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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.2 - NNE of La Paz, Mexico

LaPaz Quake_250912
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Event Time
2012-09-25 23:45:26 UTC
2012-09-25 16:45:26 UTC-07:00 at epicenter

Nearby Cities
75km (47mi) NNE of La Paz, Mexico
154km (96mi) E of Ciudad Constitucion, Mexico
154km (96mi) SW of Ahome, Mexico
157km (98mi) SW of Los Mochis, Mexico
972km (604mi) SSE of Phoenix, Arizona

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Another Earthquake Swarm - Virgin Islands, Magnitude 3.6 - 119km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands

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© USGS
Event Time

2012-09-23 19:44:46 UTC
2012-09-23 15:44:46 UTC-04:00 at epicenter
2012-09-23 12:44:46 UTC-07:00 system time

Nearby Cities


119km (74mi) N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands
132km (82mi) NNE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
170km (106mi) NE of Fajardo, Puerto Rico
179km (111mi) NE of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
189km (117mi) NE of Carolina, Puerto Rico

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - 55km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska

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© USGS
Event Time
2012-09-18 01:44:47 UTC
2012-09-17 17:44:47 UTC-08:00 at epicenter
2012-09-17 18:44:47 UTC-07:00 system time

Nearby Cities
55km (34mi) SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska
525km (326mi) SSW of Anchorage, Alaska
561km (349mi) SSW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska
934km (580mi) SSW of Fairbanks, Alaska
1174km (729mi) WSW of Whitehorse, Canada

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.2 - SSW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia

Indon Quake_140912
© USGS
Event Time
2012-09-14 04:51:47 UTC
2012-09-14 11:51:47 UTC+07:00 at epicenter

Nearby Cities

166km (103mi) SSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia
192km (119mi) WNW of Bengkulu, Indonesia
216km (134mi) W of Curup, Indonesia
253km (157mi) W of Lubuklinggau, Indonesia
629km (391mi) SW of Singapore, Singapore

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 5.1 - 14km W of Ashkasham, Afghanistan

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Event Time
2012-09-12 19:29:55 UTC
2012-09-12 23:59:55 UTC+04:30 at epicenter
2012-09-12 12:29:55 UTC-07:00 system time

Nearby Cities
1km (9mi) W of Ashkasham, Afghanistan
22km (14mi) W of Ishkashim, Tajikistan
51km (32mi) ESE of Jarm, Afghanistan
84km (52mi) SE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan
307km (191mi) SE of Dushanbe, Tajikistan

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Costa Rican Officials: A Strong Earthquake Could Still Occur in Guanacaste

Experts confirmed the Sept. 5 magnitude-7.6 earthquake was the 'Big One' they've been expecting, but the fault rupture was only of 50 percent.

After a series of analyses conducted in the northwestern province of Guanacaste, experts from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (Ovsicori) reported Tuesday that another quake of equal or greater magnitude could occur in Nicoya Peninsula, but predicting when it would happen is "impossible ."

Marino Protti, Ovsicori's lead scientist, explained that the magintude-7.6 earthquake on Sept. 5 caused a 40 percent slip and an inclination of 1.8 meters on the fault located in Nicoya.

He also said that although the quake was the "big one" experts had been expecting for Guanacaste, the fault ruptured by only 50 percent, meaning that the possibility that another earthquake of equal or greater magnitude in the area still remains.

Ovsicori's report, released Tuesday, also stated that the earthquake triggered the activation of three faults in Aguas Zarcas (in the northern region), the Guanacaste Volcanic Area and Irazú Volcano (north of Cartago). Seismologists will continue monitoring the areas.

By Tuesday morning, the total count of aftershocks from the recent earthquake was 1,650. On Sept. 5 at 8:42 a.m., the 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook the country and was felt as far away as Nicaraguan and Panama. Its epicenter was located 20 kilometers northwest of Sámara in the Nicoya Península.

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More tremors at Song Tranh hydro-power plant

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Song Tranh 2 dam
VietNamNet Bridge - In the morning of September 6, thousands of residents of Bac Tra My district, Quang Nam province, panicked because of four consecutive quakes up to 3.4 on the Richter scale. In the last four days, this region suffered from 12 quakes.

While attending a ceremony to see recruits off, many officials of Bac Tra My district heard big explosions in the earth and fell tremors. "After the explosion, the ground shook and my car was also shaken," said Ms. Dung, a district official. Mr. Tran Van Anh in Phuoc Hiep commune, Phuoc Son district, where is very close to Song Tranh 2 hydro-power plant, said: "At 7.20am, when I was drinking tea with my neighbors, an underground blast exploded. After that the ground shook strongly. We had to run out of the house immediately."

In Hiep Duc and Nam Tra My districts, hundreds of people fled from their houses because of underground blasts and tremors in the early morning. The Geo-physic Institute verified that four quakes occurred near the Song Tranh 2 plant in the morning of September 6. The strongest tremor is 3.4 Richter and its epicenter was in Phuoc Hiep commune, which is very close to Song Tranh 2.

According to the institute's statistics, up to 58 tremors were recorded around Song Tranh 2 plant over the last year. From September 3-6, up to 12 quakes occurred. The strongest tremor was 4.2 Richter. Tremors may come from the Tra Bong or Hung Nhuong-Ta Vi faults, around 3km from Song Tranh 2 dam.

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Rescuers Told to Keep at It after China Earthquake Kills 80

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© Reuters/Jason LeeA man runs past a huge stone and damaged houses in Luozehe town, after two earthquakes hit Yiliang, Yunnan province September 9, 2012.
Guohui, China - Rescuers in southwestern China tried on Saturday to reach remote communities rocked by earthquakes that killed at least 80 people and damaged thousands of buildings, state media reported.

Shallow 5.6 magnitude quakes struck an impoverished, mountainous part of the country with poor infrastructure and communications on Friday and the death toll could rise as news trickles in from cut-off areas, the Xinhua news agency said.

The quakes cut off electricity and triggered landslides that blocked roads, hampering rescue efforts. Adding to rescuers' difficulties was rain which forecasters said was expected for the next three days.

"I was extremely scared when it started to shake. After it shook the first, second and third times, it was moving and I was extremely scared," said 56-year-old Zhou Weiping, a resident of the township of Guohui in Yiliang county, near the epicenter.

"We panicked and quickly ran out," she said

State television showed crumbled walls and roads strewn with rubble and rocks. The broadcaster put the death toll at 89 earlier in the day, but later revised it to "at least 80", in line with the official Xinhua news agency's tally.

More than 800 people were injured, Xinhua said.

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia

Russia Quake_090912
© USGS
Event Time
  1. 2012-09-09 05:39:20 UTC
  2. 2012-09-09 15:39:20 UTC+10:00 at epicenter
Nearby Cities
  1. 145km (90mi) SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
  2. 438km (272mi) SSW of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
  3. 457km (284mi) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
  4. 462km (287mi) SSW of Yelizovo, Russia
  5. 1997km (1241mi) NE of Tokyo, Japan

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - WNW of Nabire, Indonesia

Nabire Quake_080912
© USGS
Event Time
  1. 2012-09-08 10:51:43 UTC
  2. 2012-09-08 19:51:43 UTC+09:00 at epicenter
Nearby Cities
  1. 48km (30mi) WNW of Nabire, Indonesia
  2. 279km (173mi) SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia
  3. 377km (234mi) NE of Tual, Indonesia
  4. 496km (308mi) ESE of Sorong, Indonesia
  5. 1126km (700mi) NNE of Darwin, Australia