Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
Two 5.2 Earthquakes hit the Kermedec Islands.
5.2 Earthquake hits Timor, Indonesia.
5.1 Earthquake hits eastern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea.
Two 5.0 Earthquakes hit the Kermedec Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits southwestern Sakha, Russia.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Kuril Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
6.2 Earthquake hits northern Qinghai, China.
5.3 Earthquake hits the Kermedec islands.
5.1 Earthquake hits Tonga.
5.1 Earthquake hits the Kuril islands.
5.1 Earthquake hits the Pacific-Antarctic ridge.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Molucca Sea.
5.0 Earthquake hits near the coast of southern Peru.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.3 Earthquake hits southeast of the Loyalty Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits Halmahera, Indonesia.
5.0 Earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
6.0 Earthquake hits south of Fiji.
5.5 Earthquake hits Taiwan.
5.2 Earthquake hits the Nias region, Indonesia.
5.1 Earthquake hits Halmahera, Indonesia.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits Central Peru.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
6.3 Earthquake hits the western Indian-Antarctic ridge.
5.7 Earthquake hits near the coast of Nicaragua.
5.5 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Izu Islands off Japan.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits Kyrgyzstan.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.5 Earthquake hits Salta, Argentina.
5.1 Earthquake hits the Loyalty Islands.
5.1 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.8 Earthquake hits Coquimbo, Chile.
5.6 Earthquake hits Java, Indonesia.
5.2 Earthquake hits Samar in the Philippines.
5.2 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
7.2 Earthquake hits Tajikistan.
5.6 Earthquake hits Coquimbo, Chile.
5.5 Earthquake hits Krygyzstan.
5.5 Earthquake hits Tajikistan.
5.5 Earthquake hits Fiji.
5.4 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.4 Earthquake hits the Santa Cruz Islands.
5.2 Earthquake hits the Molucca Sea.
5.1 Earthquake hits Tonga.
5.0 Earthquake hits east of the Kuril Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic ridge.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.6 Earthquake hits Fiji.
5.3 Earthquake hits the Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea.
5.2 Earthquake hits southern Peru.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea.
5.0 Earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits Tonga.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.5 Earthquake hits offshore Coquimbo, Chile.
5.2 Earthquake hits Tonga.
5.1 Earthquake hits near the east coast of Honshu, Japan.
5.0 Earthquake hits Oaxaca, Mexico.
5.0 Earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
6.1 Earthquake hits Greece.
The earthquake hit the Greek Island of Lefkada. Initial reports of one fatality and damage to roads and buildings.
5.9 Earthquake hits the Kuril Islands.
5.6 Earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
5.2 Earthquake hits Greece.
5.1 Earthquake hits the Indian Ocean Triple Junction.
5.0 Earthquake hits south of Tonga.
5.0 Earthquake hits offshore Coquimbo, Chile.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
6.0 Earthquake hits the Cayman islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Near Islands in the Aleutian Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
6.9 Earthquake hits offshore Coquimbo, Chile.
6.6 Earthquake hits offshore Coquimbo, Chile.
5.7 Earthquake hits Java, Indonesia.
5.6 Earthquake hits the State of Yap, Micronesia.
5.5 Earthquake hits Antofagasta, Chile.
5.2 Earthquake hits the central east Pacific rise.
Three 5.1 Earthquakes hit offshore Coquimbo, Chile.
5.1 Earthquake hits off the coast of Costa Rica.
5.0 Earthquake hits off the east coast of Honsu, Japan.
5.0 Earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
7.7 Earthquake hits the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan.
Initial reports that at least 12 people were killed in northwestern Pakistan. Shockwaves were felt in northern India and in Pakistan's capital, where hundreds of people ran out of buildings as the ground rolled beneath them. The quake was 213km deep and centred 254km north-east of Kabul in a remote area of Afghanistan in the Hindu Kush mountain range.
5.5 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.1 Earthquake hits Guerrero, Mexico.
5.1 Earthquake hits south of Fiji.
5.1 Earthquake hits southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
5.0 Earthquake hits New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.1 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits Coquimbo, Chile.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.3 Earthquake hits Turkmenistan.
5.2 Earthquake hits Taiwan.
5.1 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits Turkmenistan.
5.0 Earthquake hits offshore Coquimbo, Chile.
5.0 Earthquake hits south of Alaska.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
6.0 Earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
5.5 Earthquake hits east of the South Sandwich Islands.
5.3 Earthquake hits offshore Coquimbo, Chile.
5.1 Earthquake hits central Turkey.
5.1 Earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia.
5.0 Earthquake hits Oklahoma, USA.
5.0 Earthquake hits offshore Coquimbo, Chile.
5.0 Earthquake hits Salta, Argentina.
5.0 Earthquake hits Vanuatu.
5.0 Earthquake hits Java, Indonesia.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.4 Earthquake hits the central east Pacific rise.
5.2 Earthquake hits western Turkey.
5.1 Earthquake hits Tarapaca, Chile.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits Coquimbo, Chile.
5.0 Earthquake hits Kapulauan Batu, Indonesia.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.8 Earthquake hits offshore Coquimbo, Chile.
5.6 Earthquake hits Bio-Bio, Chile.
5.5 Earthquake hits the Molucca Sea.
5.4 Earthquake hits the Indian Ocean triple junction.
5.2 Earthquake hits off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile.
5.1 Earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
5.1 Earthquake hits offshore Coquimbo, Chile.
5.0 Earthquake hits the northern Mid-Atlantic ridge.
Parts of Chile Moved More Than a Meter in the Illapel Earthquake
The Illapel earthquake that hit Chile in September shifted the ground by up to 1.4 meters. That’s awfully far to move the not-so-steady rock below our feet.
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake hit Chile on September 16, 2015. The sudden snapping and release of tension in the tectonic plates shifted the very ground, with the greatest displacement close to the epicentre along the country’s coast.
This new map uses the same synthetic aperture radar data from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-1A satellite that we looked at in the days after the earthquake, but cleaned up to show ground displacement more clearly. The ground moved vertically, horizontally, or a combination of both. The ground displacement is measured by looking at the interference pattern between before and after measurements by the satellite’s radar. Fantastically, the 1.4 meter maximum displacement in this new map confirms with the initial displacement estimated from counting fringes on the interferogram.
The ground shifted most in areas marked yellow (up to 1.4 meters), running down through green and blue until marking the areas of no displacement (0 meters) in purple. The circles mark out the epicentres of earthquakes, with circle diameter tied to earthquake magnitude.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.4 Earthquake hits Jujuy, Argentina.
5.2 Earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
5.1 Earthquake hits offshore Honduras.
5.0 Earthquake hits off the east coast of Honshu, Japan.
