A significant earthquake swarm has started in the vicinity of Mount Churchill volcano, Alaska, US, on July 14, 2013. USGS measured 27 earthquakes in last 48 hours with magnitudes between 2.5 and 4.4. Depth varies from 0.1 km to 15 km.
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A vey strong earthquake with recorded magnitude of 7.3 (USGS and EMSC preliminary reports) struck south of South Sandwich Islands on July 15, 2013 at 14:03 UTC. Both USGS and EMSC measured depth at 30 km.
Epicenter was located at sea, 185km (115mi) SSE
From the late 1960s until 2000, there were only 21 earthquakes a year with a magnitude greater than 3 in central and eastern United States. But from 2010-2012, the region experienced over 300.
In a paper in Science, researchers think they may have
A very strong, but luckily deep, M 7.2 earthquake struck New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea on July 7, 2013 at 18:35 UTC. USGS measured depth at 378 km, EMSC at 383 km.
Epicenter was located at sea, 110km (68mi) ENE of Taron, Papua New Guinea
A strong earthquake with recorded magnitude of 6.0 (USGS) / 6.1 (EMSC) struck southern tip of the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia on July 5, 2013 at 05:05 UTC. Mentawai Islands are one of the most dangerous tsunami locations in the world but no tsunami threat exists from
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck border region of Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, on July 4, 2013 at 17:16 UTC. USGS measured depth at 72 km, EMSC at 60 km. This depth should have a weakening effect on the shaking.
Epicenter was located 81km (50mi)
A shallow and very dangerous earthquake with recorded magnitude of 6.1 (USGS) struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia on July 2, 2013 at 07:32 UTC. USGS measured depth at 10 km same as EMSC (Mw 6.1). Epicenter was located 55km (34mi) S of Bireun
Strong earthquake registered as M6.4 (USGS) occurred at northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 22:04 UTC on June 24, 2013. USGS registered depth of 10.0km (6.2 miles).The epicenter was located 1248 km (775 miles) ENE of Cayenne, French Guiana and 1 359 km (844 miles) NNE of Sal
Strong earthquake registered as M 5.9 (EMSC) occurred off coast of Crete, Greece on June 16, 2013 at 21:39 UTC. The epicenter was located 71 km S of Pýrgos, Crete at coordinates 34.37 N ; 24.99 E. The epicenter was at depth of 12 km.
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A very strong earthquake with preliminary magnitude of M 6.5 (EMSC/USGS) struck near the coast of Nicaragua on June 15, 2013 at 17:34 UTC. USGS measured depth at 32 km, EMSC reports depth of 60 km (preliminary data).
Epicenter was located 57km (35mi)
