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

 

 5 31  0  0 00 1818  19.200  -99.100   0 0.0   MEXICO

 

Damage severe at Morelos-Guerrero, Mexico City, Guadalajara, Mexico Damage was also observed in Zapotlan el Grande and Colima. Many of the public and private buildings of the cities were destroyed. A number of arches of the aqueduct of Santa Fe were destroyed and water was discharged.  This earthquake occurred early in the morning when many were sleeping.

 

 

 5 31  0  0 00 1848  17.000  -96.300   0 0.0   MEXICO

 

Damage severe at Oaxaca, Guerrero

 

 5 31  4 54  0 1910  10.000 -105.000  60 7.0   Michoacan, Mexico

 5 31  8 47 20 1917  54.500 -160.000  60 7.8   Alaska Peninsula

 5 31  3 12 00 1946  39.300   41.200   0 5.9   TURKEY

 

Damage at Ustukran, Turkey. 840 killed or missing.

 

 5 31 19 32 34 1958 -15.370  168.530   0 7.2   Vanuatu Islands

 5 31 20 23 31 1970  -9.364  -78.872  64 7.8   No. Peru

 

Severe damage (IX) at Yungay, Casma, Chimbote, Huarmey, Huaraz, Peru. About 66794 killed at Yungay, Casma, Chimbote. Damage estimated at $507 million.  At least one million homeless. Yungay was buried by Ice Fall-triggered land- and mudslide. Caras, Hlaras and Casma were totally destroyed. Chimbote suffered heavy damage. The figure of 55,794 dead includes 19,600 whose bodies were buried under the mud and never recovered.

 

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

 

 5 31 18 58  0 1897  37.300  -80.700   0 5.8   Giles County, VA       

 

Rumbling was heard at various times between May 3 and May 31. On May 31 there was a strong shock felt from Georgia to Pennsylvania and from the Atlantic Coast to Pennsylvania and Indiana and Kentucky. Felt most strongly at Pearisburg, Giles County VA. and is known as the Giles County earthquake.  Old Brick houses and chimneys were cracked and bricks were thrown down from chimney tops. There were fissures in the ground and small landslides in places they were easy to start. At the Narrows it was claimed that a motion like the ground swell of the ocean was observed. Large rocks rolled down the mountains. There were loud sounds compared by veterans to siege guns. The aftershocks continued until June 6. Mainshock also felt at Spartanburg, S.C. and Cincinnati, OH.

 

 5 31 17 42  0 1908  40.600  -75.500   0 5.0   New York State

 5 31  8 47 20 1917  54.500 -160.000  60 7.8   Alaska Peninsula

 

Unga, Shumagin Islands. Severa shocks lasted 10 seconds in all.

 

 5 31 10 21 53 1930  48.500 -129.000   0 5.4   Vancouver Island area

 5 31  8 34 55 1938  33.683 -117.500  10 5.5   So. California

 

Santa Ana Mountains. Slight damage occurred in several widely scattered places NW of Temucula.

 

 5 31  8  6 24 1954  31.600 -115.200   0 5.2   So. California

 5 31 22 17 11 1957  51.000 -179.000   0 5.9   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 31 14 17 47 1961  30.167 -114.167   0 6.0   Baja California

 

Windows and doors rattled. Point Loma observer received several calls from residents.

 

 5 31  5  7 43 1965  44.100 -128.800  33 5.1   Off Coast ot Oregon

 5 31 14  5  2 1974  27.362 -111.133  26 5.4   Gulf of California

 5 31 23 35 30 1975  58.326 -155.111  75 5.5   Alaska Peninsula

 5 31  8 48 41 1976  57.272 -151.379  74 5.2   Southern Alaska

 5 31 06 09 20 2002  52.807  171.794  33 5.5   Near Islands, Alaska

 5 31 18 07 49 2015  51.319  178.223  38 5.1   Rat Islands, Alaska

 5 31 20 51 22 2016  55.439 -158.525  39 5.7   Alaska Peninsula

 

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

 

 5 30  0  0  0 1833   0.000    0.000   0 7.5   Central Africa

 5 30  0  0 00 1885  33.500   75.000   0 0.0   INDIA

 

Severe damage at Kashmir, Sopor, and Musaserabad, Srinagar India. 2000-3000 killed.

 

 5 30 21  1 18 1909  -8.000  131.000 100 7.2   West Irian, PNG

 5 30 11 46 46 1913  -5.000  154.000  60 7.5   New Britain

 5 30 21 32 46 1935  29.500   66.800  60 7.5   Pakistan

 

Severe (X) damage at Quetta, Pakistan. 30,000 killed.

 

 5 30 14 29 50 1938 -20.500  169.500  70 7.0   Loyalty Islands

 5 30  1 32 44 1949 -22.000  -69.000 100 7.0   Coast No. Chile

 5 30 12 31 42 1955  24.000  142.800 580 7.3   Volcano Islands

 5 30  9 39 00 1979  -8.300  115.900  40 6.0   INDONESIA

 

Damage ($4.15 million) at Sumbawa. 37 killed.

 

 5 30  7 49 44 1984  -4.859  151.551 171 7.0   New Ireland

 

Felt (VI at Rabaul

 

 5 30 21 11  8 1988  -7.530  128.430  65 7.1   Banda Sea

 

Felt strongly in Northern Australia

 

 5 30  2 34 00 1990  -6.000  -77.200  24 6.6   PERU

 

Severe damage (VI) at Moyabamba-Riojo , Peru. 135 killed.

 

 

 5 30 10 40  6 1990  45.841   26.668  89 7.1   Romania/Bulgaria

 

Nine killed, more than 700 injured and severe damage in the Bucharest area. Four people were killed some injured and many buildings damaged in Moldavia, USSR. One person died of a heart attach and extensive damage in northern Bulfaris. Also felt in Hungary, Greece, Poland, Turkey and Yugoslavia.

 

 5 30 13 17 42 1991  54.630 -161.680  43 7.2   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt V at Cold Bay, King Cove and Sand Point. IV at False Pass and Perryville. III at Chignik Lagoon.

 

 5 30  6 22 29 1998  37.106   70.110  33 7.0   Hindu Kush/Pakistan

 

At least 4000 killed, many thousands injured and homeless in Badakhstan and Takhar provinces, Afghanistan. Felt strongly at Mazar-e Sharil. Also felt at Kabul, Islamabad, Peshawar, Pakistan and Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

 

 5 30 11 23 02 2015  27.831  140.493 677 7.8   Bonin Islands, Japan

 

This earthquake was widely felt but due to its deep focue no damage was reported with this earthquake and a tsunami was neither expected nor observed. This earthquake was probably triggered by loading stresses from typhoon Dolphin which passed over this epicenter last week. Dolphin reached super-typhoon status with winds up to 170-180 kts around May 17-19 when the eye was in the Volcano Islands south of the epicenter of today's earthquake.

 

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

 

 

 5 30  5 11  0 1868  39.500 -120.000   0 6.0   California/Nevada area

 

California/Nevada border. Series of shocks in the interior of California (Lassan County and Sacramento and Nevada). Destructive intensity possible but not established.

 

 5 30 18  4 53 1958  52.700 -168.600  33 6.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 30  3 18  8 1964  59.500 -148.500  35 5.5   Southern Alaska

 5 30 22 34 35 1964  56.530 -152.230  24 5.1   Southern Alaska

 5 30  9 54 38 1967  50.100 -176.600  30 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 30  0 35 60 1968  42.300 -119.800  24 5.1   Oregon state, U.S.

 

Felt at Adel and Lakeview, Oregon, Intensity V and at Fort Bidwell and Willow Ranch, CA..

 

 5 30 17 33 51 1973  26.310 -110.665  33 5.0   Gulf of California

 5 30 15 16  1 1977  52.430 -169.770  25 6.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 30 19 20 28 1979  56.398 -161.723 206 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 30 15 54 31 1983  51.884 -177.883 116 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 30 13 17 42 1991  54.567 -161.606  28 6.8   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt V at Cold Bay, King Cove and Sand Point. IV at False Pass and Perryville. III at Chignik Lagoon.

 

 5 30 13 22 30 1991  54.572 -161.827  33 5.6   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 30 15 44 19 1991  54.294 -161.298  33 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 30 11 03 26 2004  61.080 -152.220 128 5.1  SOUTHERN ALASKA

 

(NEIC) Felt (V) at Kenai, Seward, Sterling and Talkeetna; (IV) at Anchorage; (III) at Chickaloon, Chugiak, Eagle River, Girdwood and Soldotna; (II) at Valdez.

 

 5 30 12 38 29 2008  50.458 -130.410  10 5.0   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

 

 5 29  0  0 00 1508  35.200   25.100 100 0.0   GREECE

 

Moderate damage (X) at Crete:  Iraklion (Candia), Megalokastron. 300 killed.  Also felt at Naxos,  and Chios. Significant aftershock sequence. Shocks lasted for forty days at Constantinople. Observations in Italy and Germany included atmospheric perturbations.

 

 5 29 12 23 19 1976  24.600   99.000   8 7.5   Myanmar

 5 29 14  0 18 1976  24.531   98.710  10 7.0   Myanmar

 

Some killed, Severe damage at Lungling-Lushi, Myanmar. Felt in northeastern Myanmar.

 

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

 

 5 29  0  0  0 1854  34.400 -119.700   0 6.0   So. California

 5 29  6 46  0 1915  36.080 -118.820   0 5.0   California/Nevada area

 5 29  5 16 32 1931  63.000 -149.000   0 5.6   Central Alaska

 5 29  1 57 52 1940  67.000 -135.000   0 6.2   Yukon Territory, Canada

 5 29 13 31 25 1955  55.700 -154.400   0 5.7   Southern Alaska

 5 29 21  3  7 1955  56.000 -155.000   0 5.5   Southern Alaska

 5 29 10 17 34 1964  60.200 -146.300  20 5.6   Central Alaska

 5 29  6 14 18 1973  53.970 -163.710   0 6.1   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 29 21 53 45 1979  52.795 -170.902 115 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 29  3 38 47 1980  34.935 -120.779   9 5.1   Off So. California

 

Felt at Avila Beach (V), Atascadero, Nipomo and Templeton. Felt in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo to Kern County.

 

 5 29 17 45 39 1980  41.887 -126.941  15 5.1   Off Coast of No. California

 5 29  6 55 32 1983  40.393 -125.544   5 5.0   Off Coast of No. California

 5 29 20 18 31 1984  44.940 -105.840   3 5.2   Wyoming/Dakotas

 

Felt (V) at Gillette and IV at Caspar. Felt throughout northeastern Wyoming and parts of southeastern Montana.

 

 5 29 18 31 12 1990  56.956 -153.569  25 5.9   Southern Alaska

 

Felt V at Old Harbor, IV at Kodiak, and Port Lions, III at Chignik.

 

 5 29 13  7 39 1991  52.222 -169.560  33 5.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 29 18  3 58 1993  51.675 -173.154  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 29 08 40 50 2005  51.235  179.589  56 5.1   Rat Islands

 5 29 07 00 08 2015  56.694 -156.530  61 6.8   Alaska Peninsula

 

NEIC reported it was felt with intensity IV in Alaska at South Naknek, King Salmon, and II-III in Valdez, Sterling, Soldotna, New Stuyahok, Manokotak, Kodiak, Kenai, Kasilof, Homer, Egegik, Eagle River, Dillingham, Cold Bay, Chugiak, Anchor Point an Anchorage.

 

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

 

 5 28  3 58 00 1903  40.900   42.700   0 5.8   TURKEY

 

Severe damage (VIII) at Vargomos, Cardahli, and Nehkerek. More than 1000 killed

 

 5 28  3 23 54 1914   9.000  -78.000  70 7.2   Colombia

 5 28  9 51 59 1924  48.000  148.200 470 7.2   So. Kurils

 5 28  1  1 48 1942   0.000  124.000 120 7.5   Mindanao, Philippines

 5 28  5 37 16 1948 -13.100  -76.200  55 7.0   Central Peru

 

Moderate damage (VII) at Canete. 4 killed.

 

 5 28 13 27 19 1968  -2.900  139.300  65 7.7   West Irian, PNG

 

Damage was limited.

 

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

 

 5 28 11 15  0 1892  33.500 -116.000   0 6.0   So. California

 5 28  6  6  0 1917  32.830 -115.320   0 5.5   So. California

 

Imperial Valley. Seems to have been most severe in open country.  Walls reported cracked at Brawley.

 

 5 28 11 30  0 1918  35.500 -106.000   0 6.3   Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

Probably Intensity VII, although VIII was assigned at Cerrillos. There plaster fell, people were thrown off their feet, and a surface rupture was seen at the edge of town.  A rapid twisting effect was noted in several places. There was a sound like distant thunder. At Stanley a piano sounded, walls and plaster cracked and people were thrown down.

 

 5 28 20 55  0 1921  49.200 -129.200   0 5.5   Vancouver Island area

 5 28 17 39  0 1927  37.330 -122.920   0 5.0   Central California

 

Near San Jose. Plaster fell at San Jose and a slight crack appeared in the wall of the old courthouse.

 

 5 28 10 14  6 1938  43.000 -125.600   0 6.0   Off Coast of Oregon

 5 28  9 46  0 1958  46.500 -113.000   0 5.0   Montana/Idaho

 

Georgetown Lake area and Philipsburg, MT. Slight damage at Philipsburg.  Rockslide in Georgetown Lake area. Aftershock at about 12:30 was generally felt from Philipsburg to Rock Creek.

 

 5 28 12 59 47 1961  33.800 -116.083  10 5.0   So. California

 

NE of Indio. Felt principally in west-central Riverside County. Slight damage was reported at Coachella. Furnishings shifted small objects were overturned.

 

 5 28 16 18  4 1964  58.300 -150.600  25 5.4   Southern Alaska

 5 28 21 50 17 1966  51.600 -178.200  71 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 28  5 16 23 1980  37.578 -118.888   2 5.3   California/Nevada area

 5 28  5 48 29 1980  37.765 -118.617   0 5.2   California/Nevada area

 

Additional Mammoth Lakes quakes in swarm.

 

 5 28  9 10 46 1981  46.525 -121.394   3 5.0   Washington state, U.S.

 

Felt (IV) in parts of Lewis and Yakima counties. Also felt in Cowlitz County.

 

 5 28  4 47 41 1993  35.149 -119.104  21 5.2   So. California

 

Slight damage (VI) at Pumpkin Center. Felt through a large part of central and southern California.

 

 5 28 15 55 28 1993  55.862 -155.171  33 5.5   Alaska Peninsula

 5 28  7  4 13 1998  53.137 -166.755  41 5.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 28 10 07 43 2010  53.422 -163.155  19 5.2   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

 

 5 27  0  0 00 1293  35.200  139.300   0 0.0   JAPAN

 

Severe damage at Kamakura, Japan. 22000 killed. A tsunami was generated.

 

 5 27  0  0 00 1704  41.000  139.500   0 0.0   JAPAN

 

Moderate damage North of Nosiro, Japan, 58 killed.

 

 5 27  0  0  0 1770  38.600  142.000   0 7.4   Off East Coast Honshu

 5 27  9 50 26 1928  40.000  142.500  60 7.0   Hokkaido, Japan

 5 27  6 19 19 1936  28.500   83.500  60 7.0   Nepal

 5 27  5 58 54 1947  -1.500  135.300  60 7.2   West Irian, PNG

 5 27 12  5  7 1970  27.367  140.733 440 7.2   Bonin Islands

 5 27  5 13 42 1992 -10.750  165.120  30 7.0   Vanuatu Islands

 

Felt strongly at Lata Station, Santa Cruz. A small tsunami was observed.

 

 5 27 13  3 53 1995  52.629  142.827  11 7.5   Sakhalin

 

A severe earthquake near Sakhalin, Russia killed about 1989 people and injured about 750 more. It caused damage (X) in the Neftegorsk region and some damage in the Okha region. A small indistinct tsunami near Sabo and Val was observed.  Surface faulting was along a NE trending fault south of Neftegorsk.

 

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

 

 5 27  0  0  0 1897  44.500  -73.500   0 5.0   New York State

 

Northeastern New York. Felt in New York, NH. Vermont and Massachusetts. Felt from Hartford. N.Y. to Montreal and Quebec Canada. Severe shock but little damage.

 

 5 27 20 59  0 1947  40.400 -124.700   0 5.1   Off Coast of No. California

 5 27  1 45 35 1962  31.700 -115.600   0 5.1   So. California

 5 27 12 56 51 1965  53.900 -164.900  33 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 27 19 29 25 1965  53.700 -156.700  33 5.0   Alaska Peninsula

 5 27 22  7 47 1966  51.610 -178.310  47 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 27 14  1 42 1974  60.261 -146.005  10 5.4   Central Alaska

 5 27 14 50 57 1980  37.464 -118.823   2 6.3   California/Nevada area

 

Aftershocks in the swarm of May 1980 at Mammoth Lakes.

 

 5 27 14 51  0 1980  37.493 -118.778  22 5.7   California/Nevada area

 5 27 19  1  9 1980  37.602 -118.807  11 5.0   California/Nevada area

 5 27 17 56 26 1993  53.750 -157.870  33 5.1   Alaska Peninsula

 5 27  8  8 59 1999  58.752 -137.124   0 5.8   Southeast Alaska

 

Felt at Gustavus, Juneau, Sitka, Skagway and Yakutat. Also felt at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Small precursor about five seconds prior to this event.

