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USGS M 2.5+ Earthquakes

M 4.3, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan

37.810°N 142.437°E

Sunday, May 19, 2013 03:57:31 UTC
Sunday, May 19, 2013 12:57:31 PM at epicenter

Depth: 38.60 km (23.98 mi)

Posted on 19 May 2013 | 3:57 am

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M 2.6, Central Alaska

Sunday, May 19, 2013 03:45:51 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 07:45:51 PM at epicenter

Depth: 67.20 km (41.76 mi)

Posted on 19 May 2013 | 3:45 am

M 5.0, near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Sunday, May 19, 2013 03:41:26 UTC
Sunday, May 19, 2013 04:41:26 PM at epicenter

Depth: 11.70 km (7.27 mi)

Posted on 19 May 2013 | 3:41 am

M 2.7, Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Sunday, May 19, 2013 01:43:26 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 05:43:26 PM at epicenter

Depth: 78.50 km (48.78 mi)

Posted on 19 May 2013 | 1:43 am

M 4.8, Antigua and Barbuda region, Leeward Islands

Saturday, May 18, 2013 23:50:46 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 07:50:46 PM at epicenter

Depth: 20.30 km (12.61 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 11:50 pm

M 4.7, near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Saturday, May 18, 2013 23:29:31 UTC
Sunday, May 19, 2013 12:29:31 PM at epicenter

Depth: 85.30 km (53.00 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 11:29 pm

M 4.9, near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Saturday, May 18, 2013 22:39:46 UTC
Sunday, May 19, 2013 11:39:46 AM at epicenter

Depth: 73.80 km (45.86 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 10:39 pm

M 2.5, Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Saturday, May 18, 2013 19:49:14 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 11:49:14 AM at epicenter

Depth: 31.40 km (19.51 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 7:49 pm

M 2.9, Central Alaska

Saturday, May 18, 2013 19:34:02 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 11:34:02 AM at epicenter

Depth: 4.80 km (2.98 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 7:34 pm

M 3.3, Puerto Rico region

Saturday, May 18, 2013 18:43:48 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 02:43:48 PM at epicenter

Depth: 59.00 km (36.66 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 6:43 pm

M 4.7, Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region

Saturday, May 18, 2013 17:43:15 UTC
Sunday, May 19, 2013 06:43:15 AM at epicenter

Depth: 30.90 km (19.20 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 5:43 pm

M 3.3, Southern Alaska

Saturday, May 18, 2013 17:40:55 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 09:40:55 AM at epicenter

Depth: 117.80 km (73.20 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 5:40 pm

M 5.0, Kermadec Islands region

Saturday, May 18, 2013 17:19:28 UTC
Sunday, May 19, 2013 05:19:28 AM at epicenter

Depth: 609.40 km (378.66 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 5:19 pm

M 3.8, offshore Northern California

Saturday, May 18, 2013 15:54:04 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 08:54:04 AM at epicenter

Depth: 22.90 km (14.23 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 3:54 pm

M 4.7, Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia

Saturday, May 18, 2013 15:35:57 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 11:35:57 PM at epicenter

Depth: 94.50 km (58.72 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 3:35 pm

M 2.9, Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Saturday, May 18, 2013 14:40:42 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 05:40:42 AM at epicenter

Depth: 24.00 km (14.91 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 2:40 pm

M 4.3, offshore Northern California

Saturday, May 18, 2013 13:46:09 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 06:46:09 AM at epicenter

Depth: 19.40 km (12.05 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 1:46 pm

M 3.3, Puerto Rico region

Saturday, May 18, 2013 13:13:23 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 09:13:23 AM at epicenter

Depth: 13.00 km (8.08 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 1:13 pm

M 3.4, Puerto Rico region

Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:36:45 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 08:36:45 AM at epicenter

Depth: 52.00 km (32.31 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 12:36 pm

M 2.5, Southern California

Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:14:45 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 05:14:45 AM at epicenter

Depth: 0.00 km (0.00 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 12:14 pm

M 4.4, southern Iran

Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:09:42 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 03:39:42 PM at epicenter

Depth: 10.00 km (6.21 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 12:09 pm

M 4.9, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia

Saturday, May 18, 2013 11:43:51 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:43:51 PM at epicenter

Depth: 24.40 km (15.16 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 11:43 am

M 5.5, southern Iran

Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:57:50 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 02:27:50 PM at epicenter

Depth: 9.70 km (6.03 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 10:57 am

