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Shallow magnitude 6 earthquake in the North Atlantic Ocean


Volcano Discovery
Sat, 01 Oct 2022 07:50 UTC
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Very strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 10 km depth

Date & time Oct 1, 2022 01:18:53 UTC
Local time at epicenter Friday, Sep 30, 2022 at 11:18 pm (GMT -2)
Status Confirmed
Magnitude 6
Depth 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude 53.7113°N / 35.5271°W
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Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes east of South Sandwich Islands region


saltwire.com
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 08:40 UTC
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck east of the South Sandwich Islands region, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Thursday.

The quake was at a depth of 2 km (1.24 miles), EMSC added.

(Reporting by Jose Joseph in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)

Source: Reuters
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This week in volcano news; Mauna Loa earthquake swarm, alert level raised at Taupo

GeologyHub
Floodlist
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 10:17 UTC
Piton de la Fournaise Volcano (La Réunion):
Piton de la Fournaise Volcano (La Réunion)
This week, the alert level at the Taupo supervolcano in New Zealand was raised for the first time. Meanwhile at Mauna Loa in Hawaii, a new shallow earthquake swarm began during the volcano's continued yellow alert level. And, on Reunion Island, a new volcanic eruption began at the Piton de la Fournaise volcano, sending flows of molten rock down the volcano's edifice. This video will discuss these volcano related news stories, as told and analyzed by a volcanologist.

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Shallow earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hits in Pacific off southern Chile


ABC News
Sat, 24 Sep 2022 08:30 UTC
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck in the Pacific off southern Chile on Friday, but there were no early reports of damage.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter was 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) below the surface, about 142 kilometers (88 miles) west of Ancud, a town 1,120 kilometers (696 miles) south of the Chilean capital, Santiago.

The National Emergency Office said in a tweet that authorities were checking for any "possible damage to people, alteration of basic services or infrastructure."

The Chilean navy's Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service ruled out the possibility of a tsunami.

Chile sits along the so-called "Ring of Fire" of the Pacific, and it has frequent earthquakes. In 2010, a quake of magnitude 8.8 set off a devastating tsunami that killed 526 people and collapsed more than 220,000 homes in the south-central part of the country.

Source: The Associated Press
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6.2-magnitude earthquake hits off Meulaboh, Indonesia: USGS


Xinhua
Sat, 24 Sep 2022 08:21 UTC
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted 40 km SSW of Meulaboh, Indonesia, at 20:52:59 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 48.584 km, was initially determined to be at 3.8098 degrees north latitude and 95.9872 degrees east longitude.
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6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Michoacan, Mexico, 1 dead - 2nd major quake for the region in 3 days


ABC News
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:14 UTC
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A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck Mexico early Thursday, causing buildings to sway and leaving at least one person dead in the nation's capital.

The earthquake struck shortly after 1 a.m., just three days after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook western and central Mexico, killing two.

Comment: 7.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico on the anniversary of two previous quakes

The U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday's earthquake, like Monday's, was centered in the western state of Michoacan near the Pacific coast. The epicenter was about 29 miles (46 kilometers) south-southwest of Aguililla, Michoacan, at a depth of about 15 miles (24.1 kilometers).

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Strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits off Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Chris King
Euro Weekly News
Tue, 20 Sep 2022 08:39 UTC
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An earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude has hit near the region of Kamchatsk Staryy in Russia.

A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude on the Richter scale has been registered this evening in the Bering Sea, off the eastern coast of Russia. According to Asismet @Asismet_IF, the tremor occurred at 6:23pm local time. Its epicentre was placed 253km east of Ust'-Kamchatsk, at a depth of 10km.

The location of this quake is said to be along the Bering fault, and related to the Bering Kresla plate boundary shear zone.
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7.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico on the anniversary of two previous quakes


wamu.org
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 22:03 UTC
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A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Mexico's central Pacific coast on Monday, killing at least one person and setting off a seismic alarm in the rattled capital on the anniversary of two earlier devastating quakes.

There were at least some early reports of damage to buildings from the quake, which hit at 1:05 p.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geologic Survey, which had initially put the magnitude at 7.5.

It said the quake was centered 37 kilometers (23 miles) southeast of Aquila near the boundary of Colima and Michoacan states and at a depth of 15.1 kilometers (9.4 miles).

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said via Twitter that the secretary of the navy told him one person was killed in the port city of Manzanillo, Colima when a wall at a mall collapsed.

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Shallow 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan - 2nd major quake there within 19 hours

Tara Abhasakun
The Thaiger
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:35 UTC
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A tsunami warning has been cancelled after an earthquake rocked the Taiwan's southeastern region today. The The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for Taiwan after the earthquake but later rescinded the alert.

Today's earthquake struck Taiwan's rural Yujing district with a 6.9 magnitude, and a depth of 10 kilometres.

Photos showed buildings collapsed, and about 20 people were evacuated from a train derailed in the area.

Three people were trapped under the rubble of one building, while a fourth person was saved. There were, however, no casualties reported, the Taiwan Railway Administration said.


Comment: Details of the earlier shake: Shallow magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocks Taiwan

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Shallow magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocks Taiwan


Focus Taiwan
Sat, 17 Sep 2022 16:58 UTC
The side wall of an uninhabited 70-year-old home in Hualien's Fuli Township collapsed due to the earthquake Saturday evening.
The side wall of an uninhabited 70-year-old home in Hualien's Fuli Township collapsed due to the earthquake Saturday evening.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Taiwan's southeastern Taitung County at 9:41 p.m. Saturday, according to data from the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

There were reports of objects falling from store shelves in Taitung, Kaohsiung's metro system was temporarily suspended and there were at least five aftershocks.

The epicenter of the temblor was located about 35.8 kilometers north of Taitung County Hall, at a depth of 7.3 km, the bureau's Seismology Center said.

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