 

 5 27 22 19 03 2006  51.053  179.051  15 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

 

 5 26 15  0  0 1293  35.000  136.000   0 7.0   No. Honshu, Japan

 

The earthquake destroying the main shrine and temples at Tsuragaoka Wakamiya, Daijiji, Kenchoji, Kamakura government office was destroyed by the earthquake.  23,024 deaths. A tsunami hit the Kamakura area of Japan. Data Source: "Catalog of Tsunamis in Japan and Its Neighboring Countries" by Kumizi Iida, Special Report Dec. 1984, Aichi Institute of Technology.

 

 5 26  0  0 00 1830  23.100  113.200   0 0.0   CHINA

 

6000 killed at Guangzhou, China. Part of a series of earthquakes that occurred beginning on May 12 with additional destructive activity June 12, 16 and July 29 in Chihli, Paoting Fu, Shunte Fu, Tiensin Fu, Shangtung. Highly destructive with maximum intensity to X. The Chinese edition of "Significant Earthquakes of the World" by Dunbar, Lockridge and Whiteside gives the location of this activity at 36.4N 114.3E with magnitude of M 7.6 and 7000 killed in the June 12 earthquake.

 

 5 26 15  0  0 1704  40.040  140.000   0 7.0   Hokkaido, Japan

 5 26 14 22 42 1914  -2.000  137.000  60 7.9   West Irian, PNG

 5 26 22 39 58 1929  51.510 -130.740   0 7.0   British Colombia

 5 26 16  9 40 1932 -25.500  179.300 600 7.9   Tonga/Fiji

 5 26  1 17 25 1950 -20.300  169.300  40 7.2   Loyalty Islands

 5 26 16 23 14 1955  -9.750  160.750  60 7.0   No. of Santa Cruz Islands

 5 26  6 33 35 1957  40.670   31.000  10 7.2   No. Turkey/Black Sea

 

Severe damage and 52 or more killed at Abant, Turkey. The villages around Lake Abant were destroyed with additional casualties at Abant and Mudurnu. 100 injured and at least 5000 houses damaged or destroyed. In Lake Abant three islands were observed to appear and then to disappear. Damage was also observed to homes and mosques in Bolu, Chakcilar, Seben, Izmit, Adapazari, Bursa, Eskisehir and Ankara. This section of the Great Anatolian Fault saw subsequent strong earthquakes in 1967 and most recent in 1999. Data from: "The seismicity of the earth 1953-1965" J.P. Rothe, UNESCO, 1969.

 

 

 5 26 10 59 12 1964 -56.200  -27.800 130 7.3   So. Sandwich Islands

 5 26  9 11 52 1975  35.997  -17.649  33 8.1   Morocco/Spain

 

Limited damage (VI).

 

 5 26  2 59 60 1983  40.462  139.102  24 7.8   Hokkaido, Japan

 

At least 103 people killed, 304 injured and extensive  damage in the central region of the Sea of Japan, about 80 km off the west coast of Akita Prefecture, Honshu. 100 of the fatalities were due to the tsunami. Estimated cost: $600 million.

 

Although a warning was issued 14 minutes after the earthquake, the first tsunami arrived at Oga Peninsula after 8 minutes. A local man who had previously experienced tsunamis was able to warn the people with a loud speaker in time for them to evacuate.

 

Many of the fatalities occurred on the Oga peninsula where 13 pupils on an excursion were killed. Of 306 harbor workers at Nosiro, 34 were killed.  29 other victims were fishing. 3,513 houses were destroyed of which 52 were washed into the sea. The tsunami sunk 225 vessels and 451 were washed out to sea, also damaging 1187 other vessels. 40 of the 67 vessels under construction at Noshiro harbor were destroyed.  Damage estimated about 800 million.

 

Three additional people were killed in South Korea. Tsunami heights reached 8 meters in USSR, 4 meters in Korea. Data from: National Earthquake Information Center, USGS, 1983.

 

 5 26  9 24 33 2003  38.849  141.568  69 7.4   Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan

 

Seventy people were injured in Iwate, 58 in Miyagi and 15 in other Prefectures.  At least 700 building and roads were damaged in Tohoku District. Fires and landslides caused power and water outages in Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures.  Concrete pillars along the Railway line in Tohoku were damage. Felt throughout northern Japan. Liquefaction and ground subsidence of up to 10 cm was observed.

 

 5 26 19 23 27 2003   2.354  128.855  31 7.0   Halmahera, Indonesia                

 

One killed and 7 injured on Morotai. About 50 homes were damaged or destroyed and power lines damaged at Berebere, Daruba and Morotai. Also felt at Manado, Sulawesi.

 

 

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

 

 5 26 14 42  0 1909  42.500  -89.000   0 5.7   Northern Plains

 

Illinois, Felt from Missouri to Michigan and Minnesota to Indiana.  Intensity VII was noted over a considerable area from Bloomington, ILL to Platteville, WIS. At Aurora, many chimneys fell. In Chicago, buildings swayed, especially noticeable in upper stories. Mirrors swayed, beds moved on casters and there was fear that walls would collapse. Dubuque, Iowa had a fairly strong shock. Strong at Pontiac and Freeport ILL.

 

 5 26 22 39 58 1929  51.510 -130.740   0 7.0   British Colombia

 

The epicenter of this quake was 1 - 2 degrees south of the area of maximum damage. The earthquake was felt as far north as Ketchikan, AK and Anyox B.C. and to the east as far as Terrace, Skeena and Lakelse.  Centers on the Queen Charlotte Island suffered greatly, but on Prince Rupert, damage was maximum. At Massett water splashed out of tanks, trees swayed and houses shook violently. People were thrown to the ground at Prince Rupert. At Skidgate there was a tsunami and there were fissures on the beach. AT Sandspit 500 ft. of the beach disappeared into the sea.  Further south at Lockeport, the crest of a hill was dislodged and close by at Rose Harbour, chimneys were toppled.

 

 5 26  9 16 53 1948  56.300 -153.800   0 6.0   Southern Alaska

 5 26 15 59 34 1957  33.216 -116.000  15 5.0   So. California

 

Southwest of the Salton Sea. Felt over an area of about 7000 sq. miles.  No damage reported. Maximum Intensity V at Calipatria where the shock was felt by all. Windows and doors creaked.

 

 5 26 10 56 42 1958  53.000 -169.500 120 6.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 26 16 40 34 1968  67.400 -165.400   5 6.3   Northern Alaska

 

Felt at Fairbanks.

 

 5 26 23 22 48 1969  49.990 -114.962  33 5.0   Montana/Idaho

 5 26  9 53 34 1970  54.230 -164.610  56 5.3   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 26 12 19 34 1973  51.290 -179.710  36 5.7   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 26 13 12 11 1973  51.232 -179.622  59 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 26  0 57 34 1974  64.944 -156.507  39 5.0   Northern Alaska

 5 26 17 38 17 1976  57.295 -153.752  75 5.1   Southern Alaska

 5 26 12 24 25 1980  37.526 -118.874   0 5.6   California/Nevada area

 5 26 18 57 56 1980  37.560 -118.895   6 5.7   California/Nevada area

 5 26  7 38 54 1987  53.851 -167.019  33 5.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 26 19  1 32 1988  48.928 -128.474  10 5.1   Vancouver Island area

 5 26 22 22  3 1990  53.439 -163.567  33 5.0   Unimak 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

 

 5 25  0  0 00 1751  26.500   99.900   0 6.8   CHINA

 

Severe damage (IX) in Yunnan Province, China. 900 killed. The magnitude is given by various sources from M 6.5-7.0. No time is currently available for this earthquake, however it is quite possible that a triggering relationship between this event and that in Central Chile (M 8.5) exists. These two events fall in the approximate antipodal areas of each other.

 

 5 25  5 30  0 1751 -36.830  -71.630   0 8.5   Central Chile

 

Moderate damage (XI) at Chillan, Talca, Tutuben, Talco, Chile. A tsunami was generated. This was the third large Concepcion earthquake. A large foreshock on May 23 caused many to spend the night outside in readiness for additional shocks which included a strong foreshock about 15 minutes before the mainshock. The mainshock appears to have been a succession of at least six distinct events with the tsunami arriving about half an hour after the earthquake. Only 25 to 30 were killed in Concepcion due in large part to the foreshock. Chillan and Talca were destroyed and Santiago was greatly damaged. Churches and wineries were destroyed in the region. A large aftershock occurred on June 26, 1751. The location of Concepcion was abandoned after this earthquake and the city was rebuilt further inland. The generated tsunami was also destructive along the coast of Japan. Data from: "Major Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Chile during the period 1535 to 1955" by Cinna Lomnitz, Geol. Rundshau Rand 59 Vol. 3 pp 938-960, Stutgard, 1970.  Readers may note the similarities between this earthquake and those of May 22-25, 1960 in the same area as described in our previous history.

 

 5 25 14  2  8 1907  51.500  147.000 600 7.4   Sakhalin

 5 25 19 29 20 1918 -30.500  -92.500  60 7.0   Chile Rise

 5 25 22 21 00 1923  35.200   59.200   0 5.7   IRAN

 

Moderate damage at Torbat-e-Heydariyen, Iran. 2200 killed.  Maximum intensity VIII.

 

 5 25  3 43 00 1925  12.500  122.500   0 6.8   PHILIPPINES

 

Severe damage (VI-VII) at Luzon and Tablas. 428 killed. A tsunami was generated and flooded some small low villages southeast of Tablas. The shock was felt on board the steamship "Compeador" off of Romblon Island.

 

 5 25 23  7 36 1943   7.500  128.000  60 8.1   Halmahera

 5 25  1  6 37 1944 -21.500 -179.500 640 7.2   Tonga Islands

 5 25 12 58  5 1944  -2.500  152.800  60 7.5   New Britain

 5 25  7 11 21 1948  29.500  100.500  60 7.3   Myanmar

 

Severe damage in Sichuan province, China, 800-1000 killed. Intensity X.  That that this event was at approximately the same epicenter as that of 1951 which also occurred on May 25 (see above).

 

 5 25 18 34 58 1950  12.600  143.700  90 7.2   So. Marianas/Guam

 5 25  5 25 14 1981 -48.786  164.357  33 7.6   Southern S. Isl. N.Z.

 

Felt throughout the South Island.

 

 5 25 16 55  4 1992  19.613  -77.872  23 7.0   Jamaica

 

Forty people injured and more than 820 buildings damaged in the Pilon-Manzanillo area. Felt at Guantanamo and in most of eastern Cuba as far away as Sancti Spiritus. Also felt on Jamaica.

 

 5 25 13 59 57 1995  42.899  147.316  65 7.1   Hokkaido, Japan

 5 25 23 22 33 1997 -32.115  179.791 333 7.2   So. Kermadec Islands

 

Felt strongly on Raoul. Felt throughout the North Island and as far south as Christchurch on the South 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

 

 5 25 15 13  7 1948  44.000 -127.000   0 5.5   Off Coast of Oregon

 5 25 15 32  2 1948  43.500 -127.000   0 5.7   Off Coast of Oregon

 5 25  8 34 37 1950  65.500 -151.500   0 6.0   Northern Alaska

 

Only reported disturbance was hanging light fixtures.

 

 5 25  0 35 23 1958  51.480 -177.420   0 5.6   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 25 14 54 30 1958  51.270 -177.110   0 5.6   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 25 19  4 33 1975  57.330 -150.180   0 5.7   Southern Alaska

 5 25 16 45 30 1979  52.680 -166.970   0 6.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 25 16 51  2 1979  53.020 -167.200  33 5.2   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 25 16 33 44 1980  37.589 -118.826   6 6.5   California/Nevada area

 5 25 16 49 27 1980  37.557 -118.989   2 5.4   California/Nevada area

 5 25 17  6 24 1980  37.530 -118.930   0 5.1   California/Nevada area

 5 25 19 44 51 1980  37.449 -118.816   0 5.6   California/Nevada area

 5 25 20 35 48 1980  37.634 -118.873  12 5.9   California/Nevada area

 5 25 20 38 38 1980  37.698 -118.768   8 5.0   California/Nevada area

 5 25 20 59 24 1980  37.635 -118.791   0 5.5   California/Nevada area

 

Mammoth Lakes swarm. One week after the eruption of Mt. St. Helens WA.  8 people were  injured. Additional damage (VII) and rockslides in the Mammoth Lakes-Crowley Lake area. Two people were seriously injured by a rockslide in Yosemite National Park. Felt throughout most of California and NEvada.

 

 5 25  0 33  4 1986  51.679 -175.236  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 25 19 23 11 1986  51.602 -176.199  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 25 23 32 16 1986  52.900 -174.300   0 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 25 11 40 38 1987  56.000 -154.000   0 5.1   Southern Alaska

 5 25 14  5 18 1988  50.502 -174.589   0 5.6   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 25 19  1 13 1992  26.310 -110.435  10 5.1   Gulf of California

 5 25 20 40 37 1992  27.000 -111.000   0 5.1   Gulf of California

 5 25 23 16 43 1993  55.070 -160.430  33 6.5   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 

Slight damage VI at Sand Point. Felt V at King Cove and Perryville. Felt V at King Cove and Perrysville (IV) at Chignik. Chignik Lagoon. Cold Bay and False Pass. III at Akutan.

 

 5 25  5 10 56 2000  52.633 -167.066  33 5.4   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt (III) at Nikolski.

 

 5 25 05 36 31 2002  53.815 -161.116  33 6.3   Unimak Island, Alaska

 5 25 19 18 25 2008  56.087 -153.780  22 6.0   Alaska Peninsula

 

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

 

 5 24 16 33 57 1940 -11.608  -77.563  50 8.4   Central Peru

 

Severe damage (X) at Lima, Callao. 250 killed. A tsunami was generated.  179 killed, $1.1 million damage.

 

The following is a quote from a letter written June 13, 1940 by Mr.  Frank T. Davies in Callao, Peru. Mr. Davies was formerly with the Carnegie institution in Washington.

 

"We had quite a harrowing experience here on May 24th but the loss of life, injuries and damage were made much more severe owing to the rotten construction of many of the buildings. My curiosity regarding personal experience of earthquakes is not quite satisfied. In future I only want to study them from a distance My chief impression was of the enormous clouds of dust, following the quake. Some changes in the contour of the seaward side of the Island of San Lorenzo occurred, and quite large differences in ocean depths have occurred off the coast in some places, mainly to the south of Callao. There appears to have been specially destructive effects along a line bearing 133 degrees true ( as nearly as I can estimate it) running through the Terminal Maritimo South East through Callao market, Bella Vista, and skirting the coast, missing Madalena and Miraflores, thence passing through the  suburb of Chorillos. This appears to be a fault line. Destruction was very severe for about a third of a mile on either side of the line delineated, and considerably less on the ocean and landward sides of this line. If it weren't for the miserable house construction I do not think the damage would have been much outside of this half-to-two-thirds of a mile path.  Numbers of temporary frame houses are now being build to house the population. Large numbers of poorer people of Callao, Barranco and Chorillos are homeless at present and are being cared for in camps.  There was a tidal effect but this was not serious. A rise and fall of several feet occurred in the water level three times between noon and half past twelve. The quake occurred here at 11h 34m 75 degrees WMT.  My own impression was that sensible movement lasted for two minutes at least. A large number of buildings that apparently stood the shocks were certainly unsafe now and would be very dangerous to stay in if another quake occurred.  My children weren't worried; the baby in fact laughed because she thought the ceiling lamp swinging to and fro, was amusing.  I have walked around the town and docks. The only marked evidence of road movement is in the dock area, which, I understand, rests on reclaimed land. Subsidences of from 15 to 2 inches have occurred over considerable areas. Reinforced concrete warehouses have been damaged to a considerable extent, and railway lines twisted.  Some temblores have occurred since May 24th. of which two have been strong. I have slept through several temblores which I have been told occurred at night. Under the present over-nervous condition of people, these temblores have been more widely noticed than was the case with similar effects previous to the quake."

 

 5 24 19 17 40 1959  17.610  -97.170  63 7.0   Oaxaca, Mexico

 

 5 24 20  0 11 1990   5.440   31.910  33 7.1   Sudan

 

Some buildings damaged in the Juba area. Felt in the Kapenguria area and at Nakuru, Kenya. Also felt in Uganda.

 

 5 24 20  9 17 1990  -7.800  120.700 580 7.1   Flores Island area

 

Additional buildings damaged in the Jubo, Sudan area. Felt in the Kapenguria area and at Nakura, Kenya and in Uganda.  The largest earthquake in Sudan in modern times.

 

 5 24 23 51 28 1993 -22.671  -66.543 221 7.0   Argentina

 

Felt in Jujuy, Salta and Tucuman Provinces. Also felt (V) in the Antofagasta-Taltal-Calama area; (IV) at Mejillones, San Pedro and Tocopilla; (III) at Iquique and (II) at Copiapo, Chile.  Felt (III) at Arequipa, Peru.