M 5.6, southern Iran

Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:03:18 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 01:33:18 PM at epicenter

Depth: 9.90 km (6.15 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 10:03 am

M 3.3, San Pedro Channel, California

Saturday, May 18, 2013 09:41:02 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 02:41:02 AM at epicenter

Depth: 0.00 km (0.00 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 9:41 am

M 3.1, Puerto Rico region

Saturday, May 18, 2013 09:24:17 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 05:24:17 AM at epicenter

Depth: 13.00 km (8.08 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 9:24 am

M 4.5, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan

Saturday, May 18, 2013 09:09:39 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 06:09:39 PM at epicenter

Depth: 29.00 km (18.02 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 9:09 am

M 4.6, south of Panama

Saturday, May 18, 2013 08:00:42 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 03:00:42 AM at epicenter

Depth: 7.90 km (4.91 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 8:00 am

M 4.4, off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Saturday, May 18, 2013 07:26:23 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 07:26:23 PM at epicenter

Depth: 40.00 km (24.85 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 7:26 am

M 2.7, Hawaii region, Hawaii

Saturday, May 18, 2013 06:29:48 UTC
Friday, May 17, 2013 08:29:48 PM at epicenter

Depth: 9.60 km (5.97 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 6:29 am

M 6.0, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan

Saturday, May 18, 2013 05:47:59 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 02:47:59 PM at epicenter

Depth: 34.30 km (21.31 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 5:47 am

M 3.1, Puerto Rico region

Saturday, May 18, 2013 05:44:28 UTC
Saturday, May 18, 2013 01:44:28 AM at epicenter

Depth: 72.00 km (44.74 mi)

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 5:44 am

Earthquake – Google News

The Big One: Preparing for major mid-America earthquake – Cumberland Times-News


The Big One: Preparing for major mid-America earthquake
Cumberland Times-News
It's a bleak scenario. A massive earthquake along the New Madrid fault kills or injures 60,000 people in Tennessee. A quarter of a million people are homeless. The Memphis airport — the country's biggest air terminal for packages — goes off-line

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Posted on 19 May 2013 | 2:44 am

Minor earthquake – Antofagasta, Chile on May 19, 2013 – Earthquake Report – Earthquake Report


Minor earthquake – Antofagasta, Chile on May 19, 2013 – Earthquake Report
Earthquake Report
your earthquake experience (I Have Felt It) with our readers. Click on the “I Felt It” button behind the corresponding earthquake. Your earthquake experience is not only important for science, but also for people in the area as well as our global

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Posted on 19 May 2013 | 2:23 am

Groningen gas fields – the Dutch earthquake zone – BBC News


BBC News

Groningen gas fields – the Dutch earthquake zone
BBC News
As earthquakes become more intense and more frequent in the north of the Netherlands, there is mounting pressure on the government to reduce the amount of gas being extracted there. It is a curse for thousands of inhabitants of an area blessed with

Posted on 19 May 2013 | 1:06 am

Earthquake strikes northeast Japan; no tsunami alert – GlobalPost


RT

Earthquake strikes northeast Japan; no tsunami alert
GlobalPost
The company that owns the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 caused the worst nuclear accident in 25 years, has reported nothing out of the ordinary at either this or the nearby Fukushima Daini nuclear
5.9 earthquake strikes Japan off Fukushima coastRT
Northeast Japan Jolted by Earthquake – CNBC.comCNBC.com
Strong 6.1 earthquake strikes off Japan coast – The NationThe Nation
Zee News -Economic Times -The Australian
all 28 news articles »

Posted on 19 May 2013 | 12:16 am

Minor earthquake – Ohakune on May 18, 2013 – Earthquake Report – Earthquake Report


Minor earthquake – Ohakune on May 18, 2013 – Earthquake Report
Earthquake Report
your earthquake experience (I Have Felt It) with our readers. Click on the “I Felt It” button behind the corresponding earthquake. Your earthquake experience is not only important for science, but also for people in the area as well as our global

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 7:15 pm

Earthquake in Canada felt in New York – USA Today – USA TODAY


Earthquake in Canada felt in New York – USA Today
USA TODAY
Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about. ShareTwitterGoogle+LinkedIn. Earthquake in Canada felt in New York. A 5.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Quebec could be felt by residents in Buffalo, New York. Post to Facebook

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 4:05 pm

Earthquake: 4.4 quake strikes near Rio Dell – Los Angeles Times


Earthquake: 4.4 quake strikes near Rio Dell
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 4.4 earthquake was reported Saturday morning 17 miles from Rio Dell, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:46 a.m. PDT at a depth of 11.8 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 21 miles from

