Sentences with phrase «magnitude earthquake off»

The tsunami was triggered by a 9.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Alaska, and waves as high as 27 feet hit the Pacific Northwest coastline.

But especially in PG&E's case, opponents had been citing seismic and tsunami - related concerns even before last week's 9.0 - magnitude earthquake off the coast of northern Japan.

A 9.0 - magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Aleutian Islands triggered the mighty wave, which left behind up to nine shipping containers worth of ocean sediment in a sinkhole on the island of Kauai.

A tsunami warning was issued for the entire Indian Ocean and individual countries — including Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India — after a massive 8.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia.

Not exact matches

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the off the coast of Indonesia.

A 5.2 - magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off Taiwan's Hualien County at 7:47 a.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center Source: Xinhua 2018/5earthquake jolted the waters off Taiwan's Hualien County at 7:47 a.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center Source: Xinhua 2018/5Earthquake Networks Center Source: Xinhua 2018/5/2 9:17:19

The moment magnitude (Mw) = 9.0 2011 Tohoku - Oki mega-thrust earthquake occurred off the coast of northeastern Japan.

The 11 March 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku - Oki megathrust earthquake just off the Eastern coast of Japan was one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history.

The 11 March 2011 magnitude - 9.0 Tohoku - Oki earthquake off the eastern coast of Japan was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in history.

There would be other surprises on little - known faults: the 1992 magnitude - 7.3 Landers quake off the southern San Andreas (1 killed, $ 92 million in damage); the 1994 magnitude - 6.7 Northridge earthquake on a previously unknown, buried fault (60 killed, $ 20 billion in damage); and the 1999 Hector Mine quake, magnitude 7.1, in the remoteness of the Mojave Desert.

A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck off Santa Cruz Island, part of the Solomon Islands, in the southwest Pacific Ocean February 6 at 12:12 p.m. local time.

Their results, published December 5 in Science, show that friction on the fault was remarkably low during the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku - Oki earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan in March 2011 and triggered a devastating tsunami.

«Magnitude 8.2 earthquake off Chile: Thrust faulting at shallow depths near the Chilean coast.»

The latest research into the little known, fault - riddled, undersea landscape off of Southern California and northern Baja California has revealed more worrisome details about a tectonic train wreck in the Earth's crust with the potential for magnitude 7.9 to 8.0 earthquakes.

In a typical year, anywhere from 1,200 to 2,200 earthquakes of magnitude 5 and greater set off the machines worldwide.

Hitting the planet at a speed of 20 kilometers per second, the 37 - to 58 - kilometer - wide space rock could have jolted Earth with at least the force of a magnitude 10.8 earthquake and set off tsunamis thousands of meters high, researchers report April 14 in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

«My guess is that when these magnitude 9 earthquakes go off, the game board changes completely in just a few seconds,» he says.

JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters)- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck the coast of Alaska early on Friday, shaking people awake in the capital Juneau and cutting off some communications in the southeast part of the state, officials said.

Whether last weekend's 6.5 magnitude temblor off the coast of Northern California's Humboldt County and the Haiti earthquake two days later are linked is yet to be determined.

For example, a clustering of earthquakes, the largest with magnitude between 8.0 and 8.5, hit off the coast of Crete in 365 AD.

In the past few centuries, the subduction zone off the coast of Sendai has generated earthquakes of up to magnitude 8 or so, but nothing as powerful as a 9, which releases 30 times more energy.

All from New Zealand's original Live coverage; Two people are dead after a massive magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand, sparking a tsunami warning, cutting off towns and leaving

Hikers trapped on Borneo's Mt. Kinabalu on Friday after a magnitude - 5.9 earthquake triggered avalanches that closed off the decent route.

The 2004 tsunami, which caused widespread destruction, was triggered by a massive earthquake of magnitude 9.0 just off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

The 2004 tsunami, which caused widespread destruction, was triggered by a massive earthquake of magnitude 9.0 just off the coast of the...

A massive 8.8 - magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Chile over the weekend killing hundreds and leaving thousands homeless.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - Offshore earthquake faults like the magnitude 5.3 shaker off Santa Cruz Island Thursday have links to fault lines and earth movement on shore.

Offshore earthquake faults like the magnitude 5.3 shaker off Santa Cruz Island Thursday have links to fault lines and earth movement on shore.

This week's series of shaking episodes began after 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday when a 2.7 - magnitude earthquake was reported three miles off the coast at Point Conception.

It will be days before the full extent of destruction and death is tallied from the great 8.9 - magnitude earthquake that heaved the seabed off the coast of Japan's Honshu Island northeast of Tokyo and generated a devastating tsunami.

The Lede is following breaking news of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake about 80 miles off the shore of Japan.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 has struck off the coast of Southern California.

The Chile earthquake, which hit 8.8 in magnitude and occurred off the coastline, was «the first mega-quake to strike a developed country with rigorous building codes,» says Yanev, who is the author of Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country: How to Save Your Home, Business, and Life (Chronicle Booearthquake, which hit 8.8 in magnitude and occurred off the coastline, was «the first mega-quake to strike a developed country with rigorous building codes,» says Yanev, who is the author of Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country: How to Save Your Home, Business, and Life (Chronicle BooEarthquake Country: How to Save Your Home, Business, and Life (Chronicle Books, 2009).