An earthquake with recorded magnitude of 6.3 (USGS) hit Banda Sea, Indonesia on October 8, 2012 at 11:43 UTC. Epicenter was located 112 km (69 miles) SSE of Saparua, Indonesia at coordinates 4.442°S, 129.165°E. Recorded depth of this earthquake was 34.7 km
Earthquake M6.0 hit Gulf of California on October 08, 2012 at 06:26:22 UTC. The epicenter was located 93 km (58 miles) SSW (209°) from Ahome, Sinaloa and Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico (25.182°N, 109.622°W) at depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles) according to USGS.EMSC
Scientist claim that true polar wander is happening now. True polar wander is a solid-body rotation of a planet with respect to its spin axis, causing the geographic locations of the North and South Poles to change, or
The article titled “Open-source archive of active faults for northwest South America,” by Gabriel Veloza and colleagues introduces the “Active Tectonics of the Andes Database”. It should provide more data to more geoscientists. Their work includes the locations and
Strong and shallow earthquake M6.2 occurred on October 1 at 22:21:45 UTC off the east coast of Honshu, Japan. The epicenter was located 97 km (60 miles) ENE of Miyako (39.853°N, 143.047°E) at depth of 9.7 km (6.0 miles). JMA Japan reports a M6.3 at a depth of 10
Powerful earthquake M7.2 hit Colombia at 16:31 UTC on September 30, 2012. The epicenter was located 9 km (5 miles) WNW of Isnos, Colombia (1.969°N, 76.315°W) at depth of 150.4 km (93.5 miles). USGS initially measured magnitude 7.4 but was later revisited at 7.1
Large earthquakes can alter seismicity patterns across the globe in very different ways, according to two new studies by seismologists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Two new analysis shed light on more than a
Shallow earthquake measuring M 6.0 struck off Solomon Islands on September 27, 2012 at 23:53:49 UTC. Epicenter was located 111 km (68 miles) SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands (8.825°S, 157.557°E) at depth of 10 km (6.2 miles) according to USGS and 33 km (20.5 miles)
Strong and shallow earthquake meassuring M6.9 struck near Andreanoff Islands at Aleutian archipelago on September 26 at 23:39:54 UTC. Epicenter was located only 34 km (21 miles) S of Tanaga Volcano (51.634°N, 178.293°W) at depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles) in the
Strong M6.2 earthquake struck in Gulf of California on September 25, 2012 at 23:45:26 UTC. The epicenter was located 75 km (47 miles) N (11°) from La Paz, Baja California Sur and 154 km (96 miles) E (98°) from Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico
