramushir; (V) on Iturup and Kunashir; (III) on Shikotan. Felt (IV) at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy. Felt (IV) at Misawa and(II) at Tokyo, Japan. Also felt in parts of Hokkaido and northern Honshu. Recorded (3 JMA) in eastern Hokkaido and in the Shizunai area; (2 JMA) throughout southern Hokkaido and in the Sarufutsu area, Hokkaido.  Also recorded (3 JMA) in Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi; (2 JMA) in Akita, Fukushima and Yamagata; (1 JMA) in Hyogo, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Nagano, Saitama, Tochigi and Tokyo Prefectures, Honshu. Tsunami wave heights in centimeters (peak-to-trough) were recorded at the following tide stations: 10 at Hana-saki, Japan; 4 at Adak and 32 on Shemya Island, Alaska; 33 at Arena Cove, 37 at Crescent City and 20 at Port San Luis, California; 12 at Hilo, 14 at Kahului and 9 at Nawiliwili, Hawaii; 27 at Port Orford, Oregon; 18 on Midway Island; 9 on Wake Island. 

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 13 16 17 27 1932  52.000 -179.000  25 6.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 13  2  3 43 1955  53.200 -167.400   0 6.9   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt in the epicentral area.

 

 1 13  2 35 46 1955  53.200 -167.400   0 6.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt in the epicentral area.

 

 1 13  1  0 38 1973  51.670 -176.952  63 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity V at Adak.

 

 1 13  9 19  9 1975  52.100 -171.083  34 5.6   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 13  8 25 32 1978  52.748 -132.080  33 5.1   British Colombia

 

Felt lightly at Sandspit and Tasu.

 

 1 13 12 26 23 1982  40.381 -125.708  20 5.2   Off Coast of No. California

 

Felt in the coastal areas of Humboldt County with maximum intensity V at Eureka.

 

 1 13  1  0 29 1988  51.520 -174.870  24 5.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 13  1  1 50 1988  51.360 -174.706  33 5.6   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 13  1  9 35 1988  51.710 -174.450  23 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 13  1 16 58 1988  50.800 -172.200   0 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 13  3 58  3 1988  51.509 -174.703  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 13  6 55 50 1988  51.407 -174.685  33 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 13  1 24 48 1989  54.191 -161.396  33 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1 13 20  5 10 1990  27.602 -115.091  10 5.1   Gulf of California

 1 13 13  8 42 2001  40.740 -125.284   6 5.6   North Pacific Ocean

 

Felt with intensity IV at Ferndale and Rio Dell. Also felt along most of the coast of Northern California from Crescent City to Trinidad and Garberville and Eureka.

 

 1 13 20 47 56 2005  51.804  175.487  29 5.4   Rat Islands, Aleutians

 1 13 19 46 04 2012  51.076 -130.720  10 5.2   Vancouver Island, Canada

 1 13 12 44 08 2013  60.528 -152.885 135 5.0   Southern Alaska

 

Felt (IV) at Homer and (II) at Anchorage, Chugiak, Kenai and Seward. Also felt at Eagle River, Girdwood and Ninilchik.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 12  7 19  0 1862  52.300  106.700  40 7.5   So. Siberia

 

Felt with intensity X at Lake Baykal.  A strong foreshock caused damaged in Irkutsk.  People and cattle were knocked from their feet water spewed from wells up to 7 meters high. Fissures formed and water with silt and sand flowed. Large changes in topography occurred. with vertical faulting up to 8 meters. Many structures in Irkutsk were damaged. Ice on lakes fissured and cracked all over.  Arches in Churches were mostly cracked. Frozen ground split at Angara.

 

 1 12  9 28  0 1914  31.600  130.600  10 7.1   Kyushu, Japan area

 

Moderate Damage in Sakurajima with 29 killed. Accompanied by a eruption fo Sakurajima Volcano. 58 killed, 120 houses destroyed and 2,148 houses burnt down by the eruption. A tsunami was generated which inundated up the Kagoshima Bay area an destroyed 13 boats and damaged 22 ships. Maximum height 2 meters.

 

 1 12 20 34 10 1931  55.400  162.700   0 7.1   E. of Kamchatka

 1 12 20 25 37 1946  59.300 -147.300  50 7.2   Southern Alaska

 

Felt strongly at Cordoba and Anchorage.

 

 1 12 12  6  6 1950 -17.000 -178.500 500 7.0   Tonga Islands

 1 12 19 26 56 1995  42.928  147.430  63 7.2   Hokkaido, Japan

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 12  3  0  0 1910  38.682 -112.149   0 5.0   Utah area

 

Windowpanes broke at Richfield, Utah. Shocks lasted three days.

 

 1 12  4 31  0 1915  34.750 -120.250   0 5.5   Off So. California

 

Well built chimneys fell at Los Alamos as well as many others. Water pipes were pulled apart. Building damage at Lompoc. An oil pipe broke at Harris. Landslides and liquefaction were common. Felt from San Jose to Los Angeles.

 

 1 12 15  2 40 1944  40.300 -124.900   0 5.1   Off Coast of No. California

 

Off the coast of northern California. Intensity V at Cape Mendocino, Eureka and Ferndale.

 

 1 12 20 25 37 1946  59.250 -147.250  50 7.2   Southern Alaska

 

Felt strongly at Cordova and Anchorage.

 

 1 12 20 11 37 1952  52.500 -167.500   0 6.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 12 23 33 49 1954  35.000 -119.016  16 5.9   So. California

 

Earthquake west of Wheeler Ridge, this event damaged corrugated iron buildings and water tanks at Maricopa. Pipelines were cracked and power transformers fell in Tehachapi. Building walls cracked in Los Angeles, Stockton and Bakersfield. Felt in the San Joaquin Valley as far south as San Diego and the Imperial Valley.

 

 1 12  6  0 13 1964  53.200 -166.300  33 5.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 12 21 22 15 1975  32.756 -117.988  15 5.0   So. California

 

Plaster Cracked at Long Beach.

 

 1 12 16 33 25 1981  52.830 -166.820  20 5.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt at Umnak.

 

 1 12 12 23 18 1987  51.741 -175.855  63 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III at Adak.

 

 1 12  0 42 40 1988  72.913  -70.232  18 5.0   Baffin/Davis Strait, Canada

 1 12 22 17  6 1990  53.870 -131.316  19 5.3   British Colombia

 

Felt with intensity IV at Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Also felt at Ketchikan, Alaska and in the Queen Charlotte Islands and at Smithers and Terrace, British Columbia.

 

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 11  9  7  0 1900  36.500  133.500   0 7.8   Korea

 1 11  3 35  0 1908  23.700  121.400   0 7.3   Taiwan

 

Earthquake in the Hsingkong and Hwalien area. Two killed, 3 houses destroyed, five homes damaged. Fissures and fault line cracks were observed.

 

 1 11 13 17  2 1913   1.500  122.000  60 7.3   Celebes Sea

 1 11  1 35 32 1946  44.883  130.617 560 7.2   NE China

 1 11  6 10  6 1982  13.752  124.358  46 7.4   Luzon, Philippines

 

Felt with intensity VII at Virac, Catanduanes and Virac, with intensity V at Manila and with IV at Quezon City. A rumbling noise was heard. Animals and people panicked and water became muddy. Damage to concrete and cracks formed in roads up to 7 feet deep. Files were scattered at a local hospital. Maximum intensity X at Bagamoc where ground cracks formed up to 50 feet long. Water spouted to a height of 20 feet. Municipal buildings were badly damaged. Landslides were common.

 

 

 1 11 20 28 26 1997  18.219 -102.756  86 7.1   Michoacan, Mexico

 

One person killed and extensive damage occurred at Arteaga. Strongly felt in Michoacan and Mexico City. Felt in Colima, Guerrero and Jalisco.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 11 23 49  0 1909  48.700 -122.800   0 6.0   Washington state, U.S.

 

Earthquake in northwestern Washington State. Walls cracked at Blaine, plaster at Bellingham. At Anacortes sidewalks twisted and piers were damaged. Felt from Olympia to Aberdeen.

