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The Hokkaido earthquake caused extensive damage, destroying roads all around HokkaidÅ, and triggered power outages and extensive landslides. [1] Over 800 people were injured. [5] The earthquake also caused a tsunami reaching 4 meters in height. [6] The earthquake's presence was felt throughout Japan, stretching all the way to Honshu and Tokyo. [1]
This is an incomplete list of earthquakes in Albania. Date Location Mag. Depth MMI Deaths Injuries Notes Ref 2024-01-13 Lushnj ...
The earthquake was also felt in Spain, Portugal, and Algeria. [5] [6] [7] It is the strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake in Morocco, the deadliest in the country since the 1960 Agadir earthquake, and the second-deadliest earthquake of 2023 after the Turkey–Syria earthquakes. [8]
Affected a wide area of Egypt, Sinai, Hejaz. The location given is the macroseismic epicenter, although the earthquake was probably located in the Gulf of Aqaba: September 2, 1754 Cairo see 1754 Cairo earthquake: 30.8 31.0 40,000 The death toll is questioned, but is not unreasonable for a shallow earthquake in an area of high population density [2]
An earthquake struck Pakistan's province of Balochistan near the city of Harnai on 7 October 2021. [2] [3] The moment magnitude 5.9 M ww quake struck in the early morning at 03:01 local time, killing at least 42 people and injuring 300 others. [4] The earthquake occurred just one day before the anniversary of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
The 1968 Illinois earthquake (a New Madrid event) [4] was the largest recorded earthquake in the U.S. Midwestern state of Illinois. Striking at 11:02 a.m. on November 9, it measured 5.3 on the Richter scale . [ 5 ]
This earthquake was felt in Togo and Benin as well. It caused much damage and killed three people. [4] [2] [5] 1906 Ho: Much damage was recorded. [5] 22 June 1939 Accra 6.6 This earthquake killed seventeen to twenty two people and injured one hundred and thirty three [2] [3] [6] 8 January 1997 Accra: 3.8 [1] 15 February 1997 Accra 4.1 [1] 6 ...
The sequence began on December 28, 2019, with a M w 4.7 earthquake, followed closely by a M w 5.0 event in the early hours of December 29. Several earthquakes of M <5 occurred over the next few days, followed by a M w 5.8 event at 10:32 UTC on January 6.