 

 5 24 05 44 48 2013  54.892  153.221 598 8.3   Sea of Okhotsk

 

(NEIC) Felt (V) at Severo-Kuril'sk; (IV) at Tymovskoye and Uglegorsk; (III) at Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia. Also felt at Berdsk, Moscow, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy and Samara. Felt (II) at Delhi and Gurgaon, India. Also felt at Chandigarh and Noida. Felt (II) at Tokyo, Japan. Also felt at Aomori and Furukawa and in Sapporo, Sendai and Yokohama. Felt at Vancouver, Canada; Chongqing, Chengdu and Xichang, China; Astana and Atyrau, Kazakhstan. Felt (II) at Anchor Point and Juneau, Alaska. Also felt at Homer, Kodiak, Palmer and Petersburg. Felt at Goleta and Irvine, California.  Also felt at Honolulu, Hawaii and at Seattle, Washington. Recorded (3 JMA) in northern Hokkaido and in Chiba, 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

 

 5 24  3 36 35 1957  52.500 -167.500   0 6.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 24  0 40 24 1964  60.160 -147.700  17 5.0   Central Alaska

 5 24  5 49  6 1966  39.500 -125.500   1 5.0   Off Coast California

 5 24 18 47 10 1973  51.581 -173.378  25 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 24  6 16 56 1978  51.240 -179.240  28 6.7   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 24  6 33 18 1978  51.144 -179.074  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 24  9 53  5 1978  51.130 -179.170  43 5.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 24 10  3 36 1980  39.937 -111.966   5 5.0   Utah area

 

Intensity V at Goshen, few windows cracked, underground pipes reported broken, buildings shook slightly, felt by and awakened many.  At Santaquin small objects and light furniture moved. Hanging pictures fell, felt by and awakened many.

 

 5 24 22  4 44 1985  51.124 -178.271  18 5.8   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 24 16 44 57 1986  51.050 -175.910  33 5.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 24 12 50 20 1992  51.788 -176.118  49 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 24 19  7 18 1993  52.120 -172.160  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 24 11  2 13 1995  61.007 -150.119  42 5.6   Central Alaska

 

Felt (V) at Anchorage, Chugiak, Moose Pass, Palmer, and Tyonek; (IV) at Cooper Landing, Hope, Kenai, Seward, Sterling, Talkeetna and Willow. Also felt at Wasilla. Felt in much of south-central Alaska.        

 

 5 25 05 10 55 2000  52.633 -167.066  33 5.4   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 25 05 36 31 2002  53.815 -161.116  33 6.4   Unimak Island, Alaska

 5 25 19 18 25 2008  56.087 -153.780  22 6.0   Kodiak Island, Alaska

 5 25 21 18 45 2010  63.492 -127.049   5 5.3   Northwest Territory, 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

 

 5 23  0  0 00 1761  24.400  102.500   0 6.0   CHINA

 

Moderate damage (VIII) at Yunnan Province, China. 120 killed.

 

 5 23  0  0 00 1795  17.000  -96.300   0 0.0   MEXICO

 

Severe damage in Oaxaca, Mexico

 

 5 23  0  0 00 1834  31.300   35.600   0 6.3   JORDAN

 

Moderate damage (IX) at  Al-Karak; Israel:  Nabulus

 

 5 23  2 24  6 1912  21.000   97.000  25 7.9   Myanmar

 

Severe damage. Intensity IX a few were killed.

 

 5 23  2 10 00 1925  35.700  135.000   0 6.8   JAPAN

 

Severe damage. 395 killed at HONSHU 

 

 5 23  7 18 28 1938  36.500  141.000  60 7.4   Off East Coast Honshu

 5 23  8 21 53 1938  18.000  119.500  80 7.0   Luzon, Philippines

 5 23 20 48 28 1956 -15.410 -178.730 396 7.5   Tonga Islands

 5 23 17 24 16 1968 -41.666  171.922  21 7.1   So. Island, N.Z.

 

3 killed, $3 million damage.

 

 5 23 10 54 46 1989 -52.371  160.642  10 8.1   Balleny Islands

 

Felt V on  Campbell Island, Macquarie Islands. Small tsunami along the southeastern coast of Tasmania and in Jervis Bay and Sydney Harbour, Australia. The largest event ever to be registered in this region.

 

 5 23 17 19 04 2013 -23.009 -177.232 173 7.4   Tonga 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

 

 

 5 23 11 57 30 1918  27.000 -111.000   0 6.8   Gulf of California

 5 23  8 16  0 1937  46.600 -112.000   0 5.0   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 

Strongly felt at Helena, MT.

 

 5 23 15 47 29 1942  32.983 -115.983  16 5.0   So. California

 5 23 19 54  0 1953  40.500 -111.500   0 5.0   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 

North-central Utah. Shocks alarmed residents of Salt Lake City and Herriman.  Houses rocked, furniture shifted.

 

 5 23 23 52 43 1954  34.983 -118.983  16 5.1   So. California

 

Felt by some in community at Antelope Station where windows, doors and dishes rattled, houses creaked. Trees bushes shaken slightly.  Sharp jolt at Bakersfield. Felt throughout southern California.

 

 5 23 13  4 37 1969  53.372 -160.157  32 5.6   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 23 15 12 30 1975  51.220 -131.230  18 5.1   British Colombia

 5 23  2 25  7 1978  57.768 -156.272 127 5.5   Alaska Peninsula

 5 23 13 44 41 1979  56.575 -156.365  37 5.0   Alaska Peninsula

 5 23 23 18 39 1986  59.330 -153.560  33 5.2   Southern Alaska

 5 23  1 15  4 1990  44.260 -127.480   5 5.0   Off Coast of Oregon

 5 23 15 48  7 1995  51.000 -176.000   0 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 23 17 36 50 1999  51.596 -178.272  49 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 23 15 10 35 2005  51.043  178.506  32 5.0   Rat Islands, Aleutians

 5 23 03 33 09 2008  51.638  177.916  55 5.4   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

 

 5 22  0  0 00 1202  33.200   35.300   0 0.0   ISRAEL

 

Severe at Nabulus, Israel. 30000 killed. This large earthquake may have occurred on May 20 instead of May 22. The shock was felt from Lesser Armenia, parts of Anatolia and Iran to Egypt and in the western Mediterranean to Iran. A strong tsunami was generated and was associated with extensive damage in Syrian and Cyprus suggesting a magnitude of about M 7.6. Acre and Tyre were severely damage with extensive loss of life with intensities around X. Reports indicated that a number of cities were "swallowed up". Total destruction occurred in Nablus except for some walls in the "Street of the Samaritans: The earthquake was felt with intensity IV at Jerusalem. The mainshock occurred at dawn when most people were still in bed and this probably contributed to the high death toll. This event was extensively written about in: "An analysis of the Eastern Mediterranean Earthquake of 20 May 2002" by N.N Ambraseys and C.F. Melville in Historical Seismograms and Earthquakes of the World, 1988, Academic Press.

 

 5 22 16  0  0 1782 -33.000  -69.200  30 7.0   Central Chile

 5 22  6 25  0 1910  42.000  145.000  60 7.5   Hokkaido, Japan

 5 22  6 31 27 1918 -17.000 -177.500 380 7.0   Tonga Islands

 5 22 22 32 42 1927  36.800  102.000  60 8.3   So. China

 

Extreme damage, 200,000 killed in Qinghai province, China

 

 5 22 13 36 10 1956  -4.000  153.000 500 7.0   New Britain

 5 22 10 32 42 1960 -37.700  -72.700  60 7.4   Central Chile

 5 22 18 55 55 1960 -39.000  -72.000   0 7.8   Central Chile

 5 22 19 11 14 1960 -38.200  -72.600  33 8.3   Central Chile

 

Severe Damage along the Chile coast at Valdivia, Puerto Montt, Alerce, Rinihue (XI to XII). Up to 5700 killed. Damage estimated at $600-$800 million. This may be one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the world. The foreshocks caused people to become concerned and to gather in the streets so that when the mainshock occurred at 03:11 p.m.  on Sunday afternoon, May 22 casualties were minimized despite the fall of houses and other architecture. Motion of the ground was as if one were on high swells at sea. Cars and trucks moved back and forth by up to a meter due to the movement of the ground at Conception, Chile. The active area of the earthquake swarm occurred over a distance of about 200 by 2000 km. Landslides, liquefaction and a great tsunami occurred. Most of the damage was associated with a tsunami which reached heights up to 10 feet.  The tsunami arrived after some residents had returned to their homes to clean up. At Quelle an estimated 500 residents were killed by the tsunami because they returned to their homes too early. A similar earthquake appears to have affected the same area in 1575. This earthquake was extensively discussed in: "Los Terremotos de Mayo - Chile 1960" Technical Artical 14, Michelson Laboratories, China Lake, CA, August 1961.

 

 5 22 16 43 59 1971  38.850   40.520   3 7.0   Turkey

 

Severe damage at Bingol and Genc, Turkey, 755-995 killed.

 

 5 22  6  4  0 1972  16.600  122.300  34 7.4   Luzon, Philippines

 5 22 20 45 57 1972 -17.689 -175.189 227 7.1   Tonga 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

 

 5 22 20  0  0 1817  46.000  -69.000   0 5.7   Maine

 

Widely felt in Maine and New Brunswick

 

 5 22  0  0  0 1869  46.600 -112.000   0 5.0   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 

Threw down furniture at Helena, MT. Earth sounds like a large wagon on rough road.

 

 5 22 14 28  0 1910  40.749 -111.849   0 5.7   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 

At Salt Lake City, damage to chimneys and old buildings.

 

 5 22  2 19  0 1936  46.600 -112.000   0 5.7   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 

Strongly felt at Helena, MT.

 

 5 22 19 49 43 1950  51.560 -130.510   0 5.7   British Colombia

 5 22 13 29 48 1957  50.400 -176.900   0 6.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 22 16 25 40 1963  52.500 -165.500   0 5.6   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 22 16 20 49 1987  52.590 -164.710  48 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 22  9 39 54 1988  53.800 -163.330  31 6.1   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 22 19 18 47 1988  62.198 -124.189  10 5.2   Northwest Terr., Canada

 5 22  7 21 37 1989  52.798 -173.539 156 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 22 14  9 36 1992  27.500 -115.060  33 5.5   Gulf of California

 5 22 14 37 42 1992  56.920 -157.450  82 5.0   Alaska Peninsula

 5 22 17 30 58 2010  32.616 -115.773   3 5.0   Baja California

 

(NEIC). Felt (IV) at Mexicali and Tecate, (III) at Ensenada and Tijuana and (II) at Rosarito. Felt in much of northern Baja California and at San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora. Felt (V) at El Centro; (IV) at Brawley, Calexico, Calipatria, Heber, Imperial, Mountain Center and San Diego; (III) in much of San Diego County, California. Felt from the Los Angeles Basin and Blythe to the U.S.-Mexico border. Felt (II) at Yuma and Somerton, Arizona. Also felt at Wellton.

 

 5 22 18 47 42 2015  37.293 -114.655   4 5.3   Nevada

 

An earthquake of M 4.8-5.3 hit near Caliente, Nevada northeast of Las Vegas today.  It was followed by a series of aftershocks. Among these were events of M 3.8 and 3.4.  No major damage or injuries were reported 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

 

 5 21  0  0 00  512  39.000  113.000   0 0.0   CHINA:                                              48,52

 

Extreme damage (X), 5318 killed. Surface fissures were observed and considerable landslides were observed. Area of devastation was more than 350,000 sq. km. At least 3000 domestic animals were injured.     

 

 5 21  0  0 00 1219  36.000  106.200   0 6.5   CHINA:                                              48,52,96

 

Extreme damage (IX). 10000 people and 20,000 animals killed in the epicentral area.

 

 5 21 15  0  0 1241  35.000  136.000   0 7.0   No. Honshu, Japan

 5 21  0  0 00 1792  32.500  130.000   0 0.0   JAPAN:  HIZEN                                       68,137    

 

Extreme damage at Hizen, Kyushu, Japan. 15200 killed, A tsunami was generated.

 

 5 21 10 10  7 1932  12.000  -87.500  90 7.6   Nicaragua

 

Moderate damage was recorded.

 

 5 21  9 16 42 1946  14.500  -60.500  50 7.1   Windward Islands

 5 21 18 37 00 1950 -13.500  -72.000   0 6.0   PERU                      

 

80-120 killed. Severe damage at Cuzco.

 

 5 21  8 27 20 1951  -6.000  154.500 150 7.0   New Britain

 5 21  1 12  4 1957  21.730  144.250 113 7.0   Volcano Islands

 5 21 10  2 50 1960 -37.500  -73.500   0 7.2   Central Chile

 5 21 12  2 52 1962  37.100   96.000  25 7.2   So. China

 5 21 21 15 31 1962 -20.500 -177.000 400 7.0   Tonga Islands

 5 21  5 34 26 1998   0.207  119.584  33 7.2   Malaysia

 

Felt at Donggala, Palu and Tolitoli, Sulawesi

 

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

 

 5 21  2  1  0 1864  37.500 -122.000   0 5.8   Central California

 

At San Francisco in a few windows were broken. Felt from Monterey on the south to Sacramento and Santa Rosa (Sonoma County) on the north.

 

 5 21 15 36  2 1964  59.000 -153.500  15 5.3   Southern Alaska

 5 21  7 18 11 1967  27.810 -111.350   7 5.0   Gulf of California

 5 21 18 56 44 1971  52.540 -173.200  33 5.7   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 21  6 34 53 1975  60.194 -147.452   1 5.0   Central Alaska

 5 21  1 13  0 1985  54.900 -160.800   0 5.1   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 21 22 20 48 1985  53.815 -166.890  70 5.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 21 22 12 11 1986  51.060 -174.380  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 21  6 30 40 1990  52.393 -174.703  31 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 21 13  0  8 1990  53.910 -163.470  27 5.7   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 21  6 12 12 1993  51.900 -176.580  63 5.2   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

 

 5 20  0  0 00 1202  32.500   35.300   0 0.0   ISRAEL

 

Felt (XI) at Samaria, Ha Galil (Galilee), many killed, severe damage.

 

 5 20  0  0 00 1293  35.200  139.300   0 0.0   JAPAN                                   7

 

30000 killed at Kakakura

            

 5 20  0  0 00 1618  19.000   72.800   0 0.0   INDIA

 

Damage at Bombay, 2000 killed. 

 

 5 20 15  0  0 1751  37.010  138.020   0 7.2   No. Honshu, Japan

 

Severe damage, 2000 killed.

 

 5 20 22  0 00 1795   9.300  -13.400   0 5.2   SIERRA LEONE                                        214

 

Moderate damage (V)

 

 5 20 14 36  0 1918   7.500  -36.000  60 7.4   Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge

 5 20 17 55 10 1918 -28.500  -71.500  80 7.9   Coast Central Chile

 5 20  2 22 49 1931  37.500  -16.000  33 7.1   Morocco/Spain

 5 20 19 16 00 1932  36.600   53.400  12 5.4   IRAN

 

Severe damage (VIII) at Torbet-I-Kheydarly, Iran, 1070 killed.

 

 5 20  7 45 24 1953 -53.200 -134.000   0 7.2   Pacific-Antarctic Ridge

 5 20  0 40 11 1965 -14.700  167.400  16 7.3   Vanuatu Islands

 5 20 20  5 49 1968 -30.722 -178.392  46 7.0   So. Kermadec Islands

 5 20 21  9 45 1968  44.840  150.290  44 7.0   Hokkaido, Japan

 5 20  8 13 53 1979  56.232 -156.561   9 7.0   Alaska Peninsula

 

Felt at Kodiak Island and at King Salmon and Dillingham.

 

 5 20  2 22  1 1990   5.071   32.159  15 7.2   Congo/Uganda

 

Some buildings were damaged in the Juba, Sudan area. Also some damage in the Mayo area, Uganda. Felt in the Nakura area, Kenya and to the north.

 

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

 

 

 5 20 23 14 20 1953  50.260 -130.330   0 5.5   British Colombia

 5 20  1 50 54 1957  51.300 -179.600  33 5.8   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 20  5 32 16 1964  58.070 -149.310  26 5.0   Southern Alaska

 5 20 20 30 55 1970  51.460 -178.540  48 5.7   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 20  2 35 37 1971  52.210 -173.370  77 5.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 20  8  1  9 1971  42.307 -126.339  33 5.0   Off Coast of Oregon

 5 20  6 43 45 1972  58.117 -154.094  53 5.2   Southern Alaska

 5 20 21 26  8 1972  53.410 -160.000   0 5.2   Alaska Peninsula

 5 20  8 13 58 1979  56.651 -156.722  55 6.4   Alaska Peninsula

 

Felt at Kodiak Island and at King Salmon and Dillingham.

 

 5 20  6  9  8 1983  51.481 -173.278 250 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 20 13 48 36 1986  51.010 -177.150  33 5.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 20  5 40 20 1987  56.521 -152.836  33 5.1   Southern Alaska

 5 20  5 59 21 1987  57.100 -154.000   0 5.2   Southern Alaska

 5 20  6  9 26 1987  56.800 -151.700  33 5.0   Southern Alaska

 5 20  9 18 37 1998  51.986 -170.495  33 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 20 13 53 35 2008  51.162  178.759  27 6.3   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

 

 5 19  0  0 00 1884  26.600   56.200   0 0.0   IRAN

 

Severe damage at  Qeshm I, Bandar-e-Laft, Saheli, Tonbam, Direstan, Iran Intensity: VIII; 218 killed      

 

 5 19 17  8 21 1938  -1.000  120.000  60 7.9   Sulawesi area

 

Limited local damage (IX). 8 killed. A tsunami was generated.

 

 5 19  4 36 41 1940  32.733 -115.500  16 7.1   So. California

 

8 killed, $6 million estimated damage (VIII).

 

 5 19  0 19 19 1944  -2.500  152.800  50 7.2   New Britain

 5 19 14 58 15 1962  17.200  -99.500  33 7.2   Oaxaca, Mexico

 

Severe damage in Oaxaca, 30 killed. A tsunami was generated.