 

 1 11  4 29  0 1923  42.000 -120.500   0 5.0   Oregon state, U.S.

 

Felt strongly at Klamath Falls and Lakeview. Also felt at Alturas, California.

 

 1 11 17 30  0 1933  38.900 -117.800   0 5.2   California/Nevada area

 1 11 22  0 49 1939  38.600 -119.400   0 5.5   California/Nevada area

 

Felt southeast of Minden, NV and in east-central California and western Nevada. Damage at Coleville, CA and Gardnerville and Hudson, NV.

 

 1 11 22 53 32 1953  65.309 -133.170  15 6.5   Yukon Territory, Canada

 1 11 11 59 50 1961  51.500 -169.500   0 6.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 11  6 49 11 1962  51.400 -179.400  62 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1 11 16 57 26 1965  61.050 -151.100  37 5.1   Central Alaska

 1 11  2 12 26 1973  52.037 -169.556  14 5.4   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 11 21 41  8 1982  46.975  -66.659   7 5.5   E. of Maine

 

Aftershock of the earthquake of Jan. 9. Felt over about 125,000 sq. km of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. Maximum intensity VI at Caribou Maine and in New Brunswick where damage occurred to walls, merchandise, concrete bridges, underground pipes and streets. Felt by many.

 

 1 11  9  3 33 1985  51.692 -175.321  59 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity IV at Adak.

 

 1 11  0  4  3 2001  48.890 -129.310  10 6.1   Vancouver Island area

 1 11 10 02 32 2006  43.507 -127.266  10 5.5   Off Coast of Oregon

 

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 10  0  0  0 1641  -1.500  -78.500   0 7.6   Ecuador

 

Associated with the eruption of the volcano Tunguarahua.

 

 1 10  8 52 38 1956 -25.800 -175.300  33 7.3   Tonga Islands

 1 10 14 22 24 1961  50.040  156.090  65 7.1   Kamchatka

 1 10 12  7  9 1970   6.825  126.737  73 7.3   Mindanao, Philippines

 

Felt with maximum intensity VI at Davao, Mindanao. Also Felt strongly at Cagayan de Oro and Hinatuan and Surigao. Also felt in Samar and Cebu Islands.

 

 1 10  7 17  4 1971  -3.132  139.697  33 8.1   West Irian, PNG

 

The epicenter occurred in a remote area which was thinly populated. At Djajapura brick walls cracked and wooden homes collapsed. A church was damaged at Sentani.  Landslides occurred and mud volcanoes formed at Genjem. Some ground fissures were observed. Felt with maximum intensity IV at Tabele in eastern New Guinea.

 

 1 10  8 51 13 1974 -14.434  166.863  34 7.2   Vanuatu Islands

 

Felt with intensity VI at Vanua Lava and with intensity V in the Banks Island.  Also felt at Luganville, Espiritu Santo Island.

 

 1 10 14 38 57 1993 -59.220  -25.930  33 7.0   So. Sandwich Islands

 1 10 16  2 44 2001  57.078 -153.211  33 7.1   Southern Alaska

 

This earthquake was felt with intensity VI at Kodiak and also in Anchorage and Seward.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1 10 13  0  0 1910  38.682 -112.149   0 5.0   Utah area

 

Window panes broke at Richfield, Utah.

 

 1 10  8 10  0 1935  36.000 -112.100   0 5.0   Utah area

 

Windows broke, plaster cracked and minor rockslides occurred at Grand Canyon, Arizona.

 

 1 10  0 45 50 1948  42.000 -127.000   0 5.3   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 10  2 52 31 1953  27.500 -114.400  33 5.7   Gulf of California

 

Felt in San Diego. Windows creaked. Rumbling earthquake sound was heard.

 

 1 10  8 59 58 1954  65.500 -136.500  33 5.0   Northern Alaska

 1 10  6 28 40 1962  44.300 -128.700  33 5.0   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 10  8 58 45 1976  43.629 -127.417  23 5.4   Off Coast of Oregon

 1 10 12 58 16 1976  32.084 -115.471  12 5.0   So. California

 

Felt with intensity V at El Cento where bottles broke at the food market.  Also felt at San Diego and Gadsden, Arizona.

 

 1 10 13 33 15 1988  51.900 -164.500   0 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1 10 13 10 18 1990  52.710 -169.940  58 5.8   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1 10 16  2 44 2001  57.078 -153.211  33 7.1   Southern Alaska

 

Felt with maximum intensity VI at Kodiak. Felt with intensity III at Seward and Anchorage. Also felt at Anchor Point, Old Harbor and Perryville.

 

 1 10 16 11 54 2001  56.606 -153.205  39 5.0   Southern Alaska

 1 10 20 12 24 2001  56.934 -153.697  33 5.3   Southern Alaska

 

Felt at Old Harbor.

 

 1 10 10 01 18 2007  53.669 -167.724  27 5.3   Fox Islands, Alaska

 

Felt (III) at Unalaska. Also felt at Dutch Harbor.

 

 1 10 01 37 19 2008  43.785 -127.264  13 6.3   Off Coast or Oregon

 

Felt at Rockaway Beach. Also felt at Eureka, California.

 

 1 10 00 27 39 2010  40.652 -124.692  29 6.5   Off Coast of Northern California

 

About 30 people injured and moderate damage to hundreds of homes and buildings in the Eureka-Ferndale area. Felt (VII) at Eureka, Ferndale and Samoa; (VI) at Bayside, Fortuna, Loleta and Rio Dell; (V) at Arcata, Blue Lake, Carlotta, Hydesville, Kneeland, Korbel, McKinleyville, Petrolia, Scotia, Somes Bar and Whitethorn. Felt widely in northern California and southwestern Oregon and as far as Hollister,

 

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  9  0  0  0 1038  38.400  112.900   0 7.2   So. China

 

In the province of Shensi. This earthquake extended from the west side of the Huangho River to beyond its eastern bank.

 

 1  9 10 13  0 1857  35.000 -119.000   0 8.3   So. California

 

The Fort Tejon earthquake. A ground fissure 70 km long was observed near Fort Tejon about 6 km from the San Andreas fault between Los Angeles and San Francisco.  The roof of the church at Ventura collapsed. At Fort Tejon many buildings were destroyed and collapsed. Artesian wells in the Santa Clara valley changed their flow pattern. New springs formed near Santa Barbara.  A loud earthquake noise was heard at Fort Tejon. The waters of the  Mokelumne River were thrown up on the banks over four feet high.

 

 1  9 13 17  0 1896  36.500  141.000  60 7.5   Off East Coast Honshu

 

A tsunami was generated with maximum height at Kanto and Tohoku and Ayukawa.

 

 1  9 10 21 42 1932  -6.200  154.500 380 7.3   New Britain

 1  9  9 23  0 1936   1.100  -77.600   0 7.0   Colombia

 

Destructive in the town of Santa Ana. Many died. Volcanism was concurrent with this earthquake. Up to 300 people were displaced. Volcanic flow continued to the sea for a length along the ocean of about 2800 meters and about 800 meters long. Many fields were inundated.

 

 1  9 16 49 28 2001 -14.928  167.170 103 7.6   Vanuatu Islands

 

Felt in northern Vanuatu.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  9 16  0  0 1857  35.300 -119.800   0 8.3   So. California

 

The Fort Tejon earthquake. A ground fissure 70 km long was observed near Fort Tejon about 6 km from the San Andreas fault between Los Angeles and San Francisco.  The roof of the church at Ventura collapsed. At Fort Tejon many buildings were destroyed and collapsed. Artesian wells in the Santa Clara valley changed their flow pattern. New springs formed near Santa Barbara.

 

 1  9  0  0  0 1872  47.500  -70.500   0 5.7   New England

 1  9  2 50  0 1928  37.000 -121.580   0 5.7   Central California

 

Felt with intensity VII at Gilroy and with intensity III Salinas and Hollister. Also felt at Watsonville.

 

 1  9 10 28 42 1941  31.700 -115.100   0 5.5   So. California

 

Felt in San Diego.

