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2011
Beginning in 2011 only 6.0 and above will be listed, unless
substantial damage or deaths occur. |
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2011 |
Argentina
7.0 |
A 7.0 quakes hits the Santiago del
Estero area on January 1st. No damages were reported. |
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2011 |
Chile
7.1 |
The Araucania region of Chile is hit
by tremors on January 2nd. The quake measured 7.1, although no
damages were reported. |
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2011 |
New Caledonia
7.0 |
In the New Caledonia region of the
South Pacific a 7.0 quake rumbles on January 13th. Centered near
the Loyalty Islands there was no reports of damage. |
2011
2 deaths |
Pakistan
7.2 |
A 7.2 quake hits Balochistan, the
largest province of Pakistan on January 18th. Centered near
Dalbandin the damages were minimized due to the sparse
population of the area. |
2011
182 deaths |
New Zealand
6.3 |
A 6.3 quake hit near Heathcote
Valley in the Canterbury Province of New Zealand on February
21st. Most of the damage was in Christchurch. 182 people died. |
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2011 |
Japan
7.2 |
No damages were reported from a 7.2
quake that shook the Japan region on March 9th, 2011. This
quake, now in hindsight, is seen by geologists as a foreshock of
the 9.0 quake two days later. |
2011
25 deaths |
China
5.4 |
25 deaths were reported from the 5.4
quake in the Yunnan Province near the Burmese border. 250 people
were injured.
7 aftershocks measured up to 4.7. |
2011
Largest &
Deadliest
(So Far)
18k deaths |
Japan
9.0
5th Deadliest Tsunami
2.5k to 10k deaths
Will probably surpase the 1960 Chile Tsunami
in deaths.
[The death toll may rise or decrease. Cell
phone service has been disrupted. Many have lost their cell
phone and not many have memorized the phone numbers of their
loved-ones.]
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The strongest quake since the 2004
9.15 Indian Ocean Quake, struck Japan on March 11. This quake
measured 9.0 with the epicenter 81 miles offshore of the Oshika
Peninsula. The strenght of the quake caused a slight shift in
the axis of the earth and a minute slowing of earth's rotation.
A confirmed 8,805 people have died in the quake and tsunamis with 2,644
injured. Police estimations show more then 18,000 dead. Over 13,260 people were still unacounted for one week
later. 336,521 people have been displaced from their homes. Some
of the tsunami waves measured 33ft traveling 6 miles inland.
Chile, 11,000 miles away, saw tsunami waves of 6.6 feet high.
Since 1900 when actual earthquake record keeping began this one
of the five most powerful earthquakes. The most powerful to hit
Japan. Much of Japan's infrastructure was distroyed; roads,
rails, 100,000+ buildings, one dam collapsed depriving water for
1.5 million homes. 4.4 million homes were left without
electricity. The
Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant was damaged causing release
of radiation. Nations around the world began to monitor
radiation levels more frequently. Initial estimates of damages
range from $14.5 billion USD to 34.6 billion. The World Bank
estimates damages at $235 billion USD.
Quakes 9.0+:
1700,
1952,
1960,
1964,
2004 &
2011
6 deadliest tsunamis:
1755,
1883,
1908,
1960,
2004 &
2011 |
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