 

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

 

 5 19 11 10  0 1889  38.000 -121.900   0 6.1   Central California

 

Collinsville and Antioch, chimneys were destroyed. Slight damage was reported from Rio Vista, Lodi, Napan and San Francisco. Felt throughout most of Central California.

 

 5 19  0 35  0 1893  34.000 -119.500   0 5.8   So. California

 

SE of Ventura. Felt from San Diego to Lompoc and inland as far as San Bernardino. Highest intensity occurred in the region SE of Ventura.  Duration at Ventura was about 15 sec. No damage was reported, but it may have been potentially destructive. Submarine origin.

 

 5 19 18 31  0 1902  38.330 -121.920   0 5.5   Central California

 

Elmira. Nearly all chimneys fell at Elmira, some fell at Vacaville; slight damage occurred at Fairfield and Suisun City. The Shock was felt as far as San Francisco. Area of perceptibility exceeded 20,000 sq. miles.

 

 5 19  4 36 40 1940  32.700 -115.400   0 7.0   So. California

 

The epicenter was located SE of El Centro, but there was surface slipping with surface rupture over a known distance of 40 miles. This passes the international border about 8 miles E of Calexico. There was damage to towns in the Imperial Valley and canals were damaged.  Vertical displacement about 4 feet, horizontal displacement about 15 feet near the border.  The damage caused serious interruption to the water service in a region that depends on irrigation for crops.  Indirect loss to crops was considerable, direct earthquake loss in the U.S. about $6 million. Nine were killed.

 

At Imperial the city  water tanks collapsed and 80% of other buildings were damaged. At the more heavily populated town of Brawley there was greater total damage, but less percentage loss. 40% of buildings were damaged, mostly in the business district. At Holtville, the city water tank collapsed, but otherwise damage was minimal. Damage also at Calexico, Mexicali where a hotel was set afire by a short circuit.

 

 5 19  4 55  0 1940  32.766 -115.483   0 5.5   So. California

 5 19  5 51 34 1940  32.766 -115.483  16 5.5   So. California

 5 19  6 33 20 1940  32.766 -115.483  16 5.0   So. California

 5 19  6 35 40 1940  32.700 -115.400   0 5.5   So. California

 5 19 15  7  2 1945  40.600 -126.400   0 6.2   Off Coast of No. California

 5 19 15 37 35 1964  57.040 -152.760  18 5.1   Southern Alaska

 5 19  6 17 12 1965  27.600 -110.900  33 5.6   Gulf of California

 5 19  7  6 28 1966  54.040 -164.080  37 5.6   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 19 17 48 35 1983  51.562 -174.190  18 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 19  2 37 35 1986  52.284 -174.941  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 19  3 19  6 1986  52.283 -174.896  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 19 20 21 59 1986  52.450 -179.950  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 19 23 26 46 1986  51.801 -179.712  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 19  2 21 56 1989  54.305 -165.574 104 6.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 19 14 13 23 1993  37.135 -117.791   8 5.0   California/Nevada area

 

Felt VI at Bishop, Big Pine. Also Felt at Dyer and Beatty, NV.

 

 5 19 20 34 28 2000  59.112 -152.925  69 5.8   Southern Alaska

 5 19 01 12 29 2005  60.018 -152.693  95 5.5   Southern Alaska

 

(NEIC) Felt(IV) at Anchorage, Anchor Point, Chugiak, Clam Gulch, Eagle River, Girdwood, Homer, Kasilof, Kenai, Ninilchik, Palmer, Seward, Soldotna, Sterling and Wasilla.

 

 5 19 00 39 00 2010  32.652 -115.835   7 5.1   Baja California

 

(NEIC) Felt (IV) at Boulevard, Brawley, Calexico, El Centro, Holtville, Imperial and Ocotillo; (III) at Alpine, Borrego Springs, Calipatria, Campo, Cardiff-by- the-Sea, Chula Vista, El Cajon, Escondido, Julian, Lakeside, National City, Pauma Valley, San Diego, Santa Ana and Temecula. Felt in much of Southern California from Los Angeles and Blythe to the U.S.- Mexico border. Felt (IV) at Mexicali, (III) at Ensenada and (II) at Tijuana, Baja California. Also felt at Maneadero and Tecate. Felt (II) at Yuma, Arizona. Also felt at Phoenix.

 

 5 19 22 23 23 2012  52.068 -171.728  40 5.0   Fox 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

 

 5 18  0  0  0 1695  36.000  111.500   0 8.0   So. China

 

Extreme damage (X), 30,000 killed

 

 5 18 16 25  0 1875   7.900  -72.500  20 7.5   Colombia

 

Severe damage at Cucuta, San Jose, Cayetano, Colombia. 461-16000 killed.

 

 5 18 13 45  6 1905  -4.000  149.000  60 7.5   New Ireland

 5 18  2  8 53 1913  14.500  145.500  60 7.1   So. Marianas/Guam

 5 18 22 44 44 1971  63.900  146.100  33 7.0   Eastern Siberia, Russia

 5 18  3  7 32 1987  48.783  149.048 497 7.0   So. Kurils

 5 18 23 31 16 1995  43.445  147.961 115 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

 

 5 18  0  0  0 1791  41.500  -72.400   0 6.4   New England

 

East Haddam, Conn. Two heavy shocks caused the collapse of stone walls and chimneys. Latched doors were thrown open. A fissure several rods long appeared in the ground and rocks weighing several tons were moved. At Killingworth (now Clinton), fish were observed leaping out of the water.  Felt from Boston to New York. About 30  lighter shocks followed in a short time and over 100 were felt during the night.

 

 5 18 10 23 56 1919  56.000 -136.000   0 6.0   Southeast Alaska

 5 18  5  3 58 1940  34.083 -116.300  16 7.1   So. California

 5 18  5 51 20 1940  34.067 -116.333   0 5.2   So. California

 5 18  7 21 33 1940  34.066 -116.333  16 5.0   So. California

 

The epicenter was located SE of El Centro, but there was surface slipping with surface rupture over a known distance of 40 miles. This passes the international border about 8 miles E of Calexico. There was damage to towns in the Imperial Valley and canals were damaged.  Vertical displacement about 4 feet, horizontal displacement about 15 feet near the border.  The damage caused serious interruption to the water service in a region that depends on irrigation for crops.  Indirect loss to crops was considerable, direct earthquake loss in the U.S. about $6 million. Nine were killed.  At Imperial the city  water tanks collapsed and 80% of other buildings were damaged. At the more heavily populated town of Brawley there was greater total damage, but less percentage loss. 40% of buildings were damaged, mostly in the business district. At Holtville, the city water tank collapsed, but otherwise damage was minimal. Damage also at Calexico, Mexicali where a hotel was set afire by a short circuit.

 

 

 5 18  9 55 14 1956  62.300 -145.000 103 5.5   Central Alaska

 5 18  5 24  6 1957  51.190 -171.270   0 6.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 18  1  4 30 1964  74.300  -97.400  15 5.5   Nunavit/Hudson Bay, Canada

 5 18  8 44  4 1969  60.340 -145.930   6 5.4   Central Alaska

 5 18 15 42 59 1975  63.173 -150.255 108 5.3   Central Alaska

 5 18 15 32 11 1980  46.207 -122.190   2 5.3   Washington state, U.S.

 

Mt. St Helens eruption. The May 18 eruption was apparently triggered by this earthquake, not appreciably different from many preceding, that caused multiple failures of the bulging north flank and produced great avalanches of rock debris. This lead to a northward directed lateral blast driven by steam from hydrothermal explosions that devastated an area of nearly 600 square km.  Lightning and other electrical phenomena associated with the eruption were so spectacular that many witnesses mentioned them. There was a heavy concentration of cloud-to-cloud lightning.  Others observed ball lightning streaking toward the ground connected neither to the cloud nor with the ground. It was like a group of balls all going in the same direction, but much too fast to have been projectiles. After the cloud passed overhead, lots of lightning stated 600-800 ft in the air and formed "big balls, big as a pickup and just started rolling across the ground and bouncing." A massive mud flow also occurred on the south Fork Toutle River beginning less than 10 min after the beginning of the eruption.  A witness crossed the flow path and said it was like "warm concrete".  Ash was known to coat cars as far away as the east coast U.S.  following this eruption. 32 were killed in this eruption.

 

 5 18  2 40  8 1981  51.303 -175.047  19 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 18  0 49 34 1983  40.853 -127.278  10 5.0   Off Coast of California

 5 18 14 22 41 1986  51.504 -174.753   0 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 18 15 44 16 1992  33.990 -116.380   3 5.1   So. California

 

Felt V at Indio, Palm Springs, Yuca Valley. Felt in Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties.

 

 5 18  1  3  6 1993  37.152 -117.762   3 5.3   California/Nevada area

 5 18 23 48 56 1993  37.280 -117.950  10 5.3   California/Nevada area

 

Minor damage at Independence and Lone Pine, CA. Felt V at Big Pine, Bishop, Mojave, North Fork and Olancha.  Felt throughout a wide area of California and Nevada from the San Francisco Bay area, Sacramento and Los Angeles. California to Carson City, Ely and Los Vegas were accompanied by a large rockslide about 7 km east of Eureka Valley and IV-V in the Mammoth Lakes, CA area.

 

 5 18  8  4 19 1993  61.031 -149.953  51 5.2   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

 

 5 18  0  0 00 1695  36.000  111.500   0 0.0   CHINA:                                              48

 

Extreme Damage (X), 30000 killed.

 

 5 17  0  0 00 1703  26.600   54.900   0 6.8   IRAN

 

Severe damage at Qeshm Island, Iran. Strong damage at Qais-Hingan and Kish-Hengam, Iran.

 

 5 17 21  0  0 1841  52.500  159.500  30 8.4   Kamchatka

 

Maximum intensity: XI, near Petropavlovsk. A tsunami was generated which was observed from Kamchatka to Hawaii where the height was 4.6 meters. The tsunami left the reef bare at Oahu, Hawaii and was destructive in Kamchatka where a ship broke loose and huts and yurts were washed away (Source: Preliminary Catalog of Tsunamis occurring in the Pacific Ocean, 1967, Iida, Cox and Pararas-Carayannis).

 

 5 17 18  0  0 1868  -1.330  -78.450   0 7.3   Ecuador

 5 17  8  2 54 1909 -20.000  -64.000 250 7.1   Bolivia/Brazil

 5 17  2 24 50 1941 -10.000  166.300  60 7.4   No. of Santa Cruz Islands

 5 17 18 13 13 1950 -21.000  169.000  40 7.0   Loyalty Islands

 5 17 14 49 49 1955   6.700   93.700  60 7.3   Nicobar Islands

 5 17 17 19 31 1965  22.390  121.210  72 7.0   Taiwan

 5 17  2 58 41 1976  40.400   63.500  10 7.3   Uzbekistan

 

Severe damage (X) at Gazli and Bukahna.   Six killed and 10,000 homeless in the Gazli area. Damage occurred in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan and Kazakhstan.

 

 5 17  9 49 19 1992   7.239  126.645  33 7.1   Central Philippines

 5 17 10 15 31 1992   7.180  126.690  33 7.4   Central Philippines

 

Minor damage at Tamdag amd Boislog. Felt V at Cagoyan de Oro.  A small tsunami was generated.

 

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

 

 

 5 17 15 38 18 1958  51.000  -79.000   0 6.1   Quebec, Canada

 5 17  0 50 18 1964  59.400 -142.700  35 6.0   Southeast Alaska

 5 17  4 41 45 1964  53.540 -159.560  33 5.4   Alaska Peninsula

 5 17  0 55 50 1971  52.510 -173.300  41 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 17 16  0  0 1973  39.793 -108.366   0 5.1   Colorado area

 5 17 12 34 10 1985  54.200 -166.200   0 5.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 17  8  0 17 1986  52.200 -175.400   0 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 17 16 20 24 1986  52.260 -174.292  26 6.6   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 17 16 31 58 1986  52.400 -173.700   0 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 17  6  6 13 1993  54.981 -160.038  33 5.7   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 17  6 43 32 1993  63.330 -150.540 145 5.1   Central Alaska

 5 17 23 20 49 1993  37.171 -117.775   7 6.2   California/Nevada area

 5 17 23 36 10 1993  37.145 -117.780  13 5.1   California/Nevada area

 

Minor damage at Independence and Lone Pine California. Felt throughout a large area of California and Nevada from San Francisco to Carson City, Ely and Las Vegas, Nevada. A large rockslide occurred about 7 km east of Eureka Valley Sand Dunes.

 

 5 17 02 20 53 2007  53.415 -169.577 133 5.0   Fox 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

 

 5 16  0  0 00 1875   7.900  -72.500   0 0.0   COLOMBIA

 

Severe Damage at Cucuta, Venezuela, Seberatina, Venezuela.  14000-16000 killed.

 

 5 16 21 10 00 1892  14.000  143.300   0 0.0   GUAM                                72  

 

Severe damage at Agana, Guam, A tsunami was generated.

 

 5 16 20 12  0 1900  20.000 -105.000  25 7.8   Jalisco, Mexico

 5 16 13 23 11 1951 -15.000  -69.500 192 7.9   Central Peru

 5 16  4  1 00 1964  38.300  139.100   0 8.0   JAPAN

 

Damage at Niigata , Japan. $800 million damage, 26 killed.

 

 5 16  0 48 53 1968  40.733  143.583   7 7.9   Hokkaido, Japan

 5 16 10 39  1 1968  41.417  142.850  40 8.0   Hokkaido, Japan

 

Severe damage (VI) at Tokachi-Oki, Aomori Perfecture, Japan, A tsunami was generated. Estimated $131 million damage, 48 killed.

 

 5 16 20 12 44 1995 -23.008  169.900  20 7.8   Loyalty Islands

 

Felt III at Noumea, New Caledonia. A tsunami with maximum height 30 cm was recorded as far away as New South Wales, Australia.

 

 5 16  0 51 20 1999  -4.751  152.486  74 7.1   New Britain

 

Felt strongly in Gazelle Peninsula. Also felt in other parts of New Britain and on New Ireland.

 

 5 16 10 39 23 2006 -31.810 -179.307 152 7.4   Kermadec Islands, N.Z.

 

(NEIC)  Felt (III) at Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand. Also felt at Auckland, Gisborne, Hastings, Napier, Tauranga and Wanganui, New Zealand. Also felt on Kapiti Island, New Zealand.

 

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

 

 5 18 13  0  0 1791  41.500  -72.400   0 6.4   New England

 

East Haddam, Conn. Two heavy shocks caused the collapse of stone walls and chimneys. Latched doors were thrown open. A fissure several rods long appeared in the ground and rocks weighing several tons were moved. At Killingworth (now Clinton), fish were observed leaping out of the water.  Felt from Boston to New York. About 30  lighter shocks followed in a short time and over 100 were felt during the night.

 

 5 16  0 14  0 1909  47.500 -111.290   0 6.5   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 5 16  2 36 24 1941  40.400 -126.000   0 6.0   Off Coast of No. California

 5 16 14 44 51 1964  57.560 -150.950   5 5.2   Southern Alaska

 5 16  7 57 47 1975  54.054 -163.151   5 5.3   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 16  8 35 15 1976  48.800 -123.351  60 5.1   Washington state, U.S.

 

Vancouver Island region.  Minor damage occurred at Deming. WA - plaster and dry wall cracked. and Lake Cowichan and Victoria, B.C.

 

 5 16 22 34  5 1980  49.610 -128.020  10 5.0   Vancouver Island area

 5 16 15 59 52 1986  51.819 -175.265  46 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 16 16  8 29 1987  51.530 -175.930  33 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 16 12 21  9 1989  43.340 -127.810  14 5.9   Off Coast of Oregon

 5 16 17  5  4 1989  59.500 -151.200   0 5.1   Southern Alaska

 5 16 23 26 59 1989  53.100 -169.200   0 5.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 16  3 19 11 1993  51.385 -178.443  33 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 16  3 42 20 1993  51.372 -178.586  33 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 16 18 22 26 2009  56.450 -152.426  20 5.9   Kodiak Island, Alaska

 5 16 18 37 40 2009  56.253 -152.220  21 5.3   Kodiak 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

 

 5 15  0  0 00  818  36.800   66.200  50 7.5   INDIA: 

 

Severe damage at Hindu-Kush, and Balkha, Kazahkstan, Felt: MMI: VIII          

 

 5 15  0  0 00 1344  32.600   51.700   0 0.0   IRAN: 

 

Limited damage at Esfahan, 20 killed. 

 

 5 15  0  0 00 1568  34.400  109.000   0 0.0   CHINA:                                              48

 

Felt in China with MMI IX;   200 killed,  Moderate damage

 

 5 15 21  0 00 1754  13.600  121.100   0 0.0   PHILIPPINES

 

Extreme (X) damage at Taal Volcano, Philippines.

 

 5 15  0  0 00 1793  30.500  101.500   0 0.0   CHINA:                                              48

 

Felt with MMI VIII;  200 killed,  limited damage

    

 5 15  8 31 36 1908  59.000 -141.000  25 7.0   Southeast Alaska

 5 15 11 56 57 1925 -26.000  -71.500  50 7.1   Coast Central Chile

 5 15  5 23 46 1962  -7.200  128.600   0 7.0   Banda Sea

 5 15 17 13 15 1970  50.200   91.300  33 7.2   So. Siberia

 5 15  8  9 55 1976   4.470   19.300   7 7.0   Central Africa

 5 15 14 38 00 1986  29.600   69.400  18 5.2   PAKISTAN: 

 

Severe damage at Barkham, Matakari, Hamtarot

 

 5 15  7  5  4 1992  -6.030  147.660  50 7.2   New Ireland

 

Slight Damage at Lae, eastern 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

 

 5 15  8 31 36 1908  59.000 -141.000  25 7.0   Southeast Alaska

 

SE Alaska. At Katalla, there were sharp shocks in rapid succession during which buildings rocked. Rockslides were reported at Yakataga.  Felt from Sitka to Seward.

