Hi all This was one of a number of earthquake events in the New Year period. Other events included quakes in Mexico and Indonesia. 2003 seemed to cram the hard...
Hi all This seems to be as deadly as the 2001 Gujarat earthquake in India during the opening days of 2001. That earthquake was magnitude 7.9 and killed 30,000...
Hi all This earthquake was only 4.6 but it caused panic in the capital of Algeria. Algeria was rocked by a larger earthquake last year which killed 2200 people...
Hi all This is a cluster that occurred over just a 24 hour period. You could argue that the earthquakes were possibly to do with the Alpine Fault which runs...
Hi all For Hardin, Jacquie, Sandi and Julie the minute of 4.37AM is probably imprinted in your minds for eternity - the minute the Earth heaved in sync to a...
Hi Rob and all, Very true- We also think of the 57 who died as well as the more than 1,500 people were seriously injured. The thousands of us temporarily ...
Hi all I finished my degree at Summer School. I am scheduled to graduate in April with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc)in Geography. For those of you on the...
Hi all There has been a magnitude 6.6 earthquake northeast of Tonga. The quake had a depth of 130km, and was felt as a light shake. No damage or casualties...
Hi all The year of 2003 was a busy one for world seismicity and a deadly one also, especially in Iran and Algeria. Other highlights included the August...
Hi all This looks like it was on the down going slab of the Pacific Plate, which subducts under the Australian Plate northeast of NZ. Rob ... The following...
Hi all I wonder under what conditions this was reported felt in Rotorua. This quake is one of the smallest I know to have had a "felt" report. I think this...
Hi all No damage or casualties have been reported from this earthquake as yet. The earthquake was however strong enough to shake buildings in Taipei. Rob ... ...
Hi all This event occurred on February 5, and there has been no reports of casualties or damage. Rob ... Magnitude 6.8 - IRIAN JAYA, INDONESIA 2004 February 5...
Hi all This cluster of earthquakes may include the magnitude 6.8 earthquake reported earlier in eastern Indonesia, in Irian Jaya. There have been casualties...
Hi all This would have caused significant damage and instilled fear into an already nervous population. Given that the earthquakef followed within two days of...
Hi all There should not be any surprise that there are aftershocks following in the wake of the cluster of quakes that rocked Indonesia last week. Rob ... ...
Hi all I have signed on with the USGS and NZ Hazardwatch EQ mailing lists to get the updates earthquake activity in the US, NZ and around the world. Do people...
Earthquake felt across Israel By JPOST.COM STAFF Feb. 11, 2004 5 on the Richter scale; A glass cabinet breaks in an Akko home; Minister Paritzky at the...
2004/02/20 05:58 M 6.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS Z= 84km 11.70S 166.46E This REVISED information is provided by the USGS National Earthquake Information Center. A...
2004/02/21 02:34 M 6.6 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS Z= 10km 58.51S 14.74W This information is provided by the USGS National Earthquake Information Center. These...
2004/02/22 06:46 M 6.0 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA Z= 44km 1.59S 100.40E This information is provided by the USGS National Earthquake Information Center. ...
Hi all I am going to try to broaden the topic range here by introducing some new ideas about plate tectonics and seismicity, which will hopefully liven the...
Hi all There has been a magnitude 6.5 in northern Morocco, near the city of Al Hoceima. The earthquake has killed 15 people and there are many injuries. Rob ...
Hi all The death toll has risen to 564 in Morocco's earthquake, which measured magnitude 6.5. Rob ... Death toll in Morocco quake rises to 564 25 February 2004...
Yikes! This stills the heart. Coastal town, also remote mountain villages, mostly women and children in their beds, shallow focus! I fear the rise of the...
MADRID, Feb. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- The Spanish government would provide quake-hit Morocco with 20 million euros (24 million US dollars) in aid, a statement of the...