A severe earthquake centered near Waipukurau rocked the North Island today and was felt as far north as Hamilton and as far south as Marlborough. The magnitude 5.2 quake occurred at 2pm today 14 km southeast of Waipukurau at a depth of 40km.
At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake erupted 78 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska. The earthquake remains the most powerful earthquake to strike North America, and the second-largest earthquake
Preliminary Earthquake Report. Magnitude, 4.4. Date-Time. 29 Mar 2014 21:32:46 UTC; 29 Mar 2014 14:32:46 near epicenter; 29 Mar 2014 13:32:46 standard time in your timezone. Location, 33.962N 117.885W. Depth, 9 km.
In addition to more than three minutes of shaking, the earthquake unleashed unimaginable devastation to Alaska's landscape, including tsunamis, liquefaction, ground fissures, avalanches, and underwater landslides. The coastline was resculpted, and some
A 5.1-magnitude quake struck near the city of La Habra, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of downtown Los Angeles.