 

 5 15 15 47  0 1910  33.700 -117.400   0 6.0   So. California

 

Lake Elsinore region. Chimneys toppled in the district between Corona and Wildomar where rocks rolled down the hillside. Felt to Barstow and Ventura.

 

 5 15 13  2 32 1954  47.400 -122.500   0 5.0   Washington state, U.S.

 

Puget Sound. A moderately strong shock. Felt throughout NW Washington Slight damage occurred at Belfair, Lake Stevens, North Bend, Seattle and Skykomish.

 

 5 15 19 40 35 1964  31.500 -113.700  16 5.0   Baja California

 5 15 14 46  7 1966  51.510 -178.360  33 5.7   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 15 13  4  5 1974  52.420 -168.770   0 5.2   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 15 15 50 48 1977  52.536 -167.980  38 5.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 15 18 48 51 1982  50.574 -129.747  10 5.7   British Colombia

 5 15  6 38 36 1986  52.326 -174.724  15 6.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 15  6 42 33 1986  51.483 -174.569  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 15  8 18 48 1986  52.317 -174.526  33 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 15  9 34  7 1986  53.200 -174.600   0 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 15  8 44  7 1987  56.720 -153.650  33 5.2   Southern Alaska

 5 15 22  6 24 1992  52.093 -171.814  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 15 21 52 24 1993  51.250 -178.650  33 6.8   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt (V) on Adak and (IV) on Amchitka.

 

 5 15 22  3 11 1993  51.222 -178.589  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 15 22 13 38 1993  51.314 -178.516  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 15 22 32 30 1993  51.341 -178.783  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 15 13 22 13 1999  37.494 -118.617   0 5.6   California/Nevada area

 

Small items knocked from shelves in the epicentral area. Felt in many parts of central California as far north as Placerville as far south as Valencia. Followed by a M4.6 aftershock.

 

 5 15  5 58 13 2000  49.990 -130.140  10 5.2   Vancouver Island area

 5 15  7 11 42 2000  49.940 -130.330  10 5.6   Vancouver Island area

 5 15 07 06 20 2002  43.410 -127.076  10 5.4   Off Coast of Oregon

 5 15 18 24 13 2009  56.264 -151.984  10 5.2   Kodiak Island, Alaska

 5 15 19 23 13 2009  56.294 -151.971  10 5.2   Kodiak Island, Alaska

 5 15 12 04 58 2016  52.555 -167.959  36 5.4   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 15 05 51 00 2016  63.121 -151.012 131 5.4   Central Alaska

 

NEIC reported it was felt with intensity IV in Willow, and II-III in Talkeetna, Seward, Kasilof, Valdez, Delta Junction, Sterling, Girdwood, Anchorage, Eagle River, Elmendorf AFB, Palmer, Chugiak, Wasilla, Healy and Cantwell, Alaska.  No immediate damage was reported from this intermediate depth earthquake nor should any be expected.

 

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

 

 5 14  3 30  0 1647 -35.000  -72.000   0 8.5   Central Chile

 

Maximum intensity XI; moderate damage, 1000 killed.

 

 5 14  4  0  0 1895  39.500   20.500   0 7.5   No. Greece

 

Severe damaged. maximum MMI: X at Margarition-Filiates, Thesprotia

 

 5 14 22 14 46 1928  -5.000  -78.000  60 7.3   Ecuador

 5 14 22 12 00 1928  -5.000  -78.000   0 7.3   PERU

 

Damage at CHACAHPOYAS,HUANCABAMBA,CAJAMARCA,PINPINCOS, Peru, MMI: X, 29 killed $8 million damage.

         

 5 14 13 11  0 1932   0.500  126.000  60 8.3   Mindanao, Philippines

 

Severe damage (VII) at Sulawesi, Karas, Langowan, Poso, Tondano 6 killed.

 

 5 14 23 23 10 1935 -59.000  -26.500 155 7.0   So. Sandwich Islands

 5 14  2 13 18 1942  -0.800  -81.500  60 8.3   Ecuador

 

Severe damage ($2.5 million); 200 killed; MMI: IX on coast of Ecuador.  It was damaging along the coast and at Guayaquil, Portoviejo, Bahia de Caraquez, Manta, Junin etc. and caused much destruction to buildings and injuries and deaths especially in Guayaquil, Portoviejo and Guaranda. Source: "Breve Historia Sismica de la Republica del Ecuador" por el Observatrio, Astronomico de Quito, revised by Jose Ecred A. Published in the Biographical Bulletin of American Geophysics and Oceanography, Vol. IV Parte Geofisica, 1965-1967, Mexico, 1968.

 

 5 14 22 31 43 1948  54.500 -161.000  60 7.5   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 14 22 39 28 1954  35.933  137.350 240 7.0   No. Honshu, Japan

 5 14 19 32 55 1969  51.290 -179.850  22 7.0   Andreanoff 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

 

 5 14 13 14  0 1934  31.000 -114.500  16 5.5   Baja California

 5 14 22 12 46 1934  57.750 -152.250  60 6.5   Southern Alaska

 

Kodiak and Whale Island rocked severely. Everyone ran outdoors in Kodiak fearing buildings might collapse. Merchandise fell from shelves, plaster cracked landslide about a mile from Kodiak blocked about 60 feet of road. Shock was said to be the worst since 1900. Intensity V at Kanatak and Seward.

 

 5 14 22 31 43 1948  54.500 -161.000  60 7.5   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 14  7 41 43 1953  50.070 -129.590   0 5.0   British Colombia

 5 14 17 41 21 1958  46.970  -76.550   0 5.4   New York State

 5 14 13 52 14 1964  65.300  -86.500  10 5.5   Nunavit/Hudson Bay, Canada

 5 14 14 46 15 1966  51.900 -177.700  66 5.9   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 14 19 32 55 1969  51.290 -179.850  22 6.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 14 20 10 40 1969  51.290 -179.890  15 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 14 19 34 23 1972  50.842 -179.293  50 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 14  3 54 22 1986  51.500 -172.800   0 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 14  4  2 33 1986  51.760 -178.410  33 5.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 14  7 59 49 1986  51.545 -173.488  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 14  7 22 13 2001  54.594 -142.743  10 5.2   Queen Charlotte Island area

 5 14  5 00 30 2002  36.967 -121.600   8 5.2   Northern California         

 

Felt VI with slight damage at Aromas and Gilroy east of San Francisco.  Felt throughout the San Francisco Bay area and north to Guerneville and south to San Luis Obispo.

 

 5 14 02 45 21 2012  51.445 -174.832  25 5.0   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

 

 5 13  0  0 00  986  36.200   43.100   0 0.0   IRAQ

 

Severe damage at AL-MAWSIL (MOSUL), Iraq. Many killed. MMI: VIII

 

 5 13  0  0  0 1647 -14.000  -76.500  40 7.9   Central Peru

 

Severe damage at Santiago. 2000 killed.

 

 5 13  0  0  0 1695  36.000  111.500   0 8.0   So. China

 5 13  0  0  0 1717  39.000  142.700   0 7.6   Off East Coast Honshu

 5 13 12 36  0 1784 -16.500  -72.000  70 8.0   So. Peru/Bolivia

 

Moderate damage at Arequipa, Camana, Moquegua, Peru (IX). 54 killed a tsunami was generated.

 

 5 13 11 22  0 1897  12.300  123.300  60 7.9   Luzon, Philippines

 5 13 12 30  0 1897  12.000  124.000  60 7.9   Luzon, Philippines

 

Severe damage (VIII) at Masbate Island.

 

 5 13  6 34  6 1903 -17.000  168.000  60 7.9   Vanuatu Islands

 5 13  4 23 00 1990 -40.300  176.100  21 6.7   NEW ZEALAND

 

Moderate damage (VIII) at  DANNEVIRKE,  WELLINGTON      

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

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

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 5 13  6 20  0 1910  33.670 -117.320   0 5.0   So. California

 

Lake Elsinore region. Chinmneys toppled in the district between Corona and Wildomar where rocks rolled down the hillside. Felt to Barstow, Ventura and San Diego.

 

 5 13  7 58  6 1910  57.000 -160.000 100 6.8   Alaska Peninsula

 5 13 17 15  0 1914  41.224 -111.959   0 5.7   UTah              

 

Windows were broken and chimneys thrown down at Ogden. Probably caused by a slip in the Wasatch Fault near the Idaho line.  Felt 30 miles south of Salt Lake City and over a distance of 140 miles.

 

 5 13  2 30  0 1916  43.700 -116.200   0 5.6   Montana/Idaho

 

Boise ID. Strong shock. Chimneys were wrecked, and people rushed into the street. Strong at Weiser, 60 miles west. The epicenter was probably NW of Boise. Reclamation ditches were damaged and the flow of gas was altered.  Felt at Loon Creek, 120 miles northeast and reported felt at Anaconda MT, 240 miles NE. Also felt in eastern Oregon.

 

 5 13 14  6  0 1936  46.600 -112.000   0 5.7   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 

Felt strongly at Helena MT.

 

 5 13 16  1 45 1941  40.000 -126.000   0 6.0   Off Coast of No. California

 

Felt strongly along the coast at widely separated points and at 2 towns in Oregon. Maximum intensity V. Cracked plaster at Santa Cruz.  Hanging objects swung at Ferndale.

 

 5 13 16  7 12 1960  54.960 -161.510   0 6.2   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 13 17 50 19 1963  61.100 -151.000  96 5.4   Central Alaska

 5 13  5 18 55 1967  56.450 -152.580  23 5.2   Southern Alaska

 5 13 21 27 56 1971  65.900 -164.000 100 6.1   Northern Alaska

 5 13  5 10 49 1974  55.800 -158.450  36 5.0   Alaska Peninsula

 5 13 14 14 55 1986  51.350 -173.470  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 13 17 15 23 1986  51.230 -176.680  33 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 13  4 41 31 1989  54.200 -169.400   0 5.2   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 13 10 24 40 1993  61.988 -147.033  59 5.3   Central Alaska

 5 13 11 59 49 1993  55.177 -160.458  32 6.9   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 

Items knocked from shelves at Sand Point and King Cove. Felt (VI) at Sand Point; (V) at Chignik, Chignik Lagoon, False Pass, King Cove, Nelson Lagoon and Perryville; (IV) at Cold Bay and Port Heiden; (III) at Akhiok and Akutan; (II) at Kodiak.

 

 5 13 23 41 38 1993  55.017 -160.162  33 5.3   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 13 23 11  5 1997  61.240 -150.847  66 5.0   Central Alaska

 5 13 10 06 41 2005  18.866 -155.202  44 5.1   Hawaii

 

(NEIC) Felt (IV) at Captain Cook, Hilo, Honaunau, Kamuela, Keaau, Kurtistown and Pahoa; (III) at Kailua Kona and Waikoloa. Felt throughout the Island of Hawai`i.

 

 5 13 05 35 12 2010  42.263 -126.499  10 5.3   Off Coast of Oregon

 

(NEIC) Felt at Brookings, Eugene, Gold Beach, Medford and Myrtle Point.

 

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

 

 5 12 10  0 00 1021  47.500    7.600   0 0.0   SWITZERLAND                                         155                        

 

MMI:  IX   Severe Damage in Switzerland. 

 

 5 12  9 15  0 1664 -14.100  -75.800  15 7.3   Central Peru

 

Severe damage at Ica and Pisco, Peru, 400 killed. MMI: X

 

 5 12 15  0  0 1717  38.050  142.050   0 7.5   Off East Coast Honshu

 5 12  3 15 00 1730  42.800   13.000   0 0.0   ITALY                                      75,93                   

 

MMI:   X   200 killed,  Severe damage at Norcia, Italy. This shock was felt in Rome, Tivoli, Aquila, Cascia, Virsa, Matrica, Monteleone etc. Much suffering also in Sulmona. At all locations three shocks were felt. Aftershocks continued through May 28 when a second violent shock was felt. At Tivoli walls were cracked; at Norica the shock was so violent that it destroyed all the houses in that city. More than 500 were reported killed at Norica (Mallet, "On the Facts of Earthquake Phaenomena", 1852).

 

 

 5 12  0  0 00 1844  41.000   35.000   0 0.0   TURKEY                                             99

 

MMI:  IX   200 killed.

            

 5 12 15 38 57 1938  -6.000  147.800  60 7.5   New Ireland

 5 12  9 46 56 1959 -22.000  -64.500   0 7.0   Argentina

 5 12  6 25 00 1971  37.500   29.900   0 6.2   TURKEY                                    138

 

Severe Damage at Burdur, Turkey.  57 killed.

              

 5 12  4 50  6 1990  49.262  142.228 594 7.8   So. Kurils

 

Felt (V) at Aniva, Ogonki and Peschanskoye;(IV) in the Korsakov-Nevelsk-Tomari area; (III) in the Uglegorsk-Poronaysk-Makarov area, Sakhalin. Felt (II) at Komsomolsk-na-Amure, USSR. Felt (III JMA) at Kushiro, Hokkaido.  Also felt (III JMA) at Hachinohe and Morioka; (II JMA) at Tokyo and Yokohama, Honshu.

 

 5 12 18  5 43 1992 -16.524 -172.367  15 7.0   Tonga Islands

 

 Felt in American Samoa and Western Samoa.

 

 5 12 18 43 18 2000 -23.548  -66.452 225 7.2   Argentina

 

One person killed at the Manto Verde Mine in the Atacama region, Chile. Felt (VI) at Antofagasta, Calama, Chuquicamata, Copiapo, Mejillones and Sierra Gorda; (V) at Caldera, Chanaral, Diego de Almagro, Iquique, Tierra Amarilla and Tocopilla; (IV) at Arica, Pozo Almonte and Potrerillos; (III) at Parinacota, Chile. Also felt in northern Argentina.

 

 5 12 06 28 01 2008  31.002  103.322  19 7.9   Eastern Sichuan China

 

At least 69,195 people killed, 374,177 injured and 18,392 missing and presumed dead in the Chengdu-Lixian-Guangyuan area. More than 45.5 million people in 10 provinces and regions were affected. At least 15 million people were evacuated from their homes and more than 5 million were left homeless. An estimated 5.36 million buildings collapsed and more than 21 million buildings were damaged in Sichuan and in parts of Chongqing, Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi and Yunnan. The total economic loss was estimated at 86 billion US dollars. Beichuan, Dujiangyan, Wuolong and Yingxiu were almost completely destroyed. Landslides and rockfalls damaged or destroyed several mountain roads and railways and buried buildings in the Beichuan-Wenchuan area, cutting off access to the region for several days. At least 700 people were buried by a landslide at Qingchuan. Landslides also dammed several rivers, creating 34 barrier lakes which threatened about 700,000 people downstream. A train was buried by a landslide near Longnan, Gansu. At least 2,473 dams sustained some damage and more than 53,000 km of roads and 48,000 km of tap water pipelines were damaged. About 1.5 km of surface faulting was observed near Qingchuan, surface cracks and fractures occurred on three mountains in the area, and subsidence and street cracks were observed in the city itself. Maximum intensity XI was assigned in the Wenchuan area. Felt (VIII) at Deyang and Mianyang;(VII) at Chengdu; (VI) at Luzhou and Xi'an; (V) at Chongqing, Guozhen, Lanzhou, Leshan, Wu'an, Xichang and Ya'an. Felt in much of central, eastern and southern China, including Beijing, Guangzhou, Hefei, Nanjing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan and in Hong Kong.  Also felt in parts of Bangladesh, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Seiches were observed at Kotalipara, Bangladesh. 

 

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

 

 5 12 14 53 33 1926  46.500 -131.000   0 5.6   Vancouver Island area

 5 12  0  0  0 1939  46.000 -111.500   0 5.0   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 5 12  7 33  0 1945  31.600 -115.600   0 5.2   So. California

 5 12  5 38 18 1958  52.210 -169.540   0 6.4   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 12 21 40 23 1959  51.500 -177.100  33 5.8   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 12 20  8 37 1963  57.300 -154.000  26 6.5   Southern Alaska

 5 12 16 55 47 1964  59.460 -144.790  33 5.0   Southeast Alaska

 5 12 18 16 42 1964  56.600 -152.400  37 5.3   Southern Alaska

 5 12 16 58 33 1967  52.650 -166.940  36 5.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 12 12 16  5 1978  62.204 -149.264  55 5.2   Central Alaska

 5 12 19 12 49 1979  53.625 -168.945 150 6.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 12 21 52 57 1983  51.192 -179.095  51 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 12  3 47 39 1986  51.370 -174.790  49 5.4   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 12 17  6 54 1986  53.200 -173.800   0 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 12 20 23  8 1986  51.850 -174.790  33 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 12  2 42 32 1988  54.960 -160.330  35 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 12  3 39 31 1992  59.691 -153.482 139 5.1   Southern Alaska

 5 12  0 22 23 1994  25.068 -109.294  10 5.6   Gulf of California

 5 12  3 34  7 1999  61.643 -130.131  15 5.0   Yukon Territory, Canada

 5 12 12 50 34 2008  56.468 -153.067  20 5.2   Alaska Peninsula

 

Felt at Anchorage.

