Category:Earthquakes
This is the category for earthquakes. Any earthquake of magnitude 6.0 or more is considered relevant; smaller earthquakes may be relevant but need some further reason, such as damage or casualties, or unusual size for the area of occurrence.Almost all earthquake magnitudes are now given using the moment magnitude scale; a significant fraction of uses of the phrase "on the Richter scale" are mistakes. Latest storiesRefresh this list to see the latest articles.
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Subcategories
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
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- 2010 Chile earthquake (38 articles)
- 2010 Haiti earthquake (27 articles)
- 2010 Pichilemu earthquake (29 articles)
- 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami (34 articles)
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- China Earthquake Administration (3 articles)
Pages in category "Earthquakes"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 299 total.
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- 5.3 magnitude earthquake rocks Hawaii hours before expected hurricane
- 5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Tokyo
- 5.6 earthquake strikes California
- 5.6-magnitude aftershock earthquake strikes Italy
- 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits Peru
- 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocks San Diego and northern Mexico
- 5.9 magnitude aftershock strikes Lolol, Chile area
- 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Pichilemu, Chile revives fears of new tragedy
- 500 stranded melon-headed whales rescued in Philippine bay
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- 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocks eastern Turkey
- 6.1 magnitude aftershock earthquake hits Haiti
- 6.2 earthquake reported in Solomon Islands
- 6.2 magnitude aftershock provokes panic in southern Chile
- 6.2 Magnitude Earthquake hits central Italy
- 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits northern Chile
- 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan, Pakistan
- 6.3 earthquake rocks Laos
- 6.3 magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea
- 6.4 earthquake shakes Indonesia
- 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Chile
- 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia
- 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Iran
- 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan
- 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Andaman Islands
- 6.5 magnitude aftershock hits Bío Bío, Chile
- 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits Acre, Brazil
- 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits off California coast
- 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits off coast of Taiwan
- 6.7 magnitude quake shakes Hawaii
- 6.8 earthquake rocks northeastern coast of Papua New Guinea
- 6.8 earthquake strikes off coast of Colombia
- 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits western China
- 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake strikes Solomon Islands
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- 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off Haitian coast
- 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off Japanese coast
- 7.1 earthquake strikes Indonesia
- 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Fiji
- 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Araucanía, Chile; no tsunami warning
- 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia
- 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Mariana Islands
- 7.2 quake rattles lower Colorado River area in Mexico
- 7.4 earthquake strikes Bonin Islands in Japan
- 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Nicobar Islands, India
- 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Kamchatka peninsula
- 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes near Tonga, tsunami generated
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- A 5.6 Richter quake hits Western Montana
- A false quake warning in Japan exposes problems for practical use
- African Union considers proposal to resettle Haitians
- Aftershocks increase death toll of magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Philippines
- Aid pledges rise; Japan promises 500,000,000 USD
- Americans contribute to relief effort
- Asian earthquake toll nears 60,000
- At least 30 killed by earthquakes in Rwanda and Congo
- Australia to deport asylum seekers to Tsunami Zone
- Australia to lose $2 billion due to Japanese disasters
- Australia: Magnitude 5.9 earthquake detected in north-east Victoria
- Australian rescue helicopter crash in Indonesia: nine dead
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- Cardenal Caro Province governor: Pichilemu Municipality to leave 107 families homeless
- Chile tsunami first reached Pichilemu, SHOA reports
- Chilean earthquakes in the O'Higgins Region: photoessay
- Chilean earthquakes: in pictures
- Chilean President Piñera discontinues "catastrophe state" in O'Higgins, Maule and Bío Bío regions
- Chinese earthquake: Death toll reaches almost 15,000 as 'dangerous' cracks found in dam near city
- Chinese quake death toll nears 32,500, as a major aftershock occurs and mourning begins
- Claims from British quake may run into "low tens of millions of pounds" - Insurance association reps
- Conflicting reports, mounting fear, over Japanese nuclear disaster
- Countries around the world send aid, help to Haiti
- Crisis at stricken Japan nuclear plant escalates to level of Chernobyl; six killed in aftershock
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- Darwin and Sumatra rocked by offshore earthquakes
- Deadly quake hits southwestern Pakistan
- Death toll from Chinese earthquake passes 2,000
- Death toll from earthquake in Syria and Turkey surpasses 20,000
- Death toll rises from Japan quake
- Details emerge in Haiti earthquake; thousands feared dead
- Disposal of fracking wastewater poses potential environmental problems
- Domestic economic impacts likely after Japanese earthquake
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- Earthquake hits Ottawa, Canada
- Earthquake hits Turkey, hundreds reported dead
