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Magnitude 7.9 Date-Time * Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 17:48:14 UTC * Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 06:48:14 AM at epicenter Location 15.554°S, 172.141°W Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program Region SAMOA ISLANDS REGION Distances * 199 km (124 miles) SSW (192°) from APIA, Samoa * 211 km (131 miles) SW (227°) from PAGO PAGO, American Samoa * 396 km (246 miles) NNE (30°) from Neiafu, Tonga * 2415 km (1501 miles) W (272°) from PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 11.9 km (7.4 miles); depth fixed by location program Parameters NST= 59, Nph= 59,...

Magnitude 6.3 Date-Time * Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 14:16:05 UTC * Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 06:16:05 AM at epicenter Location 41.076°N, 114.771°W Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program Region NEVADA Distances * 17 km (11 miles) ESE (103°) from Wells, NV * 32 km (20 miles) NNW (343°) from Spruce, NV * 39 km (24 miles) S (183°) from Wilkins, NV * 70 km (43 miles) WNW (303°) from West Wendover, NV * 244 km (152 miles) W (279°) from Salt Lake City, UT Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 3.6 km (2.2 miles); depth fixed by...

Powerful Indonesian earthquake kills 70 By ZAKKI HAKIM, Associated Press Writer 20 minutes ago A powerful earthquake crumpled houses across a large swath of western Indonesia on Tuesday, killing at least 70 people and injuring hundreds, authorities said, predicting that the toll would rise. The magnitude 6.3 quake struck on Sumatra island and was felt as far away as neighboring Malaysia and Singapore, where some tall buildings were evacuated. It was followed by several strong aftershocks. "Women were crying out in terror. We all just fled as quickly as we could," said Alpion, a welder in the seaside town of...

Magnitude 7.2 (Major) # Date-Time Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 12:26:25 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time # Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 8:26:25 PM = local time at epicenter Location 21.847°N, 120.585°E Depth 45 km (28.0 miles) set by location program Region TAIWAN REGION # Distances 89 km (56 miles) SSE (160°) from Kao-hsiung, Taiwan # 114 km (71 miles) SSW (212°) from T'ai-tung, Taiwan # 135 km (84 miles) SSE (164°) from T'ai-nan, Taiwan # 805 km (500 miles) N (357°) from MANILA, Philippines Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available Parameters Nst=058, Nph=058, Dmin=358.2 km, Rmss=0.77 sec, Gp= 72°,...

Asian Quake May Be Serious Blow To Islamic Groups Hostile to U.S. By ZAHID HUSSAIN in Islamabad and PETER WONACOTT in New Delhi Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL October 12, 2005; Page A15 The massive earthquake that tore through the Kashmir region of Pakistan and India appears to have been especially costly for battle-hardened Islamist extremists hostile to the U.S. Radical groups are beginning to acknowledge heavy casualties from the 7.6-magnitude temblor. Meanwhile, U.S. aid arriving in a mountainous corner of Pakistan has marked the start of what U.S. officials hope is a significant role in the area's...

A World Turned Upside Down By RUSSELL SEITZ October 12, 2005; Page A16 When Kipling was a cub reporter in Lahore, the area struck by Saturday's earthquake was a blank on the map separating British India from the "Independent Khanates of Chinese Turkistan." Washington scarcely cared if the Victorian Empire needed a weapon of mass destruction called the Maxim gun to deter hotheads along the Northwest Frontier, for it was a long way from anywhere. Now America's concerns are more ecumenical and acute: Pakistan's 1998 bomb test conjoined the world's three great monotheistic religions in a nuclear trinity (to say...

Jusr happened: Magnitude 4.1 CHANNEL ISLANDS REG., CALIFORNIA Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 06:36:15 UTC Preliminary Earthquake Report U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center World Data Center for Seismology, Denver Versíon en Español Magnitude 4.1 Date-Time Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 06:36:15 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at 11:36:15 PM local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 33.46N 120.20W Depth 5.0 kilometers Region CHANNEL ISLANDS REG., CALIFORNIA Reference 115 km (70 miles) SSW of Santa Barbara, California 125 km (80 miles) SW of Oxnard, California 195 km (120 miles) WSW...