 

 5 12 20 06 41 2013  52.498 -171.954   8 5.3   Andreanof Islands

 5 12 18 51 00 2014  43.716 -128.056  10 5.1   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

 

 5 11  0  0 00 1149  33.200   44.400   0 0.0   IRAQ

 

Moderate damage at Baghdad, Iraq.                  

 

 5 11  0  0 00 1844  33.700   51.300   0 0.0   IRAN 

 

Severe damage at Qamsar, Kuhrud, Kamu, Chuken.

 

 5 11 17 23  0 1900  38.700  141.100  10 7.0   Off East Coast Honshu

 5 11  0  0 00 1909  43.600    5.300   0 0.0   FRANCE

 

Maximum Intensity IX. Moderate damage at Vernegues, Charleval, La Roque D'Antheron 159 killed.

 

 5 11 20 17 00 1945  35.200   52.100   0 0.0   IRAN

 

Severe damage at Garmsar, Kerand, Bankuh. 20 killed.

 

 5 11  8 55 41 1948 -17.500  -70.300  70 7.3   So. Peru/Bolivia

 

Moderate Damage, 1 killed MMI VII.

 

 5 11 10 16 43 1953 -21.750  168.500   0 7.0   Loyalty Islands

 5 11 14 11 57 1962  17.250  -99.580   0 7.2   Oaxaca, Mexico

 

Moderate Damage 4 killed. A tsunami was generated.

 

 5 11 18 26 51 1993   7.219  126.570  59 7.0   Central Philippines

 

Felt (V) at Bislig and Davao. Also felt at Leyte and on Camiguin 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

 

 

 5 11 18  4 45 1939  38.350 -117.828   8 5.5   California/Nevada area

 

NE of Mina NV. Strongest in vicinity of Rawhide. Intensity V at Carson City.

 

 5 11 23 40  0 1939  45.900 -111.300   0 5.0   Yellowstone/Wyoming

 

Trident MT. Sharp local shock cracked plaster. Felt by all. Some ran outdoors.

 

 5 11  5 23 55 1958  65.100 -151.900   0 6.4   Northern Alaska

 

Felt by all and frightened many at Manley Hot Springs; shook canned goods from shelves.

 

 5 11 17 37 38 1965  61.400 -149.600  58 5.8   Central Alaska

 

Numerous reports of pictures tilting on walls, windows rattling, and dishes jiggling from Anchorage, Seward, and Kenai.

 

 5 11  4 17 38 1974  61.813 -150.262  46 5.3   Central Alaska

 5 11  0 23 37 1978  51.393 -176.032  21 5.9   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 11  4  9 11 1986  55.660 -158.130  33 5.1   Alaska Peninsula

 5 11 13 43 50 1986  51.390 -173.570  33 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 11 19 40 32 1986  51.564 -173.757   0 5.6   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 11 22 48 46 1986  51.526 -174.670  33 5.7   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 11  2 47 44 1989  51.860 -170.290  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 11  4 22  3 1999  53.591 -165.404  51 5.1   Fox 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

 

 5 10  7  0  0 1230  45.700   26.600 150 7.1   Romania/Bulgaria

 5 10 15  0  0 1789  33.070  134.030   0 7.0   Kyushu, Japan area

 5 10  0  0 00 1844  33.600   51.300   0 0.0   IRAN 

 

Severe Damage at  KASHAN,QAMSAR,KAMU,KUSHIAN,CHUKA, Iran 1500 killed.     

 

 5 10  1 28  0 1877 -18.330  -71.183  40 7.9   So. Peru/Bolivia

 5 10  2 16  0 1877 -19.600  -70.230   0 8.3   So. Peru/Bolivia

 

$1.6 million damage.  33 killed at Mollendo, Ilo, Arica Pabel, Tarapaca, La Tirana

 

 5 10  5 26 00 1897 -37.300  139.700  14 6.5   AUSTRALIA

 

Moderate damage at  BEACHPORT,ROBE,KINGSTON,MOUNT GAMBIER  (IX)

 

 5 10 19 25 17 1974  28.200  103.900  10 7.0   Myanmar

 

Severe damage in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, China. 20,000 killed.

 

 5 10 14 27 43 1975 -38.033  -72.783  30 7.8   Central Chile

 

Moderate Damage observed

 

 5 10 15 35 51 1985  -5.600  151.300  43 7.1   New Ireland

 

One person killed. Damage (VIII) in Biaila-Haskins area. Extensive landslides, debris flows and fallen trees in the Nakanai Mts. Ground cracks occurred. A temporary hot springs was observed near Malosi.  Felt throughout Papua, New Guinea.

 

 5 10  7 57 30 1997  33.825   59.809  10 7.7   So. Iran

 

At least 1,567 people killed, 2,300 injured, 50,000 homeless, 10.533 houses destroyed, 5474 houses damaged and landslides in the Birjand Qayen area. Five people killed and some damage in the Herat area, Afghanistan. Felt through out northern Iran. This event occurred on a southern splay of the Ferdows fault. This left-lateral strike slip fault was the site of the 1968 Dasht-e-Bayaz earthquake (Ms 7.1) which resulted in 12,000-20,000 casualties. The Ferdows fault is north of the Zagros Mts, the northern boundary of the Arabian plate. Understanding the tectonics of this region is complicated by the existence of several microplates at the collision zone.

 

 5 10 20 33  2 1999  -5.175  151.036 123 7.1   New Ireland

 

Felt at Port Moresby and 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

 

 

 5 10  0 27  0 1906  43.000 -101.300   0 5.3   Wyoming/Dakotas

 

Reported from all along the Niobrara Valley from Rushville to Valentine, NB.

 

 5 10 17 40 13 1936  37.500 -118.530   0 5.0   California/Nevada area

 

North of Bishop. Felt in east-central California and Nevada. Timbers were wrecked in East Portal tunnel 20 miles south of June Lake.  A few rockslides wre noted at Bishop.

 

 5 10 11 48 54 1956  31.833 -116.000   0 5.0   So. California

 

Felt by several at home in San Diego. Motion rapid.

 

 5 10 22 54 39 1958  65.230 -152.010   0 6.4   Northern Alaska

 5 10  0  3 40 1962  62.000 -150.100  82 6.0   Central Alaska

 

Felt V at Anchorage. Felt by many, alarmed few. Dishes fell from shelves, Buildings creaked, loose objects rattled. Trees and buildings swayed.  Light fixtures and chairs swayed in east-west direction.

 

 5 10  5 12 16 1962  52.400 -170.900  43 6.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 10  0  1 17 1971  52.210 -171.070  48 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 10 22 58  6 1971  51.400 -177.350  58 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 10 11 39 31 1973  51.321 -179.499  58 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 10  9 39  7 1987  51.394 -179.820  33 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 10  9 24  9 1990  51.700 -173.570  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 10 11 18 49 1990  51.260 -172.790  58 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 10 14 36 22 2005  51.267 -178.485  29 5.1   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

 5 10 02 42 51 2006  52.515 -169.256  18 6.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 

(AEIC). Felt (V) at Nikolski. Also felt at Dutch Harbor and Unalaska.

 

 5 10 05 07 28 2006  52.724 -169.309  44 5.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5 10 14 16 09 2014  60.035 -152.198  91 5.7   Southern Alaska

 

NEIC reported this earthquake in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska was felt with intensity IV in Willow and Palmer and II-III in the area(s) of Anderson, Sterling, Soldotna, Seward, Wasilla, Moose Pass, Kenai, Kasilof, Homer, Girdwood, Eagle River, Cordova, Cooper Landing, Chugiak, Indian, Anchorage, Elmendorf AFB, Fort Richardson, 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

 

 5  9  0  0    1336  26.6     56.2             Iran

 

Damage severe at Qeshm, Iran. Since few details are available the occurrence of this earthquake is questionable. May be confused with an earthquake near Khawf and Jizd-Zauzan on the Jangal fault which killed more than 20,000 with intensity up to X. That earthquake was identified as occurring with M 7.3-7.6.

 

 5  9  0  0    1673  18.3    -69.5             Dominican Republis

 

Severe Damage at Santo Domingo, 5 killed.

 

 5  9  0  0 00 1830  35.700   52.100   0 0.0   IRAN

 

Severe damage at Danavand, Tehran, Semnan, Damghan, Iran, 500 killed.

 

 5  9  1 28  0 1877 -21.500  -71.000   0 8.0   Coast No. Chile

 

Moderate damage at Ilo, Arica, Mollendo, Chile, 33 killed.

 

 5  9 17 47 43 1952  -6.750  155.000  60 7.0   Solomon Islands

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

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

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 5  9  4 25  0 1878  40.000 -124.500   0 6.5   Off Coast of No. California

 

Near Petrolia. All chimneys in the city were knocked down. The earthquake also triggered large landslides along the coast in southern Humboldt County.

 

 5  9  9 46 32 1933  38.450 -117.833   8 5.1   California/Nevada area

 

Silver Creek and Tonopah Districts, NV

 

 5  9 16 31 32 1952  39.400 -119.700   0 5.1   California/Nevada area

 

North of Carson City NV. Felt in NE California and western Nevada.  Slight damage at Carson City and Virginia City. NV

 

 5  9  2  2 30 1964  52.140 -169.510  28 5.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5  9 21  6 12 1964  61.700 -152.000  26 5.0   Central Alaska

 5  9 12 36 36 1967  56.530 -152.570  24 5.1   Southern Alaska

 5  9  3  3  2 1968  43.443 -126.967  33 5.3   Off Coast of Oregon

 5  9  0  0  3 1974  27.000 -111.000  33 5.5   Gulf of California

 5  9  2 49 11 1983  36.229 -120.312  13 5.2   Central California

 

Additional damage in the Coalinga area. Felt V.

 

 5  9 19 14  4 1985  51.300 -179.300  33 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  9  1  5 31 1986  51.400 -177.100   0 5.9   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  9  1  8 13 1986  51.000 -177.200   0 6.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  9  2 38 51 1990  57.300 -157.000  33 5.0   Alaska Peninsula

 5  9 22 16 42 1993  43.970 -128.770   3 5.1   Off Coast of Oregon

 5  9 10 25 45 1997  51.718 -173.339  37 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  9  0 30 13 1998  57.893 -156.823   0 5.4   Alaska Peninsula

 5  9  0 59 28 1998  58.082 -156.855  39 5.1   Alaska Peninsula

 5  9  3 55 52 1998  57.983 -156.963   0 5.4   Alaska Peninsula

 5  9  6 59 50 1998  58.128 -156.693   0 5.0   Alaska Peninsula

 5  9 15 47 37 2001  53.641 -164.319  42 5.8   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5 09 07 50 03 2007  40.375 -125.016   0 5.4   Off Coast of No. California

 

(NEIC) Felt (V) at Whitethorn; (IV) at Carlotta, Ferndale, Rio Dell and Scotia; (III) at Eureka, Fortuna, Garberville, Leggett, Loleta, Myers Flat and Redway; (II) at Arcata and Hydesville. Also felt at Albion, Alderpoint, Benicia, Berkeley, Bridgeville, Delano, Fort Bragg, Laytonville, Little River, Martinez, McKinleyville, Mendocino, Pacifica, Petrolia, Pleasant Hill, Sunnyvale, Trinidad, Westport and Willits.

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

 

 5  8 12 21  0 1847  37.000  138.000   0 7.4   No. Honshu, Japan

 

Extreme damage suffered at Sinano, Etigo, Japan, over 10,000 killed

 

 5  8  3 39  0 1899  43.000  146.000  40 7.2   Hokkaido, Japan

 5  8  0  0    1912  20.4   -103.2             Western Mexico

 

Severe Damage at Guadelajara, Mexico.                

 

 5  8 18 35 24 1913 -17.000 -174.500 200 7.0   Tonga Islands

 5  8  4 46 12 1928  50.000  149.100 590 7.0   Sakhalin

 5  8  1 46 50 1939  37.000  -24.500  60 7.1   Off W. Portugal

 5  8  5 20 22 1946   0.000   99.500  60 7.1   So. Sumatera

 5  8 23 33 27 1974  34.567  138.800  10 7.2   Central/So. Honshu Japan

 

Moderate damage at Nakagi, 27 killed. A tsunami was generated.

 

 5  8 19 43 57 1988   3.000  124.000   0 7.1   Mindanao, Philippines

 5  8  8 20  7 1996  42.546  147.605   5 7.3   Hokkaido, Japan

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

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

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 5  8 21  3  0 1920  56.000 -136.000   0 5.0   Southeast Alaska

 5  8 17 22 18 1936  61.000 -153.000 170 5.8   Central Alaska

 5  8  8 50 56 1963  54.900 -163.800  90 5.8   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5  8 16 21 50 1964  56.700 -154.000  25 5.9   Southern Alaska

 5  8 21 34 41 1964  60.800 -143.600  17 5.4   Central Alaska

 5  8 23 40 44 1964  52.260 -169.310  12 5.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5  8 12 17 13 1968  43.567 -127.899  33 6.1   Off Coast of Oregon

 5  8 22 17 14 1968  43.871 -128.180  33 5.5   Off Coast of Oregon

 5  8 11 25 35 1976  61.528 -151.517   1 5.0   Central Alaska

 5  8 12 56 15 1979  52.833 -168.309  42 5.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5  8  7 48 46 1980  46.227 -122.169   1 5.0   Washington state, U.S.

 5  8 23 14  2 1985  53.935 -165.002  41 5.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5  8 23 40 19 1985  31.770 -115.820   6 5.1   So. California

 5  8  1 11  2 1986  51.100 -176.700  32 6.7   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  8  4  3 51 1986  51.000 -176.900  33 6.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  8  5 37 22 1986  51.400 -175.400  25 6.7   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  8 11 20  2 1989  51.582 -172.914  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  8 13 29 13 1997  50.000 -167.000   0 5.7   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5  8 20 41 40 2000  57.318 -154.406  43 5.0   Southern Alaska

 

 Felt (III) at Old Harbor. Also felt strongly at Larsen Bay.

 

 5 08 11 20 35 2002  51.630 -175.311  33 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

 

 5  7 00 00    1822  10.0    -84.0             Costa Rica

 

The town of Cartago, Costa Rica was ruined.

 

 5  7 00 00    1842  19.7    -72.8             Haiti

 

This event hit the Island of Santo Domingo especially at Cape Haytien.  Felt in Jamaica, Puerto Rico and almost all the West Indies. The principal earthquake was followed by a series of aftershocks. The event was felt on board ships in the harbors. It was preceded by very sultry weather. Many houses were destroyed and up to 4500 were killed,   Severe damage occurred at Haiti - Cap- Haytien and the Dominican Republic.

 

 5  7 15  0  0 1847  36.070  138.020   0 7.4   No. Honshu, Japan

 5  7 10 16  0 1907  -2.800  144.500  60 7.0   Papua New Guinea

 5  7  7 58 14 1964  40.400  139.000  33 7.0   Hokkaido, Japan

 5  7 22 47 18 1986  52.900 -174.900   0 8.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Damage (V) on Adak and Atka. Tsunami was generated with maximum run up about 1 meter in Hawaii.

 

 5  7  3  4 37 1987  42.600  142.200   0 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 in history.

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 5  7  8 28  0 1927  35.700  -90.600   0 5.3   New Madrid area

 

Mississippi Valley. Strongest at North Jonesboro, AR. Some chimneys fell and buildings rocked. Many felt ground movement. Felt from Decatur ALA to Carbondale Ill and from Pocahontas ARK to Jackson TN. Also felt in Mississippi. While it was felt most strongly in Arkansas, the felt area indicates that the epicenter was farther to the east.

 

 5  7 21 56  0 1927  50.150 -127.850   0 5.5   British Colombia

 5  7 11 50 39 1955  38.930 -122.870   0 5.0   Central California

 

Principal shock was felt over an area of about 2,000 square miles.  Maximum intensity VI. Moderate damage to older type buildings and some loss of merchandise in stores.

 

 5  7  4  2 33 1964  51.600 -177.250  61 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  7  3 26 51 1966  31.600 -116.100  33 5.1   So. California

 5  7  3  6 16 1980  62.989 -150.816 118 5.0   Central Alaska

 5  7 20 43 29 1986  51.416 -174.839   5 6.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  7 21 23 13 1986  51.324 -174.844  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  7 22 47 10 1986  51.570 -174.920  33 7.9   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  7 23  0 43 1986  51.945 -174.804  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  7 23  4 52 1986  51.525 -174.754  33 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  7 23  6 38 1986  51.500 -174.800  33 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  7 23  7 45 1986  51.500 -174.800  33 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  7 23  7 45 1986  51.631 -174.709  33 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  7 23  8  3 1986  54.600 -174.300   0 5.9   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  7 23 12 56 1986  52.429 -175.364  33 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  7 23 13 11 1986  50.955 -174.040  33 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  7 23 13 16 1986  51.500 -174.800  33 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Aftershocks of Andreanoff Isl.

 

 5  7 18 40 11 1994  53.338 -165.794  33 5.0   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5  7 11  3 33 1995  33.905 -116.288  11 5.0   So. California

 

Felt (V) at Hemet, and Rancho Mirage. Felt in the Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties.

 

 5  7 14 13 52 1999  56.175 -152.325  10 6.1   Southern Alaska

 5 07 17 46 13 2010  44.362 -129.467  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

 

 5  6 00 00    1622  17       98               Mexico

 

Severe Damage at  Zacatecas, Mexico was reported.