 

 1  9  9 10 50 1955  39.000 -118.000   0 5.0   California/Nevada area

 

A ground crack appeared south of Lovelock, NV about 1 mile long and 1 inch wide at Battle Mountain.

 

 1  9  7 52 56 1957  52.660 -167.500   0 6.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  9  7 53  0 1957  53.000 -167.000   0 6.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  9 21 14 38 1958  65.500  -80.000   0 5.0   Baffin/Davis Strait, Canada

 1  9  9 52 46 1966  54.200 -164.400  63 5.3   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1  9 14 23 21 1970  52.000 -172.300   0 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  9 11 57 21 1973  60.311 -145.996  18 5.1   Central Alaska

 

Felt at Cordova.

 

 1  9 17  7 56 1973  51.405 -178.212  52 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III at Adak.

 

 1  9 12 53 50 1982  46.989  -66.652  10 5.8   E. of Maine

 

Felt in Canada from the Gaspe Peninsula to Prince Edward Island and west to Montreal Felt in the U.S. in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont over about 161 sq km. Maximum damage occurred with intensity VI near the Maine-New Brunswick border. Plaster and streets and chimneys cracked at Ashland, Bridgewater, Caribou. Walls and items broke at Easton and Haynesville where cracks also appeared in streets. At Lubec tombstones were misplaced.  AT Presque Isle cracks appeared in streets and walls and sidewalks. Windows cracked.

 

 1  9 16 36 43 1982  47.023  -66.648   6 5.1   E. of Maine

 

Strongly felt in the same area as the mainshock with similar effects.  Felt with maximum intensity V in the U.S.

 

 1  9 19 28 21 1985  60.313 -140.640   9 5.7   Central Alaska

 

Felt with maximum intensity VI at Yakutat, along the Alaska Highway and at Beaver Creek and Whitehorse. Also felt in the Yukon Territory, Canada.

 

 1  9  3 36 34 1989  52.600 -173.800   0 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III at Adak.

 

 1  9 10 42  9 1989  56.000 -174.500   0 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III at Adak.

 

 1  9 11 16 56 1989  51.398 -174.794  26 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III at Adak.

 

 1  9 11 52 52 1989  50.500 -173.600   0 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III at Adak.

 

 1  9 23  4 17 1989  51.180 -174.940  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III at Adak.

 

 1  9  4 58 37 1990  51.975 -169.487  15 5.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  9  7 52 16 1997  53.701 -163.546  24 5.2   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1  9 16 27 09 2005  51.535 -176.135  41 5.2   Andreanof Island, Alaska

 

Felt on Adak

 

 1  9 15 49 33 2007  59.420 -137.118  10 5.7   Southeastern Alaska

 

Felt (V) at Haines; (IV) at Hoonah, Juneau and Skagway; (III) at Douglas. Felt at Angoon, Gustavus, Petersburg, Sitka, Talkeetna and Yakutat. Also felt (IV) at Whitehorse; felt at Haines Junction, Yukon.

 

 1  9 14 40 00 2008  51.649 -131.183  10 6.0   Vancouver Island, Canada

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  8 13  0  0 1725 -16.400  -70.800   3 7.6   So. Peru/Bolivia

 

At Lima and Arequipa in Peru. Felt with intensity VII.

 

 1  8 19 30  0 1780  38.200   46.000   0 7.7   No. Iran

 

100,000 - 200,000 killed in the Tabriz  area of Iran. Severe damage.

 

 1  8 20 54 24 1956 -18.700  -70.400  55 7.2   So. Peru/Bolivia

 

Slight damage at Arica.

 

 1  8 17 12 39 1970 -34.741  178.568 179 7.0   So. Kermadec Islands

 

Felt on North Island, New Zealand.

 

 1  8  5 27 54 1972  20.950  120.260  36 7.2   Taiwan

 

Felt lightly at Batan Islands and at Aparri in northern Luzon.

 

 1  8 16 47 21 2000 -16.925 -174.248 183 7.2   Tonga Islands

 

Felt with maximum intensity V at Afiamalu. Also Felt at Apia, Samoa and in American Samoa.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  8  0 15  0 1906  39.300  -96.600   0 5.5   Southern Plains

 

Chimneys fell and walls cracked at Manhattan, Kansas. At Wamego and Junction City plaster cracked. Felt in Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. An earthquake noise was heard at Manhattan.

 

 1  8  0 13 36 1931  47.300  -70.400   0 5.4   New England

 1  8  0 13 41 1931  50.000  -74.000   0 5.6   Quebec, Canada

 

Epicenter near Baie St. Paul, Quebec. In New England felt with intensity IV at Island Pont, VT and at Bradburn, Portage and Stockholm, Maine.  Also felt as far as Portland, Cumberland, Soldier Pond, Stratton, Perham Maine and in Vermont at Canaan.

 

 1  8 18 54 18 1946  33.000 -115.833   0 5.4   So. California

 

Southeast of Borrego Valley. Maximum intensity V at Dulzura. Also felt at Imperial. San Diego, Palm Springs, Lakeside.

 

 1  8 10  4 32 1964  46.100  -77.700  33 5.0   New York State

 1  8 17 38 19 1975  52.357 -175.625 121 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III at Adak.

 

 1  8 19 57  4 1989  51.450 -174.760  34 6.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III at Adak and with intensity I at Atka.

 

 1  8 20 26 26 1989  51.465 -174.852  42 5.8   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III at Adak.

 

 1  8 22 37 30 1989  51.450 -174.760  32 6.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III at Adak.

 

 1  8 19 44 35 1990  52.038 -169.446  33 5.8   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  8 20 11 44 1990  52.370 -169.680  22 5.2   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  8 21 39 41 1990  51.990 -169.390  21 5.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  8 10 52 29 1996  35.784 -117.635   5 5.0   So. California

 1  8  2 17 36 2000  40.558 -126.189  29 5.4   Off Coast of No. California

 1  8 17 15 07 2003  52.089 -171.584  33 5.5   Andreanof Islands, Alaska

 1  8 18 55 41 2013  52.500 -170.635  67 5.0   Andreanof Islands, Alaska

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  7  4 25  0 1725  -9.000  -79.000   4 7.6   No. Peru

 

Felt most strongly in the Cordillera Blanca. Some glaciers fell. At least 1500 people were killed in Yungay and the town of Ancash.

 

 1  7  0 29 30 1901  -2.000  -82.000  60 7.8   Ecuador

 

Felt strongly in the province of Guaya. Violent at Guayaquil and Babahoyo. Also strongly felt at Esmeraldas.

 

 1  7 13 20 41 1937  35.500   97.600   0 7.6   So. China

 

Destructive in Tsinghai Province.

 

 1  7  2 49 20 1944  -4.500  143.500 120 7.1   Papua New Guinea

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  7 20 21 50 1939  36.000 -117.716  10 5.0   California/Nevada area

 

At Coso Junction. Strong swarm Felt lightly in the Kern River area, Isabella, Kern County and Trona.

 

 1  7 22 25 32 1945  36.500 -111.800   0 5.1   Utah area

 1  7  7 25  0 1954  40.300  -76.000   0 5.0   New York State

 

Felt with maximum intensity VI at Sinking Spring, PA. Minor damage included plaster falling and dishes and furniture movement. Houses shook. Felt in Pennsylvania at Denber, Kenhort, Lincoln Park, Temple, West Lawn Reading and Wyomissing.

 

 1  7 16 41  4 1956  65.580 -133.650  15 6.5   Yukon Territory, Canada

 1  7  2 49 57 1971  52.312 -173.275  80 5.7   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with Intensity IV at Adak.

 

 1  7  1 38 11 1983  37.554 -118.952   0 5.2   California/Nevada area

 1  7  3 24 19 1983  37.630 -118.938   6 5.6   California/Nevada area

 

Felt over about 59,000 sq. km of California and Nevada. Maximum intensity at Mammoth Lakes where a plane was damaged. Display cases toppled in stores.  Generally felt by all. At Lee Vining items fell and were overturned. Felt throughout most of central California and as far south as San Bernardino, east of Los Angeles.

