Aardbevingen #21

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Magnitude mb 5.1
Region ICELAND
Date time 2023-02-21 08:41:04.8 UTC
Location 64.78 N ; 17.65 W
Depth 10 km
Distances 216 km ENE of Reykjavík, Iceland / pop: 118,000 / local time: 08:41:04.8 2023-02-21
103 km SSE of Akureyri, Iceland / pop: 17,600 / local time: 08:41:04.8 2023-02-21

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Zeker veertien doden door aardbeving in Ecuador en noorden van Peru

In Ecuador zijn zeker veertien mensen om het leven gekomen door een aardbeving. Een schok met een kracht van 6.8 trof zaterdag een deel van het land en het noorden van Peru. Er volgden nog twee kleinere naschokken.
President Guillermo Lasso van Ecuador meldt dat er zeker veertien doden zijn. Elf mensen kwamen om het leven in de zuidelijke provincie El Oro. In de hoofdstad van die provincie Machala vielen zeker drie doden. Meerdere gebouwen stortten daar in. Meer dan 380 mensen raakten gewond.

Een persoon kwam om het leven doordat een muur op een auto viel in de stad Cuenca, de hoofdstad van de naastgelegen provincie Azuay. Op sommige plekken is de stroom uitgevallen.

Voor zover bekend is er in Peru geen schade.

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Strong 7.0 quake strikes Papua New Guinea

A very strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.0 hit New Guinea, Papua New Guinea at 18:04 UTC on April 2, 2023. The agency is reporting a depth of 62.6 km (38.9 miles). EMSC is reporting M7.1 at a depth of 73 km (45 miles).

The epicenter was located 97 km (60 miles) SW of Wewak, and 210 km (130 miles) NW of Mount Hagen, New Guinea, PNG.

133 000 people are estimated to have felt very strong shaking, 333 000 strong and 651 000 moderate.

The USGS issued a Green alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses. There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage.

Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are a mix of vulnerable and earthquake-resistant construction. The predominant vulnerable building types are informal (metal, timber, GI etc.) and unreinforced brick masonry construction.

Recent earthquakes in this area have caused secondary hazards such as tsunamis and landslides that might have contributed to losses.

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Op zondag 11 juni 2023 03:58 schreef chufi het volgende:
Wat is deze dan ?

https://earthquake.usgs.g(...)us7000k7q8/executive

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South Africa's Johannesburg Hit By Powerful Earthquake
The tremor struck at 2:38 am (0038 GMT) around 10 kilometres (six miles) below the surface, the USGS said.

Johannesburg: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake on Sunday struck near Johannesburg, shaking buildings across South Africa's most populous province, the Unites States Geological Survey reported.
The tremor struck at 2:38 am (0038 GMT) around 10 kilometres (six miles) below the surface, the USGS said.

Buildings shook across the province of Gauteng, where Johannesburg, the country's largest city and commercial hub, is located.

Residents across the province felt the tremor and some posted pictures on social media showing minor structural damages of walls.

In August 2014, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit a gold mining town near Johannesburg.

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The last major quake to hit South Africa was a 6.3-magnitude tremor that struck the Western Cape province in 1969.

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Op zaterdag 17 juni 2023 06:40 schreef Houtenbeen het volgende:
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Rare earthquake damages French homes, schools and churches

Around 170 people been relocated from the western French town of La Laigne after an earthquake on Friday evening.

The quake, believed to have been between magnitude 5.2 and 5.8 was felt from Rennes in the north-west to Bordeaux in the south-west.

Homes, schools and churches were damaged, with hundreds of buildings declared uninhabitable.

Earthquakes above magnitude five are unusual in France, with the last affecting the country in November 2019.

Two people were injured in the town of Deux-Sevres following Friday's tremor.

The Charente-Maritime region just north of Bordeaux was particularly affected.

In La Laigne, the local fire service chief Didier Marcaillou warned the church had become "completely unusable" and a top government regional official said that most of the houses in the town centre were affected.

"The school will have to be closed as a precaution," Nicolas Basselier said.

One woman cried as she told local station BFMTV that she had could no longer live in her home. "I wouldn't wish this on anyone," the woman, named Christine said. "In my son's room you can fit your entire hand through the crack in the wall."

Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne described the earthquake as "unusual" and expressed her solidarity with those "who may have been worried".

"We will obviously ensure that everyone has access to rehousing," Ms Borne said.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the government would initiate an accelerated natural disaster recognition procedure to help quickly assess the structural damage to buildings.

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Op zaterdag 17 juni 2023 22:14 schreef chufi het volgende:
Wederom zo'n gekke onverwachte locatie ....

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Earthquake swarm in CamSur town may be 'precursor' to stronger tremor: Phivolcs

MANILA — An ongoing earthquake swarm in Ragay town, Camarines Sur may be an indication of a stronger tremor, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has warned.

An earthquake swarm is a short-lived sequence of minor to light temblors, which has no identifiable large event or main shock, according to Phivolcs.

In its Aug. 22 primer, the seismology agency said Ragay started experiencing an earthquake swarm on June 7. Over a nearly 5-day period from Saturday until Wednesday afternoon, there were 121 earthquakes recorded in the swarm, 42 of which were felt, ranging from magnitude 1.6 to 4.4, Phivolcs said Wednesday.

The swarm could persist for a few days and disappear over time, Phivolcs noted. But another possibility, it warned, is that the quakes could "be a precursor to a larger magnitude earthquake."

Phivolcs said that earthquake-induced landslides, rock falls, and other types of mass movement could occur in mountainous or hilly areas of Ragay town, home to almost 60,000 people, during the swarm.

"Liquefaction, manifested by subsidence, ground fissures, sand boils, and/or lateral spreads may affect low-lying, water-saturated, and sandy areas near water bodies," it said.

Phivolcs described Camarines Sur as a "seismically active region" due to its active faults, such as the Legaspi Lineament and offshore segments of the Philippine Fault in Ragay Gulf.

"Other local faults in close proximity might exist, and some of them could potentially be concealed by recent geologic deposits," it said. "These concealed faults have the potential to generate minor to strong earthquakes."

The earthquake swarm is not capable of triggering a tsunami, Phivolcs said, adding that it is also not an indication of volcanic activity as it is "clearly tectonic in origin."

At least 7 "significant earthquakes" had impacted Ragay town and its nearby areas since 1811, said Phivolcs, citing studies and its own records.

The most damaging, it said, was the 7.4 magnitude Ragay Gulf earthquake that occurred on March 17, 1973, which was triggered by the Guinayangan Segment of the Philippine Fault. The quake was felt at a maximum intensity of VIII (very destructive) and caused "numerous" landslides, ground rupture, liquefaction, tsunami, and structural damage, Phivolcs said.

Earthquakes are common in the Philippines, which is located in the "Pacific Ring of Fire" where many volcanic eruptions and shakings occur.

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F-E Region Mindanao, Philippines
Time 2023-10-04 11:21:50.1 UTC
Magnitude 6.5
Epicenter 126.18°E 5.38°N
Depth 138 km
Status A - automatic

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Op woensdag 4 oktober 2023 13:34 schreef Houtenbeen het volgende:
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Op zaterdag 7 oktober 2023 13:57 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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Op zondag 8 oktober 2023 08:52 schreef heywoodu het volgende:

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