 

 5  6 00 00    1862  23.300  120.300           Taiwan                         178             

 

Moderate damage recorded at Chiai, Chanaghua, Taiwan

 

 5  6 18 59 43 1912  64.000  -20.000  60 7.5   Iceland area

 

Maximum intensity XI.

 

 5  6 19 41 12 1919  -5.000  154.000  25 8.1   New Britain

 5  5 13 45 57 1930  17.000   96.580  60 7.3   Andaman Islands

 

This earthquake destroyed the town of Pegu in Burma and shook Rangoon. It was felt from Mandalay on the north to south of Bangkok in Myanmar (then Siam) an area of more than 500,000 square km. although it was probably felt over a similar area in the sea. Destruction was less than expected because most buildings were hatch or bamboo. Pegu was destroyed in less than 10 seconds.  Heavy damage occurred to minarets and pagodas. Many cracks were observed to have occurred in the alluvial soil and in one place soil was seen heaped up to a height of up to a food. Actual ground waves were observed breaking against a resisting ridge. The earthquake triggered heavy landslides carrying houses into the river with them. While vessels in the harbor felt the quake strongly tide records did not indicate the occurrence of a tsunami. Damage was maximized by the sediments in the region amplifying the shaking. 550 killed.

 

 5  6 22 34 23 1930  38.100   44.600  25 7.3   Turkey

 

Estimated 2514 killed, maximum Intensity X in Iran and eastern Turkey Note that this event occurred only one day after the strong Pegu, Burma event described above.

 

 5  6 20 30 32 1947  -6.500  148.500  60 7.6   New Ireland

 5  6 23 08    1951  13.0    -87.8   100 6.5   El Salvador

 

Severe damage throughout the area. 400 killed.

 

 5  6 17 16 49 1953 -36.500  -72.500  60 7.6   Central Chile

 

19 killed, estimated damage $32 million in Central Chile in the areas of Concepcion, Chillan, Los Angeles and Talcuahuano. This may have been the strongest foreshock to the great earthquakes in this area in May 1960. 

 

 5  6 19  0 14 1962 -60.200  -33.500  33 7.0   Southern  Ocean

 5  0 20 00    1976  46.4     13.1       6.5   Italy/Austria

 

This event was the most destructive ever to occur in northeastern Italy.  It caused extensive damage in the epicentral area and killed 929-1000 killed while injuring nearly 2000, left more than 100,000 homeless and caused with $8 billion estimated property damage in NE Italy especially in the Udine, Italy area. The quake was felt throughout central Europe. Strong aftershocks of M>=6 continued for months after causing additional damage and injuries in the epicentral area.

 

 

 

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

 

 5  6 16 40  0 1910  37.330 -118.420   0 5.5   California/Nevada area

 

Near Bishop. Felt strongly at Bishop, northern end of Owens Valley, and in Rock Creek Canyon to the northwest where there were rockslides.  Felt at Bakersfield, Hollister and Sacramento,

 

 5  6 12  9  0 1915  39.500 -126.500   0 6.8   Off Coast California

 5  6  1 10  0 1934  42.000 -113.000   0 5.0   Montana/Idaho

 5  6  4 36  6 1934  41.700 -112.800   0 5.5   Montana/Idaho

 5  6  8  9 42 1934  41.700 -112.800   0 5.6   Montana/Idaho

 

Northern Utah. This was the strongest aftershock of the March 12 earthquake Minor Damage. People left houses in Salt Lake City.

 

 5  6 20 57 16 1956  54.500 -162.500   0 5.8   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5  6 15 26 36 1964  56.700 -152.100  15 6.0   Southern Alaska

 5  6 19 54 49 1984  51.688 -176.774  58 5.6   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  6 13 53  6 1985  43.743 -127.095  10 5.0   Off Coast of Oregon

 5  6  4  6 15 1987  51.300 -179.800  30 6.6   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  6  4 12 43 1987  50.952 -179.991  51 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  6  4 18 27 1987  51.071 -179.790  55 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  6  5 18 24 1987  50.981 -179.920  33 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  6 10 34  5 1991  53.450 -164.100  33 5.4   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5  6 14 12 58 1991  51.660 -173.580  33 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  6  1 31 24 1997  61.564 -149.718  31 5.3   Central Alaska

 5  6  4 19 27 1999  56.478 -152.863  25 5.1   Southern Alaska

 5 06 15 09 50 2005  51.281  178.701  30 5.2   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

 

 5  5  0  0  0 1875  38.100   30.200   0 7.0   Turkey

 

Maximum intensity IX, 1300 killed,  moderate damage in  Turkey.

                                              

 5  5  6 16  0 1908   3.000  123.000  60 7.5   Mindanao, Philippines

 5  5 13 45 57 1930  17.000   96.580  60 7.3   Andaman Islands

 

This earthquake destroyed the town of Pegu in Burma and shook Rangoon. It was felt from Mandalay on the north to south of Bangkok in Myanmar (then Siam) an area of more than 500,000 square km. although it was probably felt over a similar area in the sea. Destruction was less than expected because most buildings were hatch or bamboo. Pegu was destroyed in less than 10 seconds.  Heavy damage occurred to minarets and pagodas. Many cracks were observed to have occurred in the alluvial soil and in one place soil was seen heaped up to a height of up to a food. Actual ground waves were observed breaking against a resisting ridge. The earthquake triggered heavy landslides carrying houses into the river with them. While vessels in the harbor felt the quake strongly tide records did not indicate the occurrence of a tsunami. Damage was maximized by the sediments in the region amplifying the shaking. 550 killed.

 

 5  5  6 31 38 1958  -9.640   27.830   0 7.2   Lake Victoria area

 5  5  4 52 51 1976 -29.900 -177.800  35 7.2   No. Kermadec Islands

 5  5  3 53 45 1995  12.626  125.297  16 7.1   Luzon, Philippines

 

Felt on Cataduanes, Leyte and Masbate. Also felt in southern Luzon.

 

 5 05 01 44 05 2015  -5.465  151.886  42 7.5   New Britain

 

PTWC noted the potential for a strong tsunami but no waves were observed immediately and nearby islands are sparsely populated so the danger from a tsunami was very low.

 

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

 

 

 5  5  4 14  9 1933  48.850 -129.650   0 5.5   Vancouver Island area

 5  5 11  1 14 1954  27.500 -112.500   0 5.8   Gulf of California

 5  5 13  9 49 1954  27.800 -112.000   0 6.6   Gulf of California

 5  5 16 13 44 1964  58.200 -149.700  35 5.0   Southern Alaska

 5  5 15  7 50 1967  59.340 -151.310  53 5.0   Southern Alaska

 5  5 17  6 15 1967  63.720 -148.370 100 5.0   Central Alaska

 5  5  5 32 47 1978  63.318 -150.971 134 5.1   Central Alaska

 5  5 21  3 16 1978  32.211 -115.304   6 5.2   So. California

 

Press reported shock caused chandeliers to sway.

 

 5  5 19 49 55 1982  61.198 -149.536  50 5.3   Central Alaska

 5  5 23 45 35 1990  60.020 -141.010  39 5.2   Central Alaska

 5  5 10 30  4 1999  59.234 -151.343  73 5.6   Southern Alaska

 5  5  5 48 48 2001  56.448 -156.609  62 5.1   Alaska Peninsula

 5 05 06 15 43 2007  50.767 -130.049  10 5.0   Vancouver Island, Canada

 5 05 20 55 00 2007  51.417 -177.783  53 5.0   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

 5 05 02 44 53 2011  52.537 -174.693 206 5.4   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

 5 05 15 06 11 2011  51.487 -178.384  60 5.3   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

 5 05 14 13 01 2011  55.094 -160.538  39 5.7   Alaska Peninsula

 

Felt (V) at Sand Point.  Also felt at Cold Bay and King Cove.

 

 5 05 16 57 36 2011  55.019 -160.688  36 5.8   Alaska Peninsula

 

(NEIC) Items knocked from shelves(V) at Sand Point. Felt (III) at King Cove. Also felt at Cold Bay, False Pass and Perryville.

 

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

 

 5  4  6 51  0 1907  -7.500  153.700  60 7.7   New Britain

 5  4  8 36 48 1907  28.000  141.000 200 7.0   Bonin Islands

 5  4 23 36  0 1911  51.000  157.000 240 7.6   Kamchatka

 

Felt VII at Kamchatka

 

 5  4 16 26 39 1923  55.500 -156.500  25 7.1   Alaska Peninsula

 5  4 22 26 45 1923 -28.750  -71.750  60 7.0   Coast Central Chile

 5  4 16 51 43 1924 -21.000 -178.000 560 7.3   Tonga Islands

 5  4  4 36  7 1934  61.250 -147.500  80 7.2   Central Alaska

 5  4  7 15 42 1959  52.500  159.500  60 8.0   Kamchatka

 

One killed, moderate damage. Maximum Intensity X. A tsunami was generated.

 

 5  4  7 48 17 1972 -15.900  167.500  45 7.0   Vanuatu Islands

 5  4  4 21 16 2000  -1.105  123.573  26 7.6   Sulawesi area

 

At least 46 killed, 264 injured, 30,000 homeless, extensive damage and power outages occurred in the Luwuk area, Sulawesi and on nearby islands. 80% of buildings were damaged or destroyed on Banggai Damage also occurred on Peleng. Dozens of houses damaged and a local marked destroyed by fire at Luwuk. Much of the damage at Luwuk and Peleng was caused by a local tsunami with wave heights to 6 meters maximum. Also felt at Tawau, Malaysia.

 

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

 

 5  4 16 26 39 1923  55.500 -156.500  25 7.1   Alaska Peninsula

 

 5  4  4 36  7 1934  61.250 -147.500  80 7.2   Central Alaska

 

South Central Alaska. At Anchorage windows broke. Goods fell from shelves.  Felt at Cordova and Nenana.

 

 5  4 20 44 47 1939  35.967 -114.817   0 5.0   SW U.S.A

 

The shocks was felt over a comparatively large area of Arizona, CA. and NV. The maximum intensity reported was about VI. In the vicinity of Boulder Dam,  large rocks were reported to have fallen on a roadway.  In some instances this made them impassable. A heavy dust cloud was seen to the south of Boulder Dam and was probably a result of rock falls or slides.

 

 5  4 17 51 22 1954  74.100  -81.200  10 5.5   Nunavit/Hudson Bay, Canada

 5  4  5 56  1 1963  51.800 -175.400  41 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  4 12  4 46 1964  58.200 -152.300  22 5.3   Southern Alaska

 5  4 22 34 48 1967  30.416 -114.403  33 5.2   SW U.S.A

 5  4  9 28  0 1969  63.500 -148.300  40 5.0   Central Alaska

 5  4  7  7  8 1970  51.403 -179.218  44 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  4  2  0 20 1977  31.921  -88.176   5 5.1   Southeast U.S.

 

Southwest Alabama. Light furniture was shifted at Melvin.  Also felt at Yantley.

 

 5  4 23  3 20 1984  59.225 -153.165  78 5.3   Southern Alaska

 5  4  3 37 39 1989  40.537 -127.437   5 5.0   Off Coast of No. California

 5  4  1 18 55 1991  36.564  -89.823   5 5.0   New Madrid area

 

Slight damage (VI) at Campbell, Bloomfield, Gideon, New Madrid, Missouri. Felt in many areas of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee m Illinois, Kentucky and Mississippi.

 

 5  4  9 14 25 1992  44.317 -113.958   6 5.5   Montana/Idaho

 

Felt V at May, Bellevue and Challis, ID.

 

 5  4 11 47 15 1994  50.000 -166.000   0 5.4   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5  4 14 24 25 2000  51.470 -178.463  33 5.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5 04 02 51 12 2008  43.155 -126.369  10.0 5   Off Coast of Oregon

 5 04 10 55 37 2012  50.648 -130.241  10.0 5   West of Vancouver, Canada

 5 04 01 49 29 2016  51.834  176.308  49.9 5   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

 

 5  3  0  0  0 1875  38.100   30.200   0 7.0   Turkey

 

2000 killed, severe damaged in the Yaka, Ischikli, Yoril regions of Turkey.

 

 5  3 21 13  0 1887  31.000 -109.000   0 7.0   No. Mexico

 

Severe damage in the Bavispe region of northern Mexico. Nine were killed.

 

 5  3 13 45  0 1896  -0.510  -80.450   0 7.0   Ecuador

 5  3  0 52  0 1919  40.500  145.500  60 7.6   Hokkaido, Japan

 5  3 17 21 45 1925   1.500  127.000  60 7.1   Halmahera

 5  3 22 59  4 1925 -34.000   58.000  60 7.0   So. Indian Ocean

 5  3  1 59 12 1943  12.500  125.500   0 7.4   Luzon, Philippines

 5  3 22 23 43 1946  -6.000  154.000  60 7.4   New Britain

 5  3  5 56 44 1949  48.700  153.400 125 7.0   So. Kurils

 5  3 23 30 19 1998  22.460  124.919   0 7.4   Taiwan

 

Southwest of Taiwan. A minor local tsunami generated with wave heights of 4 cm. Felt on Iriomote-shima, also in Kyushu and eastern Taiwan

 

 5 03 15 26 40 2006 -20.187 -174.123  55 7.9   Tonga

 

(NEIC) One person injured, a church damaged, windows broken and items knocked from shelves (VII) at Nuku`alofa. Felt (VII) at Neiafu. Felt at Hihifo, Pangai and Vaini. Felt(III) at Apia, Samoa. Felt in American Samoa. Felt at Atiu and Avarua, Cook Islands; at Suva, Fiji; at Alofi, Niue; at Mulifanua, Samoa. Also felt at Auckland, Minginui, Napier, Wanganui, Wellington and Whakatane, New Zealand. A tsunami was generated with recorded wave heights in meters (peak-to-trough) at the following selected tide stations: 0.54 at Pago Pago, American Samoa; 0.10 at Tofino, British Columbia, Canada; 0.13 at Raratonga, Cook Islands; 0.07 at Suva, Fiji; 0.15 at Hanasaki, Japan; 0.48 at Noumea, New Caledonia; 0.15 at Jackson Bay, New Zealand; 0.42 on Niue; 0.42 at Apia, Samoa; 0.42 at Nuku`alofa, Tonga; 0.13 at King Cove, Alaska, 0.54 at Crescent City, California, 0.35 at Santa Barbara, California, 0.10 at San Francisco, California, 0.49 at Kahului, Hawaii, 0.12 at Portland, Oregon, 0.11 at La Push, Washington, U.S.A; 0.45 at Port-Vila, 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

 

 

 5  3  1  0  0 1872  33.000 -115.000   0 5.9   Southern California

 5  3 21 13  0 1887  31.000 -109.000   0 7.0   Baja California

 

This earthquake occurred in a very sparsely settled region and is named for the town of Bavispe, not because this was the point of origin, but it is the only village in the region. Collection of data was extremely difficult due to the unprecedented rainy season in 1887.  Motion was felt from Toluca, near Mexico City to Albuquerque and Santa Fe, N.M. on the north and from Guaymas, Mexico to Yuma and El Paso Texas on the east.  There is a single large fault on the eastern margin of the San Bernardino valley where the mesas and foothills meet. The average difference in height on the two sides of this fault is about 7 feet, but in some places is 26 feet.  Great numbers of cracks were found in the riverbeds.  and outbursts of water and sand through fissures were observed. At Batepito Ranch, an area of 2 miles by 1 mile was covered with water to an average depth of 4 inches. At first the streams and springs went dry, then they had a greatly increased flow at least a month before the start of the rainy seasons.  Millions of cubic feet of rock were thrown from the mountains.  Cliffs of solid rock were shattered. One narrow canyon contained an immense amount of material from adjacent cliffs.  Bavispe was built on unconsolidated material. The principle damage was to collapsing roofs. The church was completely destroyed although it had stood for 200 years before.  Throughout the area water in tanks slopped over, railroad cars were set in motion, chimneys were through down and buildings cracked.  The sound of the earthquake came from the south and moved to the north at Tombstone, Arizona.

 

 5  3 17 18  0 1897  37.100  -80.700   0 5.0   Kentucky/Tennessee/NC

 

Pulaski, Va. Strongest at Pulaski. Chimneys were damaged at Roanoke. Bricks fell from chimneys and plaster fell from walls at Radford, Va. The shock was felt at several Virginia towns and at Winston Salem. N.C.  There was a rumbling like thunder in the general region. Two shocks were felt at Lenoir. N.C.

 

 5  3 13 48 24 1962  29.100 -115.500   0 5.0   Gulf of California

 

West of Baja California. Chandeliers swung gently but motion not felt.

 

 5  3  7 32 51 1964  56.370 -154.920   1 5.0   Southern Alaska

 5  3 16 13 40 1968  54.160 -163.260  17 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5  3  4 49  5 1972  50.999 -179.229  21 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  3 10 14 14 1982  59.953 -141.163   4 5.1   Southeast Alaska

 5  3  0 57 44 1983  36.204 -120.337  10 5.0   Central California

 

Aftershock of Coalinga earthquake.

 

 5  3 12  7 32 1985  57.090 -150.830   3 5.1   Southern Alaska

 5  3 15  5 23 1986  52.000 -171.400   0 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  3 23  5 18 1986  62.670 -124.230  33 5.1   Northwest Terr., Canada

 5  3  2 56 26 1989  60.132 -146.975   8 5.3   Central Alaska

 5  3  4  4 23 1996  47.760 -121.876   4 5.5   Washington state, U.S.