 

 1  7  6 17 44 1985  40.273 -126.265   5 5.0   Off Coast of No. California

 1  7  6 18  5 1985  42.250 -127.120  33 5.2   Off Coast of Oregon

 1  7  2 23 48 1987  52.275 -169.319  33 5.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  7 11  2  6 1990  64.778 -148.868  20 5.5   Northern Alaska

 

Felt with intensity V at Ester, Fairbanks and Manley Hot Springs. Also felt at Eielson AFB, Nenana and North Pole, lightly at Clear, Delta Junction and Minto and Tanana.

 

 1  7 14 32 53 1996  35.766 -117.649   6 5.2   So. California

 

Felt at China Lake and Ridgecrest and as far as Los Angeles.

 

 1  7 02 52 54 2002  52.028 -171.168  33 5.4   Andreanof Islands, Alaska

 1  7 20 58 19 2002  40.367 -127.086  23 5.0   Off Coast of Northern California

 1  7 07 51 37 2004  43.571 -110.383   3 5.0   Wyoming

 

Felt (IV) at Kelly, Lander, Moose and Moran; (III) at Dubois, Jackson and Wilson. Also felt (III) at Driggs, Idaho Falls and Victor, Idaho.

 

 1  7 02 23 43 2006  52.415  173.613  30 5.5   Rat Islands, Alaska

 1  7 18 55 38 2006  56.319 -157.396  59 5.1   Alaska Peninsula

 1  7 15 33 44 2007  54.902 -156.969  10 5.0   Alaska Peninsula

 1  7 08 14 20 2008  51.198 -179.600  35 5.6   Andreanof Islands, Alaska

 1  7 06 07 55 2014  54.856 -160.146  31 5.2   Unimak Islands, Alaska

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  6 14 11  2 1922 -16.500  -73.000  60 7.2   So. Peru/Bolivia

 1  6 19 31 58 1928   0.500   36.500  60 7.0   Sudan/Ethiopia

 1  6 14  3 24 1940 -22.000  171.000  90 7.2   Loyalty Islands

 1  6 17 23 36 1948  17.000  -98.000  80 7.0   Oaxaca, Mexico

 1  6  7 51 31 1951   7.500  -80.500  90 7.0   Costa Rica

 1  6 15 39  1 1969 -10.507  164.466  32 7.1   Vanuatu Islands

 1  6  6 11 41 1977  -3.600  144.400  33 7.1   Papua New Guinea

 

Felt strongly along the northern coast of Papua and in the Schouten Islands. No reports of damage.

 

 1  6 22 37 34 1995  40.246  142.175  27 7.0   Hokkaido, Japan

 

At least 29 were injured in Iwate and Aomori Prefectures. Many lost water and sewer services. Felt with maximum intensity V at Hachinohe and Morioka. Felt throughout much of Honshu and as far south as Tokyo.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  6 14 30  0 1905  35.500 -118.700   0 5.0   So. California

 

Felt at Bakersfield, Riverside, Angiola, Lone Pine, Kern and Claremont. Sharp at Bakersfield and slight at Riverside.

 

 1  6 13  6  0 1933  39.000 -117.800   0 5.1   California/Nevada area

 1  6  2  1 21 1965  44.772 -112.746  10 5.1   Montana/Idaho

 

Felt with intensity V at Dewey, Idaho. Also felt in Montana.

 

 1  6 18 27 34 1965  60.080 -151.650  57 5.2   Central Alaska

 

Felt at Homer.

 

 1  6 23 12 19 1975  54.240 -165.798 113 5.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  6 16  2  7 1977  51.255 -175.556  11 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity IV at Adak.

 

 1  6  7  8 44 1978  51.440 -175.943  25 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity IV at Adak.

 

 1  6 12 23 29 1982  51.219 -176.498  37 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  6 12 23 40 1982  51.496 -176.592  53 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity II at Adak.

 

 1  6 17  4 46 1985  54.397 -166.180 131 5.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  6 17  5 13 1985  54.730 -166.510  61 5.6   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  6 23 47  8 1995  51.200  179.600  33 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  6 10 42 27 2000  58.207 -136.748   0 6.1   Southeast Alaska

 

Felt strong at Haines, Juneau and Sitka. Felt as far as Skagway, Yakutat, and at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

 

 1  6 22 00 03 2002  52.097 -171.058  33 5.2   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

 1  6 22 07 01 2002  52.064 -171.068  33 5.7   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

 1  6 10 53 40 2003  63.450 -147.010   1 5.1   Central Alaska

 1  6 10 14 43 2005  51.417 -174.265  41 5.0   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

 1  6 00 20 32 2008  51.510 -131.158  10 5.4   Queen Charlotte Islands region, Canada

 1  6 23 37 45 2012  59.852 -153.232 136 5.0   Southern Alaska

 

Felt with intensity II-III in Anchorage, Kenai, Pedro Bay and Seldovia.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  5  7  0  0 1678  -0.200  -78.500   0 7.0   Ecuador

 1  5 14 33 15 1915 -15.000  168.000 200 7.2   Vanuatu Islands

 1  5 23 26 42 1915  25.000  123.000 160 7.4   Ryukyu Islands

 1  5 18 47  5 1941   2.000  122.000  50 7.0   Celebes Sea

 1  5 21 12 43 1944  -3.500  102.000  60 7.0   So. of Sumatera

 1  5 19 57 20 1946 -16.000  167.000  50 7.3   Vanuatu Islands

 1  5  7 48 22 1953  54.000  170.500  60 7.1   Near Islands

 1  5 10  6 33 1953  49.200  155.400  45 7.3   NE Pacific

 1  5  0 50 18 1955 -49.700  162.700  33 7.0   Southern S. Isl. N.Z.

 1  5  0 14 41 1967  48.146  102.897  35 7.5   Mongolia

 

Felt within maximum intensity VI at Ulan Bator and at Irkutsk. No victims were recorded as the epicentral region is quite unpopulated.

 

 1  5 13 26 40 1969  -7.975  158.909  47 7.5   Solomon Islands

 

Slight damage on Santa Isabel Island. Fissures were observed and a water tank shifted.(date from NGDC, UNESCO gives date of Jan. 15).

 

 1  5 14 57 11 1991  23.546   95.963  18 7.2   Myanmar

 

Felt at Mandalay, southern Myanmar, Silchar, India and Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand. 32 buildings were damaged at Thabeikkyim, Myanmar. Farmland was also destroyed.

 

 1  5 08 58 19 2013  55.393 -134.652  10 7.5   Southeast Alaska

 

Felt with maximum intensity V in Craig, Alaska and as far as Vancouver, B.C. A tsunami was recorded with height of 14 cm at Port Alexander, 7 at Sitka, and 2 cm at Sitka and Elfin Cove and Craig, Alaska.  Office buildings in Juneau shook minor damage occurred in Ketchikan. Seiche was observed as far to the south as Seattle, Washington from that event. Tsunami warnings are in effect from the Southeastern Panhandle to British Columbia. Some

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  5  2 45  0 1843  35.500  -90.500   0 6.0   New Madrid area

 

The strongest shock in the area since the New Madrid quakes of 1811-1812.  Felt strongly in Memphis where walls were cracked and chimneys fell. An earthquake noise was heard. People were frightened at St. Louis and chimneys fell. Some subsidence occurred at New Madrid and a new lake formed drowning several hunters. Also felt strongly in Kentucky and in Cincinnati, Ohio where furniture and mirrors were strongly shaken. Felt through North and South Carolina and in Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa and Georgia.

 

 1  5  3 54  0 1912  37.330 -118.420   0 5.5   California/Nevada area

 

Felt strongly at Bishop, Laws and Alvord. Felt as far as Bakersfield.

 

 1  5  6 50 20 1933  38.770 -117.740   0 5.9   California/Nevada area

 

Felt with intensity IV at Wabuska and Potts, NV, Also felt at Sonora, Nevada.

