Category:Earthquakes
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This is the category for earthquakes. 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