 

Two people injured and slight damage in the epicentral area. Felt V at Baring, Burlington, Seattle. Felt throughout must of western Washington east as far a Swenatchee and south to Astoria and Portland Oregon. North to Vancouver B.C., Canada.

 

 5 03 14 04 19 2010  52.612 -163.691   7 5.5   Unimak Island, Alaska

 5 03 08 57 14 2014  67.741 -162.318  10 5.5   Bering Sea

 

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

 

 5  2 11 30  0 1902  39.000  144.000  60 7.0   So. of Honshu

 

Offshore, probably not damaging in Honshu

 

 5  2 17 18  9 1943   6.500  -80.000   0 7.1   Panama/No. Colombia

 

Felt at Balboa, Panama

 

 5  2  6  8 27 1971  51.420 -177.210  38 7.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 

Felt lightly (intensity III) at Adak Island. Could have been considerably smaller than this in magnitude.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

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

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 5  2 16 24 30 1923  50.000 -128.000   0 5.0   British Colombia

 5  2 13 14 47 1939  29.500 -113.800  16 6.8   Gulf of California

 

Reported at Point Loma, Dan Diego, Mission Hills and Newport Beach, California

 

 5  2 11 25 47 1949  34.000 -115.700   0 5.9   So. California

 

Riverside county. Shock centered in desert area southeast of Twentynine Palms, slight damage at Amboy and Indio.

 

 5  2  3 55 30 1957  72.000  -67.500   0 6.4   Baffin/Davis Strait, Canada

 5  2 11 29 14 1957  52.700 -168.800  33 6.3   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5  2 11 38 55 1957  52.500 -169.000   0 6.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5  2  2 43 22 1962  54.500 -155.500   0 5.2   Alaska Peninsula

 5  2 23 13  9 1963  63.100 -149.900  79 6.1   Central Alaska

 5  2  6  8 27 1971  51.415 -177.208  38 6.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  2  6 14 43 1971  51.330 -177.110  44 5.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  2  9  8 59 1971  51.544 -177.211  47 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  2  9 12 19 1971  61.700 -156.600 100 5.8   Central Alaska

 5  2 15 35 57 1982  60.126 -141.206   0 5.1   Central Alaska

 5  2 17  0 27 1982  59.990 -141.204   8 5.0   Southeast Alaska

 5  2 23 42 38 1983  36.219 -120.317  10 6.7   Central California

 5  2 23 46  1 1983  36.063 -120.309   8 5.6   Central California

 5  2 23 47 28 1983  36.230 -120.311  11 5.6   Central California

 

Forty-five people injured, 13 of them seriously in the Coalinga Quake. In the Coalinga area, damage from the earthquake estimated at 31 million dollars with the worst damage occurring in the downtown area of Coalinga.  Maximum intensity VIII. More than 300 homes were severely damaged in the Coalinga area also some damage occurred at Avenal and other surrounding communities. The earthquake was felt from Los Angeles to San Francisco to Reno and Sacramento.

 

 5  2 18 59  6 1984  55.400 -135.300  18 5.1   Southeast Alaska

 5  2 19 21 16 1987  52.800 -162.600  33 5.2   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5  2 15  2 30 1991  53.410 -165.590  33 5.2   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5  2 23 59 18 2000  59.737 -139.396   1 5.8   Southeast Alaska

 5  2  2  5 46 2001  49.910 -130.150  10 5.2   Vancouver Island area

 5 02 01 33 37 2008  51.864 -177.528  14 6.6   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

 5 02 02 19 12 2009  54.531 -161.520   9 5.6   Unimak Island, Alaska

 5 02 21 10 33 2010  51.588 -175.216  31 5.2   Andreanof Islands, Alaska

 5 02 13 38 45 2016  59.416 -144.787   4 5.0   Southeastern 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

 

 5  1  0  0  0 1839  42.700  144.900  40 7.0   Hokkaido, Japan

 5  1 18 30 36 1910 -20.000  169.000  80 7.1   Vanuatu Islands

 5  1  5  0  0 1915  47.000  155.000  25 8.1   NE Pacific

 5  1 18 26 30 1917 -29.000 -177.000  60 8.6   No. Kermadec Islands

 5  1 15 37 27 1929  37.850   57.750  21 7.2   No. Iran

 

Iran. 5803 killed. Damage was extreme in the Kopet-Dagh and Baghran- Germab regions of Iran.

 

 5  1  7  4 56 1934   3.500   97.500 145 7.0   Nicobar Islands

 5  1  5 58  0 1939  40.133  139.517  60 7.0   Hokkaido, Japan

 5  1  5  2 41 1951 -50.500  149.000   0 7.0   Macquarie Islands

 5  1 10  3 20 1963 -19.000  168.900 142 7.0   Vanuatu Islands

 5  1 13  3 37 1979 -21.244  169.798  79 7.2   Loyalty Islands

 5  1 16 11 42 1990  56.100 -156.400   0 7.1   Alaska Peninsula

 

Felt  V at Sterling, IV at Anchorage, Alaska.

 

 5  1 11 37 36 1997  18.993 -107.350  33 7.3   Coast of Jalisco, Mexico

 

Felt along the coast of 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

 

 

 5  1  4 32  0 1918  32.670 -115.500   0 5.0   So. California

 

Calexico, plate glass broken. Felt over an area of about 100 miles radius.

 

 5  1 18 54 41 1928  67.000 -172.000  25 6.2   Northern Alaska

 5  1 18 49 47 1933  51.700 -173.000  25 6.5   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  1 21 53 18 1939  40.200 -124.700   0 6.5   Off Coast of No. California

 

Light shock felt at Arcata. About 20 miles off Punta Gorda.

 

 5  1 23 53  0 1939  32.000 -117.500   0 5.0   So. California

 

The earthquake was felt over an area of about 1400 square miles in the SW section of San Diego County CA. The shock was felt along the coast from the Mexican border to Oceanside on the north. No structural damage was reported.

 

 5  1 23 28  5 1957  52.500 -171.000   0 5.3   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  1  1  5 11 1963  51.900 -174.500   0 5.7   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 5  1  3 13  4 1964  57.400 -150.000  30 5.3   Southern Alaska

 5  1  6  1 55 1964  60.380 -145.860  20 5.5   Central Alaska

 5  1 21 27 52 1965  60.330 -145.950  13 5.3   Central Alaska

 5  1 20 58 11 1970  63.500 -148.900   0 5.0   Central Alaska

 5  1 18 47 54 1975  52.670 -167.050   3 5.1   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 5  1  0 59  2 1985  54.343 -161.278   0 5.2   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 5  1 16 12 21 1990  58.760 -156.720 213 6.5   Alaska Peninsula

 5  1  7 18 42 1991  62.590 -151.560 108 6.6   Central Alaska

 5 01 07 21 01 1993  51.775  177.010  64 5.1   Rat Islands, Alaska

 5 01 02 32 46 2008  50.733 -177.723  26 5.1   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians

 5 01 21 04 42 2006  30.199 -114.332  10 5.1   Gulf of California, Mexico

 

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

 

 4 30 15  0  0 1839  35.000  136.000   0 7.0   No. Honshu, Japan

 4 30  7 17  5 1919 -19.000 -172.500  60 8.4   Tonga Islands

 4 30 11  4  0 1921  19.700 -104.300   0 7.8   Michoacan, Mexico

 

Intense shaking at Jalisco, Colima and parts of Michoacan and Nayarit.

 

 4 30  2 55 30 1939 -10.500  158.500  25 8.1   Solomon Islands

 

Twelve people were drowned in the accompanying Tsunami at Solomon Island, Russel Island and Guadalcanal.

 

 4 30  1 23 32 1949   6.500  125.000 130 7.4   Mindanao, Philippines

 

Intensity VI at Lagao, IV at Davao City.

 

 4 30 13  2 26 1954  39.300   22.200  15 7.2   No. Greece

 

Greece had scarcely begun to rebuild from the ruins left by the earthquake of on the Ionian Islands when Thessaly suffered this new earthquake. Sofiades, Farsala and 32 other villages on the plain of Thessaly were destroyed; considerable damage was done at Trikkala, Kardhitsa and Domoko. The shock caused 31 deaths, injured 717, damaged or destroyed 13,356 houses and did damage of about $5 million. Most of the places affected lie at the foot of the mountains on the edge of the Trikkala basin.  The quake was felt over 260,000 square km. Strong aftershocks continued for more than 3 months.

 

 4 30  7  7 22 1986  18.500 -103.700   0 7.3   Michoacan, Mexico

 

Some damage (V) in Mexico City. Slight damage at Ciudad Guzman and Guadlajara. Felt strongly in central and southwestern Mexico.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

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

 

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 4 30  2  5  0 1899  38.500  -87.000   0 5.0   Indiana area

 

Southwestern Indiana and eastern Illinois. Strongest at Jeffersonville and Shelbyville, IND. A few chimneys were thrown down and brick walls cracked at Vincennes. Felt as far as Kentucky.

 

 4 30 10 55 38 1936  44.000 -128.500   0 5.5   Off Coast of Oregon

 4 30  7 45 45 1945  47.400 -121.700   0 5.0   Washington state, U.S.

 4 30  8 46  0 1945  47.400 -121.700   0 5.0   Washington state, U.S.

 

Aftershocks of event on April 29 caused light damage at North Bend, WA.

 

 4 30  4 49 46 1947  59.000 -139.000   0 6.3   Southeast Alaska

 4 30  9 17  0 1957  51.900 -175.200  33 6.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 4 30 17 26 30 1964  59.800 -142.400  23 5.0   Southeast Alaska

 4 30  4 29 10 1975  60.085 -153.239 149 5.3   Central Alaska

 4 30 16 35 36 1999  53.846 -164.125  52 5.0   Unimak Islands, Aleutians

 4 30  8 29 25 2000  50.830 -130.650  10 5.3   British Colombia

 4 30 10 13  3 2000  51.011 -130.381  10 5.5   British Colombia

 4 30  5 24 19 2001  58.694 -176.681 399 5.8   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 4 30 03 03 06 2008  40.836 -123.497  29 5.4   Northern California

 

(NEIC) Felt (VI) at Big Bar; (V) at Burnt Ranch, Hoopa, Junction City and Willow Creek; (IV) at Blue Lake, Douglas City, Forks of Salmon, Hayfork, Hyampom, Lewiston, Orleans, Redway, Salyer, Somes Bar, Weaverville and Yreka. Felt as far north as Crescent City, as far east as Fall River Mills and as far south as Leggett.

 

 4 30 04 54 58 2009  59.122 -151.521  47 5.0   Kenai Peninsula, Southern Alaska

 

(NEIC) Felt (IV) at Anchor Point; (III) at Homer and Seward; (II) at Soldotna. Also felt at Ninilchik and Sterling.

 

 4 30 23 11 43 2010  60.473 -177.875  13 6.5   Bering Sea, Alaska

 4 30 23 16 28 2010  60.478 -177.650  14 6.3   Bering Sea, 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

 

 4 29  1 55  0 1887  32.000  132.000  60 7.1   Kyushu, Japan area

 4 29  3  0  0 1894   8.000  -72.000  25 8.2   Colombia

 

This great earthquake killed 319 at Merida, Zea, Santa Cruz, Tovar, Mesa, Bolivar and Chiguara, Venezuela. Approximate intensity about X to XI. Great destruction at La Crita, San Cristobal, Ocana.

 

 4 29 16 18  0 1898  12.000  -86.000   0 7.0   Nicaragua

 

Moderate damage at Managua, Leon, Nicaragua. Earthquakes continued for a day with intensity VII to VIII at Managua.  Widely felt from Lakes to the Gulf of Fonseca. Larea trees were uprooted at Simon.

 

 4 29 22 34  0 1909 -27.000   63.000  60 7.0   So. Indian Ocean

 4 29 10 49 27 1954  29.500 -112.500   0 7.4   Gulf of California

 

Minor damage at western and Sonora, Mexico

 

 4 29 11 34 31 1954  28.500 -113.000  60 7.0   Gulf of California

 4 29 11 22 36 1970  14.700  -92.600  56 7.1   Chiapas, Mexico

 4 29 14  1 19 1970  14.577  -92.751  33 7.4   Chiapas, Mexico

 

Minor Damage at Tapachula. Felt in southern Mexico, VII in Guatemala.  Felt as far as San Salvador, El Salvador and Mexico City.

 

 4 29  9 12 48 1991  42.453   43.673  17 7.3   Caucasus/Caspian Sea

 

At least 114 killed. about 1,000 injured. At least 70 missing and 67,000 homeless. Severe damage in the Dzhava area, USSR with 95 percent of buildings destroyed in the area. Felt throughout the western Caucasus Landslides created a natural dam on the Potas River. This was breached a few days later causing further damage. Also felt in eastern Turkey.

 

 4 29 14 40 41 1996  -6.518  154.999  44 7.5   New Britain

 4 29 14 40 42 1996  -6.510  155.140  37 7.5   Solomon Islands

 

One person was killed and several dozen houses collapsed in Bougainville.

 

TODAY IN EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

 

U.S./CANADA

 

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

 

 

MO DA HR MN SC YEAR  LATIT   LONGIT  DEP MW  LOCATION

 

 4 29 18  0  0 1852  36.600  -81.600   0 5.0   Kentucky/Tennessee/NC

 

Probably Virginia. Felt from Washington D.C. and Baltimore MD north to Raleigh, Greensboro, Hillsboro and Milton, N.C., Some ran from offices in great alarm in Washington, D.C. Chimneys were thrown down in Virginia. Houses were so violently shaken that many people ran from them. At Scottsville VA, boats lying in the canal were tossed to and fro.

 

 4 29  4 48  0 1888  39.700 -120.700   0 5.8   Central California

 

At Nevada City walls of courthouse were cracked. At Grass Valley, tops of chimneys fell. Orleans mine was flooded. Felt in Idaho mine at 1,600 foot level. At Biggs, Idaho, plaster cracked.  Felt from San Francisco northeast to Nevada.

 

 4 29  2 31 29 1923  41.000 -125.000   0 5.0   Off Coast of No. California

 4 29 22 26 25 1925  59.000 -135.500   0 5.0   Southeast Alaska

 4 29 18 18 23 1932  51.500 -178.000   0 6.2   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 4 29 20  8  0 1935  31.700 -116.500   0 5.0   So. California

 

Felt IV at Cairo and Julien, III at Alpine, Calexico and San Diego.

 

 4 29 20 16 17 1945  47.400 -121.700   0 5.5   Washington state, U.S.

 

Southeast of Seattle, WA. Felt area included most of Washington and small portion of Idaho and Oregon. Minor damage at Cle Elum, North Bend, Windows and plaster cracked. A large rockslide occurred on the west face of Mount Si. Muffled earth sound was heard before and after.  A Roslyn boy was struck on the head by a falling brick. At Mount Si, near North Bend "the earth buckled an heaved and tons of rock and earth cascaded down the 4,000 foot cliffs of Mount Si" (Bodle and Murphy, 1947). The event was thought to have occurred on a fault trending north from Mount Si to the Tolt River area. Recent mapping, however, indicates that this fault may not exist in this location.

 

 4 29 10 49 27 1954  28.900 -112.900   0 6.5   Gulf of California

 4 29 11 34 31 1954  28.500 -113.000  60 7.0   Gulf of California

 4 29  4 30  0 1957  52.500 -168.500   0 5.5   Fox Islands, Aleutians

 4 29  9 19 28 1961  40.600 -127.500   0 5.5   Off Coast of No. California

 4 29 15 28 44 1965  47.400 -122.300  59 6.5   Washington state, U.S.

 

Near Seattle, WA, this was the second largest earthquake to this time recorded in Washington. It was felt over 130,000 square miles in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and B.C, Canada. A large VIII intensity area occurred in Seattle and surrounding suburbs. Extensive damage to chimneys in west Seattle. Two schools were damaged. Slumping was observed on steep slopes and on Harbor Island southwest of Seattle.  Seven persons were killed by falling debris or heart attacks and property damage was estimated at $12.5 million. Damage was similar to that in 2001 and 1949. Buildings which had been damaged in 1949 were further damaged in this event.

 

 4 29  1 46 42 1966  53.900 -157.600  28 5.1   Alaska Peninsula

 4 29  0  4 42 1967  51.100 -130.100   0 5.3   British Colombia

 4 29  3 55 21 1967  51.442 -178.317  48 5.9   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 4 29  0 21 37 1968  39.500 -122.100  15 5.0   Central California

 4 29  0 35  2 1970  52.471 -173.436  91 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 4 29 15 29 55 1971  62.300 -164.000 100 5.0   Central Alaska

 4 29 17 46 33 1985  51.450 -173.480  55 5.0   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 4 29 15 11 56 1989  51.000 -174.800   0 5.1   Andreanoff Islands, Aleutians

 4 29  8  0  3 1990  50.750 -147.410  33 5.3   Southern Alaska

 4 29  8 21  1 1993  35.611 -112.112  10 5.5   Western Arizona

 

Some damage at Big Water, Utah and additional damage at Pipe Springs National Monument, Arizona. Slight damage and short power outages at Grand Canyon Village. Felt from Utah to Los Vegas to Lake Powell.

 

 4 29 22 16 47 2004  61.440 -140.370   1 5.3   Southern Yukon Territory, Canada

 

Felt at Whitehorse.

 

 4 29 12 41 57 2007  52.007 -179.972 117 6.2   Andreanof Islands, Aleutians