 

 1  5 11 26  0 1948  46.600 -112.000   0 5.0   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 

Felt by many at Helena, Montana.

 

 1  5 14  6 32 1961  51.830 -175.940  51 6.8   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt on Adak.

 

 1  5  7 32 26 1965  39.200 -120.100  14 5.0   Central California

 

Felt over about 500 sq miles of northern California around Lake Tahoe. Maximum intensity V at Crystal Bay, Nevada. Houses creaked.

 

 1  5 19  1  0 1965  44.900 -112.700   0 5.0   Montana/Idaho

 1  5 23  0  0 1965  44.900 -112.700   0 5.1   Montana/Idaho

 

Felt in southwestern Montana and northern Idaho. A metal flagpole at Dewey Montana broke in two places. Objects fell from shelves with intensity V at Butte and other surround towns and cities.  Christmas trees toppled and dishes broke.

 

 1  5  0 37 18 1966  39.800 -104.700   5 5.0   Colorado area

 

Earthquake caused by pumping of water into the ground in the northern Denver area, this event knocked small objects off shelves and frightened many in Denver, Northglenn and Commerce City, Colorado. An earthquake noise was heard.

 

 1  5  7  1 58 1966  51.200 -178.100  33 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  5 14  0 56 1974  52.051 -171.460  37 5.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  5 15 54  3 1974  42.475 -126.597  33 5.1   Off Coast of Oregon

 1  5 23 29 19 1974  42.466 -126.729  25 5.0   Off Coast of Oregon

 1  5  6 23 33 1976  35.844 -108.341  25 5.0   SW U.S.A

 

Minor damage to plaster and dry wall in Colorado, New Mexico and Leupp, Arizona.  Felt over about 115,000 sq. km. Also felt in Utah. Maximum intensity VI.

 

 1  5 21 41 48 1984  51.296 -179.194  53 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  5 12 11 57 1987  52.623 -169.427  33 6.7   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity V at Unalaska. Also felt at False Pass and Nikolski.

 

 1  5  7 16 51 1990  41.838 -126.821   6 5.0   Off Coast of No. California

 1  5 16 21  6 1991  65.433 -134.108  18 5.4   Yukon Territory, Canada

 1  5  1 14 42 1994  67.699 -147.078  12 5.5   Northern Alaska

 

Felt at Fort Yukon and Fairbanks, Alaska.

 

 1  5 16 52 22 2007  55.755 -156.061  18 5.8   Alaska Peninsula

 

 1  5 10 39 14 2008  51.324 -130.390  10 5.7  Vancouver Island, B.C

 1  5 11 01 06 2008  51.254 -130.746  15 6.6  Vancouver Island, B.C.

 1  5 11 44 48 2008  51.163 -130.542  10 6.4  Vancouver Island, B.C.

 1  5 12 00 17 2008  51.502 -131.095  10 5.0  Vancouver Island, B.C.

 

Strong earthquakes hit the Queen Charlotte Islands of western Canada with magnitudes of  M 6.5 in the region of Canada where they were felt with intensity II at Port Hardy, Canada. An aftershock of M 5.0 was reported felt with intensity II at Vancouver, Canada. Canada.com reported no damage, tsunami or casualties accompanied the earthquake.

 

 1  5 08 58 19 2013  55.393 -134.652  10 7.5   Southeast Alaska

 

 

Felt with maximum intensity V in Craig, Alaska and as far as Vancouver, B.C. A tsunami was recorded with height of 14 cm at Port Alexander, 7 at Sitka, and 2 cm at Sitka and Elfin Cove and Craig, Alaska.  Office buildings in Juneau shook minor damage occurred in Ketchikan. Seiche was observed as far to the south as Seattle, Washington from that event. Tsunami warnings are in effect from the Southeastern Panhandle to British Columbia. Some

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  4  5  7  0 1903 -20.000 -175.000 400 8.0   Tonga Islands

 1  4  5 19 29 1907   2.000   94.500  60 7.8   Nicobar Islands

 

Reports not available.

 

 1  4 15 46 54 1912  52.000 -179.000  25 7.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

A violent shock.

 

 1  4  8 56 37 1948 -20.800 -179.000 600 7.0   Tonga Islands

 1  4 17  0 40 1970  24.139  102.503  31 7.5   Myanmar

 

Damage reported in Yunnan, China. Many victims and houses destroyed.  Centered at Kanming. Residents in Hanoi, North Vietnam about 300 miles from the epicenter fled from their homes in terror as the earthquake shook that city.

 

 1  4  3 16 54 1972  22.600  122.100  33 7.6   Taiwan

 

Felt within intensity V at Ishigakishima and with intensity IV in the Batan Islands. Followed by a strong sequence of events including an M 8.5 on January 25, 1972.

 

 1  4  6 11 59 1998 -22.301  170.911 101 7.5   Loyalty Islands

 

Felt at Noumea, New Caledonia.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  4  0  0  0 1728  42.800  -70.800   0 5.0   New England

 1  4 15 46 54 1912  52.000 -179.000  25 7.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

A violent shock.

 

 1  4  1  2  0 1933  38.400 -118.100   0 5.1   California/Nevada area

 1  4  1 22  0 1933  38.400 -118.100   0 5.1   California/Nevada area

 

Felt with intensity IV at Wabuska and Potts, Nevada. Felt also at Sonora, CA.

 

 1  4  3 59 28 1933  61.000 -148.000  25 6.2   Central Alaska

 

People ran into the streets. Ground cracks appeared at many points and in the streets of Seward and the Forestry Bureau road for 20 miles from Kenai Lake to Turnagain. At Anchorage it was the largest earthquake felt to date. Also reported felt at Fairbanks and Cordova.

 

 1  4  3 41 23 1965  59.900 -153.600 122 5.4   Southern Alaska

 

Felt at Homer.

 

 1  4 20 48 55 1965  67.400 -136.200  33 5.5   Northern Alaska

 1  4  0 57 44 1968  52.200 -171.300  36 5.7   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  4  8 44 11 1976  52.860 -166.760  32 5.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  4  0 56 59 1992  66.628  -94.766  18 5.2   Nunavit/Hudson Bay, Canada

 

Felt by all at Gjoa Haven and Baker Lake. Also felt at Spence Bay, Repulse Bay and Pelly Bay.

 

 1  4  2 47 27 1995  51.578 -173.648  33 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity III at Adak.

 

 1  4  4 14 45 1995  51.500 -173.800  33 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  4 19 43 10 1996  52.454 -170.676  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  4 11 46 37 2008  51.923 -170.100  35 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  3 15  0  0 1686  34.000  132.030   0 7.2   Kyushu, Japan area

 1  3  0  0  0 1739  38.900  106.500   0 8.0   So. China

 1  3 23 25 58 1911  42.900   76.900  25 8.2   Kirgizstan/Xinjiang

 1  3 16 24  0 1920  19.300  -96.900   0 7.8   Oaxaca, Mexico

 1  3  9 42 31 1934  53.600  155.800 290 7.0   Northern Kurils

 1  3  2 54 18 1943 -30.620  178.420  12 7.4   So. Kermadec Islands

 1  3  2 20 33 1947  44.300  149.000  40 7.0   Hokkaido, Japan

 1  3 12 48 30 1957  43.850  130.630 593 7.0   NE China

 1  3 17 35 40 1971 -55.503   -2.578  33 7.1   Atlantic-Indian Ridge

 1  3 16 23 21 2004 -22.253  159.683  22 7.1   Southeast of the Loyalty Islands

 

Felt on Mare and at Noumea, New Caledonia.