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 2:04 pm

Earthquake: 3.3 quake strikes near Rancho Palos Verdes – Los Angeles Times


abc7.com

Earthquake: 3.3 quake strikes near Rancho Palos Verdes
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Saturday morning 12 miles from Rancho Palos Verdes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:41 a.m. PDT. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 13 miles from San Pedro,
Earthquake Reported in San Pedro ChannelPatch.com

all 7 news articles »

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 10:10 am

5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Felt in Ontario – ABC News


5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Felt in Ontario
ABC News
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Ottawa rattled buildings Friday in Ontario and Quebec and was felt across upstate New York from Buffalo to the Vermont border. Canada's government agency that monitors earthquakes said the quake it

Posted on 17 May 2013 | 7:13 pm

Canada earthquake shakes parts of NY, Vermont – USA TODAY


Toronto Star

Canada earthquake shakes parts of NY, Vermont
USA TODAY
"The State Office of Emergency Management continues to monitor effects of the earthquake that occurred this morning near Ottawa, Canada, and was felt throughout parts of New York State," read a statement from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office. "At this time
Ottawa earthquake felt widely because of old bedrockNBCNews.com
Canadian earthquake jolts cities, felt in USCBS News
Earthquake Rattles Canada, Northern US – AccuWeatherAccuWeather.com
LiveScience.com -CNN (blog)
all 108 news articles »

Posted on 17 May 2013 | 5:06 pm

Earthquake – Yahoo! News Search Results

Northeast Japan Jolted by Earthquake

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 8:35 am

Ottawa earthquake felt widely because of old bedrock

By Becky OskinLiveScienceThe moderate magnitude-4.4 earthquake that rattled Canada and the Northeast Friday morning made a big impact thanks to old bedrock.Quakes on the East Coast are generally more widely felt than out West because of differences in the Earth's crust between the two regions, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). East of the Rockies, earthquakes of the same size are …

Posted on 17 May 2013 | 11:07 pm

Earthquake rattles residents in Ontario, Quebec

People in eastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec felt the ground shake Friday morning, after an earthquake struck near the nation's capital.

Posted on 17 May 2013 | 8:13 pm

5.1 earthquake reported in Canada

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck Canada on Friday, the government said.

Posted on 17 May 2013 | 7:14 pm

Fitch Affirms California Earthquake Authority at 'A'

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the California Earthquake Authority's outstanding fixed-rate revenue bonds at 'A'. The bonds mature on July 1, 2016. Fitch has also affirmed the CEA's Issuer Default Rating at 'A'.

Posted on 17 May 2013 | 6:46 pm

Why Was the Ottawa Earthquake Felt So Widely?

The moderate magnitude-4.4 earthquake that rattled Canada and the Northeast this morning (May 17) made a big impact thanks to old bedrock.

Posted on 17 May 2013 | 6:19 pm

5.2 earthquake in Canada felt in Metro Detroit

A 5.2 earthquake reported by Earthquakes Canada in Aylmer, Quebec, on Friday morning was felt in Metro Detroit.

Posted on 17 May 2013 | 4:15 pm

Earthquake: 5.2 quake felt in Toronto, began in Ottawa Valley; more tremors expected

Toronto has been shaken many times this week. An Icarus-like brush with the Stanley Cup for the Maple Leafs , a tragic murder with no discernable motive in the Tim Bosma case, a narrowly avoided LCBO strike , our mayor making international headlines … It made Friday’s actual earthquake seem too much to be true. But it is, confirms Earthquakes Canada which found that at 9:43 a.m., a minor quake …

Posted on 17 May 2013 | 2:20 pm

Earthquake rattles Syracuse, upstate New York, and Canada

An earthquake was felt across Central New York on Friday morning. USGS reports a 4.4-magnitude earthquake at 9:43 a.m in Shawville, Canada, which is roughly 250 miles from Syracuse.

Posted on 17 May 2013 | 2:10 pm

RDC opposes many earthquake-prone building proposals

Ruapehu District Council’s (RDC) submission on the Earthquake-Prone Building Consultation has opposed many of the government’s proposals. In the wake of the Christchurch earthquakes government proposed significant changes to the way earthquake prone buildings are assessed and regulated including shortening the timeframe within which earthquake-prone buildings need to be either strengthened or …

Posted on 17 May 2013 | 4:00 am