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January 1994 Northridge, USA Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
At 4:31 am local time (12:31 GMT) on Monday, January 17, 1994, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake twenty miles west northwest of downtown Los Angeles awoke nearly everyone in... -
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February 2010 Maule, Chile Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
As of May 2010, the number of confirmed deaths stood at 521, with 56 persons still missing. Estimates of economic damage are around $30 billion. According to Ministry... -
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May 2010 Pacaya, Guatemala Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
A television reporter was killed by a shower of burning rocks when he got too close to the volcano, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) south of Guatemala City. On 29 May,... -
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March 2011 Tohoku, Japan Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The March 11 earthquake generated a devastating tsunami that was observed all over the Pacific and caused tremendous devastation locally, including an accident at the... -
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January 1980 Livermore, USA Images recent views
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There was considerable damage to facilities at the Lawrence Livermore Lab. -
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June 1979 Cadoux, Australia Images recent views
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Western Australia. Damage: $1.5 million. -
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July 1967 Caracas, Venezuela Images recent views
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The magnitude 6.6 earthquake killed 240 and caused $50 million in property damage. -
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Volcanoes in Eruption - Set 1 recent views
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The word volcano is used to refer to the opening from which molten rock and gas issue from Earth's interior onto the surface, and also to the cone, hill, or mountain... -
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March 1957 Aleutian Islands, USA Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The magnitude 8.6 (Mw) earthquake occurred south of the Andreanof Islands, in the Aleutian Islands. It generated an 8-meter tsunami that did great damage on Adak... -
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November 1994 Mindoro, Philippines Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
On November 14, 1994 at 19:15:30 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 Mw earthquake struck in the Verde Island Passage between Luzon and Mindoro Islands, Philippine Islands. A local... -
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April 1946 Unimak Island, USA Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
On April 1, 1946, at 12:29 [local time] a rather strong magnitude 8.6 earthquake occurred with source to the south of Unimak Island, causing one of the most... -
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September 1975 Lice, Turkey Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Eastern Turkey. A magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck the Turkish district of Lice at 12:20 local time (09:20 UTC) on September 6, 1975, killing 2,311 people. The... -
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May 1983 Coalinga, USA Images recent views
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Location: Central California, 20.8 kilometers from Coalinga. Affected area: 205,000 square kilometers. Damage: $31 million. The most serious damage occurred in the... -
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October 1915 Pleasant Valley, USA Images recent views
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Oblique-slip fault produced during the 7.7 magnitude earthquake of 1915, Pleasant Valley, Nevada. -
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April 1965 Seattle, USA Images recent views
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The magnitude 6.5 earthquake killed 7 and caused 12.5 million in property damage. -
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October 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
A devastating earthquake shook the western Himalaya and adjoining regions on the morning of 8th October 2005. The magnitude 7.6 earthquake killed at least 86,000... -
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NCEI/WDS Global Tsunami Deposits Database recent views
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Discover where, when and how severely tsunamis affected Earth in geologic history. Information regarding Tsunami Deposits and Proxies for Tsunami Events complements... -
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Barcena, Mexico Images recent views
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Barcena is on San Benedicto Island, which lies off the coast of Mexico, south of Baja California and west of Mexico City. -
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Strong Motion Earthquake Data Values of Digitized Strong-Motion Accelerograms, 1933-1994 recent views
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The Strong Motion Earthquake Data Values of Digitized Strong-Motion Accelerograms is a database of over 15,000 digitized and processed accelerograph records from 1933... -
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September 1985 Mexico City, Mexico Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The damage was concentrated in a 25 square km area of Mexico City, 350 km from the epicenter....