 

 1  3 19 43 50 2009  -0.414  132.885  17 7.7   Papua New Guinea

 1  3 22 33 40 2009  -0.691  133.305  23 7.4   Papua New Guinea

 

USGS and local sources give a combined death toll from the earthquakes and tsunamis of 108. A small tsunami was generated. This earthquake hit the region near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia. NEIC reported felt intensity IV at Sorong, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia. AFP News agency from Indonesia however reported stronger felt activity. Initial reports included five dead in Manokwari where one of the main tourist hotels collapsed with dozens injured.  Electricity in the city was down and there were many flattened houses and damaged buildings. Damaged buildings included two hotels, two banks, a warehouse and hundreds of houses. At least 52 people suffered injuries including 37 in Manokwari. In Sorong at least four houses were leveled and 15 were injured.  Thousands fled their homes and thronged roads leading from the coast, most feared deadly tsunamis. Earthquakes in this area often trigger strong tsunamis but they were directed to the north in this event.  The Japanese Metorological Agency (JMA) reported tsunamis of 10-40 cm hit Japan's southeast coast overnight. No damages were reported. Tsunamis of similar size were likely to have occurred throughout the areas of eastern Asia and Indonesia and will probably be reported at a later date.

 

The earthquakes in the Papua, Indonesia region today may have been partially triggered by recent unusual geophysical activity. At the end of December, the only tropical cyclone in the world at the time, Billy passed south of this epicenter with winds up to 125 kts. This is one of the strongest cyclones to hit the area of northern Australia in recent years and it may have stressed the plates in the area through winds and atmospheric pressures such that normal stresses across faults in the area were reduced. The second event was a disturbance in the geomagnetic field which occurred several hours before the Papua mainshock.  NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) places this disturbance which reached k-levels of 4, the strongest in the past month as occurring around 9:00-12:00 UT. I have long been an advocate that any method of forecasting earthquakes should take into account geophysical effects such as tropical cyclones and geomagnetic disturbances. In fact, my earthquake forecasting method patent (Reg. Patent # 7280920) requires such input in order to make informed risk forecasting for earthquakes. Any time two unusual phenomena coincide there are the possibilities they are random coincidences or there is a causal relationship. Statistics can often differentiate between these two.  

 

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  3 17 18 33 1939  49.600 -129.620   0 5.2   Vancouver Island area

 1  3  0 41  2 1957  53.300 -167.600  33 6.4   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  3 23 13 50 1965  60.200 -151.200  93 5.6   Central Alaska

 1  3 13 28 14 1969  51.140 -179.390  38 5.7   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  3 21 14 16 1973  44.344 -129.154  18 5.1   Off Coast of Oregon

 1  3 22 56 46 1977  37.605  -89.622   5 5.0   New Madrid area

 1  3  1 26 11 1994  49.636 -127.026  29 5.5   Vancouver Island area

 1  3 23  2 11 1998  53.982 -164.005   3 5.7   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1  3 04 24 26 2002  52.490  173.303  33 5.2   Rat Islands, Alaska

 1  3 10 53 04 2006  51.453 -168.124  10 5.3   Fox Islands, Alaska

 

The earthquake of M 5.3 in the Fox Islands continued a strong activation of that region which began in October, 2005. The last event in the region including both these events(50-55N 168-173W) which was larger than M 5.3 was an earthquake in the Fox Islands of M 5.7 on Oct. 20, 2005.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  2 12 56 30 1907 -21.100 -175.100  60 7.3   Tonga Islands

 1  2 22 34 30 1936   0.000   99.500  60 7.0   So. Sumatera

 1  2 15 14 51 1950 -12.000  165.000 150 7.0   Vanuatu Islands

 1  2  3 48 44 1957  53.000 -168.000  60 7.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  2 10 42 30 1974 -22.500  -68.400 105 7.2   Coast No. Chile

 

Three injured in Chuquicamata. Damage with intensity VIII at Calama.  Also felt at Iquique, Tocopilla, Antofagasta and Copiapo.

 

 1  2 17 22 49 2002 -17.600  167.856  21 7.2   Vanuatu Islands 

 

Several people were injured, two bridges destroyed and buildings and roads damaged on Efate. Rockslides blocked access to wharf at Port Vila. Tsunami with wave heights to 40 cm.

 

01 02 06 10 49 2006 -60.957  -21.606  13 7.4   South Sandwich Islands

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  2 12 15  0 1785  40.000  -67.000   0 5.7   E. of Maine

 1  2 16 21  0 1912  41.500  -88.500   0 5.0   Northern Plains

 

Maximum intensity was VI at Aurora, Freeport, Morris and Yorkville, Illinois.  Felt with intensity V at Chicago. Felt also at Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin and in Iowa, Indiana and Fulton County, Kentucky.

 

 1  2  7 30  0 1935  32.800 -114.200   0 5.0   SW U.S.A

 

Aftershocks of strong earthquakes of Dec. 30 and 31, 1943.

 

 1  2 22 41  6 1935  40.600 -125.000   0 5.7   Off Coast of No. California

 

Moderately strong shock felt with intensity VI along the northern coast of California. Felt at Eureka, Fort Bragg, etc. No felt in southern Oregon.

 

 1  2  3 25  0 1954  36.600  -83.700   0 5.0   Kentucky/Tennessee/NC

 

Earthquake centered near Middlesboro. This event cracked buildings and foundations in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Damage and alarm occurred. Intensity V was reported in Kentucky. Felt also in Tennessee.

 

 1  2  0 39 24 1957  52.700 -168.500  33 6.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  2  2 17 39 1957  52.460 -168.410   0 6.8   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  2  3 30 34 1957  52.500 -168.500  33 6.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  2  3 48 44 1957  53.000 -168.000  60 7.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  2  4  3 30 1957  52.760 -168.750   0 6.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 1  2 10 49 32 1957  52.580 -168.530   0 6.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

A precursory swarm to a strong series in March, 1957. Not reported felt.

 

 1  2  4 52 16 1966  54.210 -164.380  45 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 1  2  3 36 21 1976  50.380 -130.020  22 5.1   British Colombia

 1  2 20 57 40 1978  51.163 -178.090  50 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  2 13 53 50 1979  51.755 -173.432  22 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  2 13 55 53 1979  51.590 -173.310   0 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  2 16 10 18 1984  56.354 -152.981  33 5.0   Southern Alaska

 1  2  5 32 49 1985  55.428 -157.835  33 6.1   Alaska Peninsula

 

Felt with intensity III at Perryville. Also felt at Chignik and Sand Point.

 

 1  2 23  7 56 1985  51.700 -170.500  33 5.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  2 11 45 36 1992  32.336 -103.101   5 5.0   SW U.S.A

 

Felt with intensity V at Seagraves, Texas and Jai, Lakewood, Loco Hills and Roswell, New Mexico. Felt throughout southeastern New Mexico, western Texas as far as San Antonio, Texas.

 

 1  2 16 40 41 1992  48.738 -129.233  10 6.0   Vancouver Island area

 1  2 12 58 42 2000  51.447 -175.558  27 5.8   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity IV at Adak.

 

 1  2 17 25 33 2000  51.651 -175.464  27 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

01 02 14 17 13 2009  58.377 -151.928  65 5.3   Southern Alaska

 

(AEIC). Felt (III) at Kodiak and (II) at Homer and Port Lions. Also felt at Anchor Point and Kenai.

 

01 02 10 15 36 2015  50.968 -130.176  10 5.2   Vancouver Island, Canada

 1  2 06 48 42 2019  58.351 -153.201  62 5.0   KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA 

 

NEIC reported this event was felt with intensity II-III within about 400 km of the epicenter with reported intensities at Kodiak, Homer, Kenai, and Anchorage, Alaska.  This is the second M 5.0 in Alaska in the past two days, an unusual occurrence for the beginning of the year. The last event of M>=5 in the Kodiak Island area within about 150 km of this epicenter was an M 5.4 on August 31, 2017. An M 5.7 occurred about 150 km north of this at an intermediate depth on November 21, 2018 and as an M 5.1 on March 9, 2018, the only such events in the past year in the region.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  1  5 20 15 1902  52.380 -167.450   0 7.8   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

A strong volcanic eruption occurred. The earthquake was accompanied with tsunamis. It is likely this was an earthquake not directly associated with the volcanic eruption. A second quake of M 7.8 occurred on Jan. 1, 2002.

 

 1  1 11  2  0 1910  16.500  -84.000  60 7.5   Honduras

 

In the Caribbean Sea. No damage reported.

