SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES:

2010 HAITI EARTHQUAKE:

DEPTH: 13km (8.1 miles)

MAGNITUDE: 7.0 Mw

EPICENTER: 18°28′N 72°32′W

The magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake occurred inland, on 12 January

2010 at 16:53 (UTC−05:00), approximately 25 km (16 mi) WSW from
Port-au-Prince at a depth of 13 km (8.1 mi) on blind thrust faults associated with the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden
fault system and lasted less than 30 seconds. There is no evidence of surface rupture and based on
seismological, geological and ground deformation data it is thought that the earthquake did not involve
significant lateral slip on the main Enriquillo fault. Strong shaking associated with intensity IX on the Modified
Mercalli scale (MM) was recorded in Port-au-Prince and its suburbs. It was also felt in several surrounding
countries and regions, including Cuba (MM III in Guantánamo), Jamaica (MM II in Kingston), Venezuela (MM
II in Caracas), Puerto Rico (MM II–III in San Juan), and the bordering Dominican Republic (MM III in Santo
Domingo).

VALDIVIA EARTHQUAKE:

DEPTH: 33KM (21 miles)

MAGNITUDE: 9.5 Mw

EPICENTER: 38.24°S 73.05°W

The Valdivia earthquake occurred at 15:11 UTC-4 on 22 May,

and affected all of Chile between Talca and Chiloé Island, more
than 400,000 square kilometres (150,000 sq mi). Coastal
villages, such as Toltén, were struck. At Corral, the main port of Valdivia, the water level rose 4 m (13 ft)
before it began to recede. At 16:20 UTC-4, a wave of 8 m (26 ft) struck the Chilean coast, mainly between
Concepción and Chiloé. Another wave measuring 10 m (33 ft) was reported ten minutes later.

1994 NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE:

DEPTH: 18.20km (11.31 miles)

MAGNITUDE: 6.7 Mw

EPICENTER: 34.213°N 118.537°W

The 1994 Northridge earthquake was a magnitude of 6.7 (Mw),

blind thrust earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1994, at
4:30:55 a.m. PST in the San Fernando Valley region of the County
of Los Angeles. Its epicenter was in Reseda, a neighborhood in the north-central area of the San Fernando
Valley. The quake had a duration of approximately 10–20 seconds, and its peak ground acceleration of
1.8g (16.7 m/s2) was the highest ever instrumentally recorded in an urban area in North America. Strong ground
motion was felt as far away as Las Vegas, Nevada, about 220 miles (360 km) from the epicenter. The peak
ground velocity at the Rinaldi Receiving Station was 183 cm/s (4.09 mph or 6.59 km/h), the fastest ever
recorded.

INTERMEDIATE EARTHQUAKES:

1908 MESSINA EARTHQUAKE:

FAULT: STRAIT OF MESSINA

MAGNITUDE: 7.1 Mw

EPICENTER: 38.15°N 15.68°E

The 1908 Messina earthquake (also known as the 1908 Messina

and Reggio earthquake[3]) occurred on 28 December
in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy with a moment magnitude of
7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria were almost
completely destroyed and between 75,000 and 82,000 lives were lost.

2008SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE:

FAULT: Longmesshan Fault

MAGNITUDE:7.9

DEPTH: 249 km

The quake was caused by the collision of the Indian-Australian and Eurasian plates along the 155-mile-
(249-km-) long Longmenshan Fault, a thrust fault in which the stresses produced by the northward-moving
Indian-Australian plate shifted a portion of the Plateau of Tibet eastward. Compressional forces brought on by
this shift sheared the ground in two locations along the fault, thrusting the ground upward by approximately 29
feet (about 9 metres) in some places.
1755 LISBON EARTHQUAKE

EPICENTER: 36°N 11°W

MAGNITUDE:8.5-9.0

DEPTH: 200

The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, occurred in the Kingdom of Portugal
on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time. In combination with
subsequent fires and a tsunami, the earthquake almost totally destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas.
Seismologists today estimate the Lisbon earthquake had a magnitude in the range 8.5–9.0 on the moment
magnitude scale, with its epicentre in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 km (120 mi) west-southwest of Cape St.
Vincent.
DEEP SEATED EARTHQUAKES:

2013 Okhotsk Sea earthquake

DEPTH: 609 km

MAGNITUDE: 8.3

EPICENTER: Sea of Okhotsk

The 2013 Okhotsk Sea earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude

of 8.3 at 15:44:49 local time (05:44:49 UTC) on 24 May. It had an epicenter
in the Sea of Okhotsk and affected primarily (but not only) Asian Russia,
especially the Kamchatka Peninsula where the shaking lasted for five
minutes. Due to its great depth (609 km), it was not particularly intense at
the surface, but was felt over a very large area. Such a deep-focus earthquake could be felt not only in areas
surrounding the Okhotsk Sea but also in places as far as Tokyo (JMA 1) (about 2,374 km away), Nanjing (more
than 4,000 km away), Atyrau (MM V) (about 7,196 km away), and Moscow (about 7,370 km away). The
shaking prompted almost 900 residents to leave their homes in Moscow.

2010 Mindanao earthquakes

Local date July 23, 2010

Areas affected: Moro Gulf, Philippines

Epicenter 6.497°N 123.480°ECoordinates: 6.497°N 123.480°E

UTC time Triplet earthquake:

A: 2010-07-23 22:08:11 C: 2010-07-23 23:15:08

B: 2010-07-23 22:51:12

Magnitude Depth Aftershocks

A: Mwc 7.3 mb 6.4 A: 610 km D: 2010-07-24 05:35:01

B: Mwc 7.5 Mw 7.7, mb 6.8 B: 585 km E: 2010-07-29 07:31:56

C: Mwc 7.5 Mw 7.4, mb 6.8 C: 634 km

D: Mwc  6.6 mb 6.0 D: 565 km

 E: Mwc  6.6 E: 618 km

Japan’s Bonin Islands Earthquake

A powerful and extremely deep earthquake struck near remote

Japanese islands, and shook most of the country Saturday
evening. However, officials said there was no threat of a
tsunami, and no injuries or damage were immediately
reported.

The earthquake struck near the Ogasawara islands at a depth

of 590 kilometers (370 miles), Japan's Meteorological Agency
said. Although some initial reports logged the quake as an
8.5-magnitude event, the U.S. Geological Survey said the
quake had a magnitude of 7.8 and a depth of 678 kilometers
(421 miles).