- Earthquake in Chile triggers landslide
- Earthquake in China kills three, injures hundreds
- Earthquake injures 25 people in southern Philippines
- Earthquake kills thousands in Indonesia
- Earthquake measuring 4.5 shakes northern California
- Earthquake reported near Rome's coast, no damage caused
- Earthquake shakes Athens
- Earthquake shakes western Mexico
- Earthquake strikes Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Region, China; no casualties reported
- Earthquake strikes Kent, England
- Earthquake strikes Melbourne, no reports of injuries
- Earthquake strikes off Indonesia
- Earthquake strikes southern California
- Earthquake, tsunami combo caused devastation in Pichilemu, Chile
- Earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant triggers evacuation
- Earthquakes hit Dominican Republic, Ryukyu Islands and Tonga
- Earthquakes shake Argentina and Brazil
- Eastern Indonesia struck by earthquake
- Eleven days later, a survivor pulled from rubble after Chinese earthquake
- Explosion at earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant
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- Fire kills nine, injures dozens in Chittagong, Bangladesh slum
- Fishermen find body of child killed by Chile tsunami in Pichilemu
- Foreign governments move to aid earthquake region
- Four aftershocks hit central Chile; no damages reported
- Four earthquakes hit the Philippines in quick succession
- Four injured after three earthquakes strike Sumatra, Indonesia
- Fukushima reactor suffers multiple fires, radiation leak confirmed
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- Haiti relief efforts: in depth
- Haiti rescue effort abandoned
- Haiti's banks reopen
- Haitian minister: Over 150,000 dead in capital after earthquake
- Heavy 6.7 earthquake strikes Indonesia; at least one killed
- Heavy 7.0 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia
- Heavy earthquake hits Sumatra, Indonesia
- Heavy earthquake hits the Philippines
- Heavy rains start in central and southern Chile while aftershock takes place
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- Japan and Russia on tsunami alert
- Japan begins using helicopters to drop water on nuclear plant
- Japan earthquake death toll estimated at over 10,000
- Japan earthquake shifts Earth's axis 10 centimetres
- Japan facing 'most severe crisis since World War II', says prime minister
- Japan hit by earthquake off coast of Fukushima
- Japan raises severity level of crisis; efforts to cool damaged nuclear power plant continue
- Japan to request IAEA inspection of quake-damaged nuclear plant
- Japanese earthquake death toll surpasses ten thousand
- Japanese emperor makes live television appearance after earthquake
- Japanese nuclear officials race to avoid disaster as radiation levels in sea rocket
- Japanese nuclear plant operators ordered to compensate affected families amid calls for prime minister to resign
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- Large 7.2 earthquake strikes China
- Large earthquake hits central China
- Large earthquake hits Southern Peru, one killed
- Large earthquake rattles Indonesia; Seventh in two days
- Large earthquake shakes Greece
- Large earthquake strikes coast off French Guiana
- Large earthquake strikes nation of Georgia
- Large earthquake strikes off Guatemala's Pacific coast
- Large earthquake strikes south of New Zealand
- Large earthquake strikes the Solomon Islands
- Large earthquakes reported in Indonesia and Japan
- Large magnitude 7.8 earthquake, aftershock strikes Vanuatu region
- Lethal earthquakes rock western Iran, 70 or more die
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- Magnitude 3.6 earthquake shakes Washington, D.C.
- Magnitude 5.0 earthquake hits Central Canada
- Magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
- Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Taiwan
- Magnitude 5.4 earthquake hits Southern California
- Magnitude 5.4 earthquake shakes Pakistan
- Magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Virginia felt up and down U.S. east coast, Pentagon evacuated
- Magnitude 6.0 earthquake in China kills three, injures dozens
- Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits New Zealand's South Island; dozens dead
- Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits east coast of Honshu, Japan
- Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits southern Taiwan
- Magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocks the Solomon Islands
- Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes northeastern Myanmar
- Magnitude 6.9 earthquake hits Chile as president is sworn in
- Magnitude 7.0 earthquake affects archipelago of Vanuatu
- Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits New Zealand
- Magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Fukushima, Japan causes about 50 injuries
- Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Mexico; no fatalities reported
- Magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Afghanistan
- Magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes Aceh
- Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Costa Rican coast, tsunami warnings issued
- Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Antofagasta, Chile
- Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia coast
- Magnitude 8.7 earthquake hits Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
- Magnitude seven earthquake hits Japan, tsunami warning issued then withdrawn
- Major 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Honduras
- Major earthquake jolts Bangladesh, centered in Nicobar Islands
- Major earthquake strikes Peru followed by multiple large aftershocks
- Major magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes central Italy
- Massive earthquake hits Indonesia, no tsunami risk
- Massive earthquake strikes Indonesia on September 12
- Massive earthquakes strike Indonesia
- Minor aftershock hits Pichilemu, Chile area
- Minor earthquake shakes England
- Minor earthquake shakes Illinois
- Minor earthquake strikes California
- Moderate earthquake hits Crete, Greece
- Moderate earthquake strikes off the Oregon coast, US
- Monday night's Indonesian quake toll appears less than first feared
- More earthquakes shake the South Pacific