 

 1  1 10 17 43 1911  38.000   66.000  60 7.2   Afghanistan

 1  1 13 20 36 1916  -4.000  154.000  25 7.9   New Britain

 1  1  1 33 42 1919   8.000  126.000  60 7.4   Central Philippines

 

Earthquake of intensity VII. It shook the entire island of Mindanao and Visayan.  Also felt on Samar, Leyte, Cebu and Bohol.

 

 1  1  2 59 57 1919 -19.500 -176.500 180 8.3   Tonga Islands

 1  1 18 43 31 1928  53.000  152.000 510 7.0   Northern Kurils

 1  1  8 48 39 1933 -14.800  168.000 140 7.0   Vanuatu Islands

 1  1 13 21  0 1935 -17.500 -174.500 300 7.1   Tonga Islands

 1  1  1 29 40 1976 -28.600 -177.600  59 7.3   No. Kermadec Islands

 1  1 16 42 40 1980  38.815  -27.780  10 7.2   Azores Islands

 

At least 56 were killed and 400 injured in this earthquake in the Azores.  Maximum intensity was VIII on Terceira, Azores. Four killed and much damage on Sao Jorge. Damage also occurred on Graciosa.

 

 1  1  9  3 41 1984  33.618  136.842 388 7.3   Central/So. Honshu Japan

 

Felt from Hokkaido to Kyushu.

 

 1  1  8  5 12 1996   0.724  119.981  33 7.8   Malaysia

 

At least nine killed and 350 buildings damaged in Bangkir and Tolitoli. A tsunami was generated with maximum height five meters in the epicentral region.

 

 1  1  6 57  4 2001   6.898  126.579  33 7.5   Mindanao, Philippines

 

Felt at Butuan. Felt also on Ternate and Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 1  1  5 20 15 1902  52.380 -167.450   0 7.8   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

A strong volcanic eruption occurred. The earthquake was accompanied with tsunamis. It is likely this was an earthquake not directly associated with the volcanic eruption. A second quake of M 7.8 occurred on Jan. 1, 2002.

 

 1  1 18 28  0 1913  34.700  -81.700   0 5.2   Southeast U.S.

 

Felt over an area of about 43,000 sq. miles with maximum intensity up to VII. At Union cracks formed in walls and plaster fell. Cracks appeared in many brick buildings. Chimneys fell as far as Kings Mountain N.C. more than 200 miles away.

 

 1  1  2 35  0 1920  33.080 -116.750   0 5.0   So. California

 

Earthquake at Mesa Grande and Warner Springs. Adobe walls cracked at Warner Springs.

 

 1  1  8 16 45 1927  32.500 -115.500   0 5.8   So. California

 1  1  9 13 30 1927  32.500 -115.500   0 5.5   So. California

 1  1  1 20 42 1945  73.000  -70.000   0 6.5   Baffin/Davis Strait, Canada

 1  1 12 13 54 1955  39.000 -118.000   0 5.1   California/Nevada area

 1  1 23 39  6 1963  56.500 -157.600  67 6.5   Alaska Peninsula

 

Part of a sequence of events on the Kenai Peninsula. Woke many at Anchorage.  Light fixtures swayed and objects moved. Felt also at Cordova, Kenai and Valdez.

 

 1  1  8  4 18 1965  34.133 -117.500   6 5.2   So. California

 

South of Fontana this event was felt in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.  Ceiling tile fell at Fontana and windows, glassware and dishes broke.  A sidewalk cracked at Lytle Creek.

 

 1  1  9  7  5 1969  51.210 -179.340  41 5.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 1  1  4 45 30 1971  59.620 -144.650   0 5.3   Southeast Alaska

 1  1  3 55 12 1975  61.918 -149.724  58 5.9   Central Alaska

 

Felt with intensity III at Anchorage, Palmer and Wasilla. Minor damage in Anchorage and Palmer.

 

 1  1 23 14 39 1979  33.944 -118.681  11 5.0   So. California

 

Felt with intensity VI at Culver City and the Malibu region. Store windows broke in Malibu, Culver City, Santa Monica and cracked at Buena Park and Seal Beach. Damage was also reported from Hollywood. Parts of the Pacific Coast Highway were made impassible by fallen boulders.

 

 1  1 11 18  8 1983  61.286 -146.955  21 5.4   Central Alaska

 

Felt with maximum intensity IV at Valdez. Also felt at Anchorage, Cordova, Glennallen and

Palmer.

 

 1  1 15 50 18 1991  55.590 -159.130  39 5.6   Alaska Peninsula

 

Felt with intensity IV at Perryville. Also felt at Chignik and San Point.

 

 1  1 11 30  4 1995  60.000 -153.200 121 5.0   Central Alaska

 

Felt with intensity III at Kasilof and Port Graham. Also felt at Homer and Kenai.

 

 1  1 11 22 57 2000  46.888  -78.930  18 5.2   New York State

 

Felt at Temiscaming and Val-d'Or. Also felt in southern Ontario at North Bay and in Toronto and Ottawa. Felt in New York at Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Rochester.  Also felt in Kinross, Michigan.

 

01 01 07 50 21 2003  52.326 -168.661  33 5.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

01 01 12 16 14 2015  40.442 -125.775  24 5.4   Off coast of Northern California

 

NEIC reported intensity IV in Petrolia and Redcrest and II-III in Eureka, Ft. Bragg, Blocksburg, McKinleyville, Arcata, Bridgeville, Carlotta, Ferndale, Fortuna, Barberville, Hydesville, Loleta, Myers Flat,  and possibly at Westport, Point Arena, Mendocino, California.

 

 1  1  3  3 30 2019  61.296 -149.947  43 5.0   Anchorage, Alaska

 

A moderate earthquake of M 5.0 shook the aftershock zone of the Anchorage, Alaska region today.  NEIC reported it was felt with intensity up to IV in Anchorage, Elmendorf AFB, and Fort Richardson, Alaska and with lesser intensity of II-III as far as 200 km from the epicenter at Homer, Alaska.  This is the strongest long-term aftershock of the M 7.1 in Anchorage of November 30, 2018. The last event of M>=5 in the area was an M 5.2 on December 1, 2018.

 

 

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

12 31  4  5  0 1889  40.000  130.000  99 7.8   NE China

12 31  9  2 43 1901  51.450 -171.020   0 7.8   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

A strong volcanic eruption occurred. The earthquake was accompanied with tsunamis. It is likely this was an earthquake not directly associated with the volcanic eruption. A second quake of M 7.8 occurred on Jan. 1, 2002.

 

12 31  7 20  5 1922  45.700  151.400  25 7.0   So. Kurils

12 31 18 45  0 1934  32.000 -114.750  16 7.1   SW U.S.A

 

Maximum intensity X in Baja California. In Baja California irrigation ditches were damaged, roads buckled, crevices opened and  communications were disrupted.  Felt strongly at Tijuana and along the border. Chimneys and walls fell at Calipatria.

 

12 31 18 23  4 1966 -11.800  166.500  33 8.2   Vanuatu Islands

 

Felt with intensity VIII-IX at Vanikoro in the Santa Cruz Islands. A small tsunami was generated with maximum 0.75 meters at Vanikoro.

 

12 31 22 15 14 1966 -11.300  164.800  33 7.3   Vanuatu Islands

12 31 10 32  7 1980  46.233  152.367  70 7.1   So. Kurils

 

Felt with intensity III at Urakawa and II at Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan. Also felt in the southern Kuril Islands.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

12 31  9  2 43 1901  51.450 -171.020   0 7.8   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

A strong volcanic eruption occurred. The earthquake was accompanied with tsunamis. It is likely this was an earthquake not directly associated with the volcanic eruption. A second quake of M 7.8 occurred on Jan. 1, 2002.

 

12 31 12 11  0 1910  36.830 -121.420   0 5.0   Central California

 

The strongest earthquake in the area since 1906. At Salinas the water main broke and minor damage occurred to dishes and fallen items. Felt as far as Sonoma County.

