Seismic activity as a sign of the last days

Originally posted by twhitehead
Except it doesn't 'document' an increase, it claims an increase based on data from a second source:
http://www.dlindquist.com/research/quake/
which has a notice saying its data is unavailable but that it came from the USGS which I referenced directly.

That you seem extremely insistent on refusing to look at the USGS data is telling. You couldn't care ...[text shortened]... increased or whether your source is right. You only care about promoting your doomsday religion.

your statement is demonstrably false, the references are given as

References

The number and energy intensity of earthquakes in any given period are based upon records from USGS and other sources, including those recorded at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Earthquake details used here may also be available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes

Graph plot for "all magnitude" earthquakes reproduced from DL Research paper http://www.dlindquist.com/

and again simply stating that its not from your source does not and cannot negate the findings, are you sure you are a logician because i can tell you quite frankly you might be better pursuing a career in tiddlywinks.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
for those having difficulty, here is the reference that I provided which documents the magnitude and frequency of earthquakes since records began in about the 1800's

http://www.earth.webecs.co.uk

You may love or hate this reply but you will find that I have at least complied with your request to comment on the source you referenced.

The page you reference is not hard to read but it is hard to establish who it comes from. What is this site and who is driving it? Google research reveals it is being quoted in other sources as evidence for their wacky claims, and such sources do not set high standards when seeking evidence.

For the material on the screen using your reference alone, without seeking anything else, it is utterly unconvincing. We know that earthquakes reflect movement along tectonic plates and there is no reason to imagine these would be unchanging from year to year. Take the impending San Francisco earthquake for example. If you take the notion that it happens at predictable intervals, and I do not care if they do or not, then you would be looking at cycles that are at least a century apart. So if you want to talk about trends, I would expect to see data over far longer time periods than the graph presented here.

Having said that, the data ought to be classified in terms of their location in relation to plate movements. Lumping together data from around the globe can conceal sensible explanations. For example, some sources suggest that there may be seismic activity in response to melting of Greenland ice and while I have no idea if that is correct, I can see all the same that it is a rational hypothesis, and in general it is desirable to look for physical explanations in this sort of way, rather than apply meaningless statistics to poorly evidenced patterns on a global scale.

It is true enough that increasing human populations add to the escalating human costs of earthquakes and natural disasters but they are nothing new. For example, the Mycenean civilization probably ended when a massive earthquake destroyed the island port and city at its heart. Such traumatic and utterly arbitrary cataclysms cried out for the most dramatic available explanations.

A map of early civilisations would apparently show a tendency for humanity to settle along fault lines and this is apparently because that is where the earth throws up valuable minerals, notably copper, iron and other metals. One consequence has been that our history is littered with tales of earthquakes and related disasters, for which humanity had no sensible explanations before the 20th Century - and indeed, more than half way through that century. In the absence of scientific and rational accounts, one would expect magical, mythical and religious explanations and sure enough they abound.

The end will come when it does, maybe in a bang, maybe a whimper, but what we can be confident about is that people who base their prophecies on dishonest or at least ignorant sources are unlikely to be our best guides.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
your statement is demonstrably false, the references are given

That doesn't demonstrate that my statement is false. I never once said that no references were given. In fact I repeatedly stated that references were given.

And I checked those references and demonstrated that they contradict the claim being made.

and again simply stating that its not from your source does not and cannot negate the findings,
Yes, actually, it does negate the findings. