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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits off the coast of Nicaragua


Sputnik
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:36 UTC
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The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center has reported an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 occurring on Tuesday off the coast of Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

The earthquake occurred in Pacific Ocean, 79 kilometers southwest of the city of San Juan del Sur. According to seismological center, the epicenter of the tremors was 142 km south of the Nicaraguan capital of Managua. The hearth of the quake lay at a depth of 59 km.

At first the USGS put the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.0 but later it revised it.

There is no information on injuries or damage at this point, and no tsunami threat was announced. According to reports some electrical poles in Managua have fallen.
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Shallow 4.3 magnitude earthquake rattles Greece, tremors felt in Athens


RT
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 23:08 UTC
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A 4.3 magnitude quake that shook Greece on Monday night was felt in Athens. Witnesses reported a strong tremor in the capital city.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck 25 kilometers (15 miles) northeast of Athens at a depth of 10 kilometers, just before 8.30pm local time.

According to the EMSC - an independent provider of real-time earthquake warnings - the tremor was felt over an area inhabited by 3.6 million people

Witnesses close to the epicenter near Marathon, in southeast Attica, told the agency it felt like a bomb exploded nearby. "It sounded like someone dropped a bomb and then everything started shaking," one person who was three kilometers from the epicenter reported.

Reports from central Athens and the suburbs described the quake as strong but quick.
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Shallow 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes southern Peru, leaves 1 dead and 20 injured

Marco Aquino
Global News
Sun, 14 Jan 2018 14:50 UTC
The earthquake struck off the Peruvian coast just after 4 a.m. local time Sunday.
The earthquake struck off the Peruvian coast just after 4 a.m. local time Sunday.
A strong earthquake struck the coast of southern Peru on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, causing damage to some homes, collapsing roads and injuring around 20 people.

A strong earthquake struck the coast of southern Peru on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, leaving one dead and around 20 injured and causing homes and roads to collapse.

The 7.1 magnitude quake hit at 4:18 a.m. local time (0918 GMT) at a depth of around 10 km (6 miles), the USGS said. Peru's government Geophysical Institute said the earthquake was of magnitude 6.7 with its epicenter in Lomas, in the southern region of Arequipa.

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Shallow 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits 145 km from the Solomon Islands


Xinhua
Sat, 13 Jan 2018 14:05 UTC
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An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude jolted 145 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 23.5 km, was initially determined to be at 11.1957 degrees south latitude and 163.0205 degrees east longitude.
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Shallow 6.0 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar (Burma)

Armand Vervaeck
Earthquake-Report.com
Thu, 11 Jan 2018 19:57 UTC
MAP Burma
Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 6

Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2018-01-12 00:56:24

GMT/UTC Time : 2018-01-11 18:26:24

Depth (Hypocenter) : 10 km

Comment: 3 strong aftershocks followed in quick succession, from Earthquake Track:
Aftershocks:

2018-01-11 18:38:12 UTC 5.3 magnitude, 10 km depth
Pyu, Bago, Myanmar

2018-01-11 18:42:59 UTC 5.2 magnitude, 10 km depth
Pyu, Bago, Myanmar

2018-01-11 18:44:00 UTC 5.3 magnitude, 10 km depth
Pyu, Bago, Myanmar


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Five successive earthquakes rattle western Iran


Tasnim News Agency
Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:45 UTC
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Five successive earthquakes, all measuring above 5 on the Richter scale, struck Iran's western provinces of Kermanshah and Ilam on Thursday, nearly two months after a massive temblor killed over 600 people in Kermanshah and displaced thousands of others.

Since Thursday morning, nine quakes have shaken Iran's western regions near the common border with Iraq, including four measuring lower than 4 on the Richter scale.
The consecutive temblors hit near the cities of Soumar and Gilan-e-Gharb in the province of Kermanshah and the city of Zarneh in Ilam province.

On November 12, a 7.3-magnitude quake hit Kermanshah, killing more than 620 people and injuring around 10,000 others, mainly in the city of Sarpol-e Zahab and the nearby villages.
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Strongest earthquake in five years hits Groningen, Netherlands

Zack Newmark
NL Times
Mon, 08 Jan 2018 15:28 UTC
Ministry of Economic Affairs in The Hague
© @milieudefensie / TwitterMilieudefensie and Groningen residents dump fracking earthquake rubble in front of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in The Hague, 26 Oct 2017.
A 3.4-magnitude earthquake rattled the province of Groningen on Monday afternoon. There were no immediate damage reports of note following Monday 3 p.m. quake, which had an epicenter near Zeerijp and could be felt at least 10 kilometers away, the KNMI meteorology agency said.

Broadcaster RTV Noord said those in its Europapark, Groningen offices 20 kilometers away could also feel the ground shake.
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Strong earthquake hits Imphal on India-Myanmar border, scale of damage unclear


Sputnik
Sun, 07 Jan 2018 16:30 UTC
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A 5.5 magnitude quake has hit to the east of Imphal, the capital of the Indian northeastern state of Manipur, according to the US Geological Survey service. Earlier, the Islamic Republic of Iran had suffered from an earthquake which left over 20 individuals injured.
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5.1-magnitude earthquake rocks western Iran in same area as deadly November 2017 quake


RT
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 17:10 UTC
iran map 5.1 earthquake jan 2018
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake rocked western Iran on Saturday in the same area as a deadly November quake which left more than 600 people dead.

According to Iranian state television, there have been no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

The quake struck 21 kilometers from Sarpol-e Zahab in western Iran at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the USGS. A 4.7 magnitude aftershock was recorded in the area shortly after the quake, according to Iranian news outlet Khabar.

Comment: See: Iran-Iraq border region hit with 7.2 magnitude earthquake, 400+ killed, deadliest quake of 2017 (UPDATE)

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Tokyo area hit by 4.9 magnitude earthquake which 'shakes walls, rattles furniture'


RT
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:05 UTC
Tokyo earthquake
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An earthquake of 4.9 magnitude has reportedly struck Tokyo, Japan. TASS reports the jolt was felt in its Tokyo office with the "walls trembling and furniture swaying."

The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) has put the strength of the tremor at 5.1 magnitude. The epicenter of the earthquake was located some 36 km east of Tokyo.
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