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July 1952 Kern County, USA Images
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South of Bakersfield. Affected area: 414,000 square kilometers. Damage: $50 million. This was the main shock of the series of earthquakes that struck this area. It... -
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December 1988 Leninakan-Spitak-Kirovakan, Armenia Images
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The magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook northwestern Armenia, and was followed four minutes later by a magnitude 5.8 aftershock. The earthquakes affected an area 80... -
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April 1946 Unimak Island, USA Images
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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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October 1989 Loma Prieta, USA Images
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The magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred near Loma Prieta in the Santa Cruz mountains. Movement occurred along a 40-km segment of the San Andreas fault from southwest of... -
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March 1977 Bucharest, Romania Images
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1,500 reported killed, 10,500 injured, and extensive damage in the Bucharest area. Bulgaria reported 20 killed and 165 injured. Moscow reported some damage in the... -
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May 2010 Pacaya, Guatemala Images
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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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Slumps and Subsidence Images
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The slopes above streams and rivers are subjected to a variety of processes that cause them to recede and retreat from the river or stream channel. These processes,... -
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October 1994 Shikotan, Kuril Islands, Russia Images
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A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred in the southern Kurils and on northern Hokkaido on Tuesday, October 5, 1994, (October 4 at 13:23 GMT). It was a sudden event,... -
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April 1981 Westmorland, Calipatria, USA Images
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Magnitude 6.3. Damage $1-$3 million. Subsidence was reported on several rural roads in the area. Liquefaction caused scores of mudpots, and oozing soil in nearby... -
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November 1975 Kilauea, USA Images
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Two earthquakes occurred in the morning on Hawaii Island. The first earthquake (3 hours 36 minutes local time, 5.1 Ms, epicenter near the Kilauea crater) awakened the... -
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June 1991 Pinatubo, Philippines Images
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Mount Pinatubo is an andesitic island arc volcano, located on the southwestern part of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Prior to 1991, it had been dormant for... -
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July 2017 Santa Maria, Colombia Images
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In the Colombian Caribbean, there was a tsunami event caused by underwater landslide on July 19, 2017, at approximately 8:20 am local time, affecting coastal areas... -
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Seismic Creep, USA Images
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Seismic creep is the constant or periodic movement on a fault as contrasted with the sudden rupture associated with an earthquake. It is a usually slow deformation of... -
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Kilauea, USA Images
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The basaltic shield volcano on the Island of Hawaii is among the most extensively studied volcanoes in the world. The volcano, with its summit caldera, is located on... -
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September 2015 Illapel, Chile Images
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On September 16th, 2015, an earthquake registering 8.4 on the Richter scale shook Chile between the Atacama and La Araucania regions. The National Emergency Office... -
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June 1925 Clarkston Valley, USA Images
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Location: east of Helena. Affected area: 803,000 square kilometers. Damage: $0.3 million. Chimneys fell in every direction from the shaking. In addition, brick and... -
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April 2007 Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea Images
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An earthquake measuring 8.1 struck 345 kilometers northwest of the Solomon Islands' capital Honiara at 0740 local time on 2 April. (2040 GMT 1 April). The earthquake... -
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Izalco, El Salvador Images
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Izalco is a young stratovolcano on the south flank of Santa Ana Volcano in western El Salvador. Its continuous small explosive eruptions (beginning in 1770) caused it... -
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January 1995 Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe), Japan Images
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On the morning of January 17, 1995 (January 16 at 20:46 GMT), a major earthquake occurred near the City of Kobe, Japan. The greatest intensity of shaking for the 6.9... -
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Erosional Landforms Images
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The hydrologic system, which includes all possible paths of motion of Earth's near-surface fluids including air and water, is largely responsible for the variety of...