Earthquake News and Information

Disaster: Earthquake Magnitude scale. Color coded scale denotes link colors associated with the magnitude of an earht quake event.

Event: M 5.1, Fiji region, Time: 2012-02-05 23:50:41Z
Event: M 5.2, Mindanao, Philippines, Time: 2012-02-05 16:46:43Z
Event: M 6.0, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-05 16:40:39Z
Event: M 5.2, Kyrgyzstan, Time: 2012-02-05 07:10:18Z
Event: M 5.0, southern Iran, Time: 2012-02-05 06:10:39Z
Event: M 5.0, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-05 02:16:36Z
Event: M 6.1, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-05 00:15:40Z
Event: M 5.2, Kepulauan Kai, Indonesia, Time: 2012-02-05 00:06:00Z
Event: M 5.3, Owen Fracture Zone region, Time: 2012-02-04 21:50:51Z
Event: M 5.7, Vancouver Island, Canada region, Time: 2012-02-04 20:05:32Z
Event: M 5.4, Samar, Philippines, Time: 2012-02-04 19:29:21Z
Event: M 5.1, central Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Time: 2012-02-04 18:01:46Z
Event: M 5.2, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-04 17:45:29Z
Event: M 5.6, Samar, Philippines, Time: 2012-02-04 13:09:23Z
Event: M 5.8, Tonga, Time: 2012-02-04 07:40:13Z
Event: M 5.4, central Mongolia, Time: 2012-02-04 04:09:35Z
Event: M 5.1, Taiwan region, Time: 2012-02-04 02:54:22Z
Event: M 5.1, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea, Time: 2012-02-03 11:26:47Z
Event: M 5.7, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-03 06:01:41Z
Event: M 5.4, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-03 04:33:09Z
Event: M 6.0, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-03 03:46:23Z
Event: M 5.1, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-02 20:26:31Z
Event: M 5.1, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-02 19:44:35Z
Event: M 5.2, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-02 17:28:47Z
Event: M 5.5, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-02 17:27:07Z
Event: M 5.0, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-02 16:04:45Z
Event: M 5.3, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-02 13:57:07Z
Event: M 7.1, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-02-02 13:34:40Z
Event: M 5.5, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea, Time: 2012-02-02 09:32:15Z
Event: M 5.0, New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea, Time: 2012-02-02 09:16:18Z
Event: M 5.4, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea, Time: 2012-02-02 06:46:31Z
Event: M 5.0, near the coast of southern Peru, Time: 2012-02-02 04:50:48Z
Event: M 5.0, west of Macquarie Island, Time: 2012-02-02 02:48:06Z
Event: M 5.3, Easter Island region, Time: 2012-02-01 21:43:48Z
Event: M 5.6, southern Sumatra, Indonesia, Time: 2012-02-01 07:14:27Z
Event: M 5.2, Samar, Philippines, Time: 2012-02-01 04:30:54Z
Event: M 5.1, Vanuatu, Time: 2012-01-31 19:58:02Z
Event: M 5.2, Simeulue, Indonesia, Time: 2012-01-30 13:20:35Z
Event: M 6.3, near the coast of central Peru, Time: 2012-01-30 05:11:00Z

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Third Sizeable Earthquake in Two Years
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Earthquake strikes near coast of Vancouver Island
Vancouver Sun
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Nuclear plants told to reassess earthquake risks
WRCB-TV
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Earthquake Recap: Two Shakes Near Soquel and Watsonville
Patch.com
By Jacob Bourne Two small earthquakes made waves on the Richter scale around Santa Cruz County this week, with the largest measured at 2.1 near Watsonville. Generally, earthquakes that fail to break the 2-mark on the scale are difficult to feel far ...
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Bill seeks earthquake insurance notification
The Daily Progress
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