 

12 31 12 20  0 1915  41.000 -126.000   0 6.5   Off Coast of No. California

 

Off Humboldt County. Felt lightly along the coastline.

 

12 31 19  6  4 1927  59.330 -136.220   0 5.0   Southeast Alaska

 

Felt by many at Southeastern Alaska in Juneau and Sitka where objects were moved about.

 

12 31 15 25  0 1931  47.500 -123.000   0 5.0   Washington state, U.S.

 

Felt widely in Puget Sound, Washington. At Lilliwaup walls cracked and articles were thrown from store shelves.

 

12 31 18 45  0 1934  32.000 -114.750  16 7.1   SW U.S.A

 

Maximum intensity X in Baja California. In Baja California irrigation ditches were damaged, roads buckled, crevices opened and  communications were disrupted.  Felt strongly at Tijuana and along the border. Chimneys and walls fell at Calipatria.

 

12 31 22 23  0 1934  30.000 -112.000   0 5.0   SW U.S.A

12 31  6 48 44 1941  37.570 -118.730   0 5.5   California/Nevada area

 

Located at Owens Valley where the shock twisted chimneys and cracked plaster at the Adamas Main Powerhouse in the Owens River Gorge.

 

12 31 17 37 45 1956  38.300 -118.900   0 5.0   California/Nevada area

12 31 17 39 24 1956  38.283 -118.967  10 5.5   California/Nevada area

12 31 10 36  0 1961  44.400 -100.500   0 5.0   Wyoming/Dakotas

 

Felt lightly in South Dakota.

 

12 31 20 49 31 1962  47.250 -122.080   2 5.2   Washington state, U.S.

 

Felt over an area of about 13,000 sq. miles. Maximum intensity was VI.  Slight damage occurred in Pierce County with cracked plaster and fallen chimneys. Small items moved, plaster cracked and furnishings shifted.

 

12 31  2 29 40 1967  51.810 -171.900  31 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

12 31  5 34 14 1970  47.773 -128.759  33 5.2   Vancouver Island area

12 31 19 51 20 1971  51.711 -179.947  95 5.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt with intensity II at Adak.

 

12 31  4 37 31 1974  52.531 -179.260 228 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

12 31 11  4  4 1982  67.806 -161.348  33 5.0   Northern Alaska

12 31 11 44 38 1992  50.890 -178.830  33 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

12 31 11 27 48 2004  51.289 -174.182  15 5.0   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

12 31 22 22 16 2015  51.518 -173.470  41 5.0   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

12 31 05 21 20 2016  51.973  177.098  73 5.1   Rat Islands, Aleutians

12 31  2 35 37 2018  54.428 -161.472  26 6.1   Unimak Island, Alaska

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

GLOBAL:

 

The following events of Mw>=7 have occurred on this date in recorded history:

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

12 30 17  0  0 1703  35.000  140.000   0 8.2   Off East Coast Honshu

 

A strong tsunami (the Genroku Tokkaido tsunami) was generated by this earthquake.  The southern part of the Boso peninsula subsided destroying 1020 houses and killing 125. Maximum tsunami amplitude was 9 meters near Katsuum on Boso Peninsula. Considerate damage. Houses were destroyed and deaths occurred.  At Hachijijima on Isu Island 18 boast and 58 houses were lost along with 56 lives. Much damage. An earthquake in the same area of this size today could be devastating to the Tokyo area.

 

12 30  5 26 59 1907  12.100  -86.300  60 7.2   Nicaragua

12 30  0 39 28 1961  51.000  178.000   0 7.0   Rat Islands

12 30 23 52 40 1983  36.372   70.738 215 7.2   Hindu Kush/Pakistan

 

At least 26 were killed and up to 500 injured in the Kabul, Afghanistan and Peshawar, Pakistan areas. Damage was recorded in Tajikistan.  Felt in Afghanistan, India, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

 

12 30 23 18 52 1989  -3.406  145.966  38 7.0   New Ireland

 

Felt with intensity III at Karkar and Manam.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

Following are events of Mb>=5 which have occurred in this region on this date.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

12 30 22 34  0 1901  52.000 -160.000   0 6.6   Alaska Peninsula

 

A strong volcanic eruption occurred. Several tsunamis were generated.

 

12 30 17 57  0 1926  47.700 -120.200   0 5.0   Washington state, U.S.

 

Located in east-central Washington. Most strongly felt at Wenatchee and Leavenworth. Panic caused people to rush into the streets.

 

12 30 13 52 14 1934  32.250 -115.500  16 6.5   So. California

 

Felt with maximum intensity IX at Laguna Salada area of Baja California.  Railroads, tracks and bridges were damaged and twisted. Cracks in the surface and water spouted in a dry canal bed. Houses were wrecked and a water tank was destroyed.

 

12 30 12 10 48 1938  59.000 -153.000 100 5.5   Southern Alaska

 

Felt lightly at Anchorage.

 

12 30 22  3  2 1944  43.800 -126.800   0 5.8   North Pacific Ocean

12 30 23 49 56 1948  50.990 -130.320   0 6.0   British Colombia

 

Felt lightly in Victoria.

 

12 30 11 32 30 1954  52.500 -168.400  55 6.4   Fox Islands, Aleutians

12 30  2  6 30 1965  54.090 -164.280  19 5.5   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

12 30 16 30 35 1965  33.566 -116.550   8 5.9   So. California

12 30 16 33 44 1965  58.200 -152.400  33 5.3   Southern Alaska

 

Slightly felt at Kodiak.

 

12 30  7  3 10 1968  57.580 -151.360  19 5.4   Southern Alaska

12 30  3 33 17 1974  61.982 -149.686  62 5.1   Central Alaska

 

 

Felt strongly at Anchorage and Palmer. Felt also at Talkeetna with maximum intensity V.

 

12 30  2 22  4 1975  63.040 -150.945 132 5.1   Central Alaska

 

Felt with intensity IV at Talkeetna.

 

12 30  9  2 45 1977  52.275 -169.736  35 5.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

12 30 14  0 33 1981  64.588 -148.010  14 5.2   Northern Alaska

 

Felt with intensity V at Ester where objects overturned and windows and doors rattled. Also felt at Fairbanks, North Pole, Minto and Eielson Air Force Base.

 

12 30 12 41  3 1985  61.541 -150.340  62 5.5   Central Alaska

 

Felt with maximum intensity V at Anchorage where windows cracked, dishes broke and pictures and small items fell. An earthquakes noise was heard.  Many were awakened. Also felt at Chugiak, Tyonek, Willow and Seward.

 

12 30 20 13 20 1985  63.592 -151.298  33 5.1   Central Alaska

 

Felt with intensity III in the Denali National Park and at McKinley Park.

 

12 30 16 18 13 1987  53.886 -165.797  33 5.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

12 30  2  7 18 1995  63.212 -150.605 137 5.7   Central Alaska

 

Felt with intensity IV at Anchorage, Butte and the general region. Also felt at Fairbanks, Valdez and Whittier.

 

12 30 18 48 57 2009  32.437 -115.165   9 5.9   Baja California

 

(NEIC). Some buildings damaged slightly at Mexicali. Cracks occurred in Canal Reforma near Jalapa and ground cracks were observed at Guerrero and Jalapa. Felt (VI) at Mexicali and (V) at Algodones. Felt (IV) at San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.  Felt (VI) at Heber and Holtville; (V) at Brawley, Calexico, El Centro and Imperial; (IV) at Blythe, Calipatria, Niland, Ocotillo, San Diego, Thermal, Westmorland and Winterhaven, California. Also felt (V) at Somerton and (IV) at Chandler and Yuma, Arizona.  Felt in northern Baja California and northwestern Sonora. Felt in much of southern California, southwestern Arizona and at Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

12 30 19 21 26 2010  56.748 -156.149  54 5.0   Alaska Peninsula

 

(AEIC). Felt at Chignik.

 

12 30 06 56 33 2010  53.113  171.428  10 5.3   Near Islands, Aleutians

12 30 12 02 41 2010  51.626  177.378  56 5.4   Rat Islands, Aleutians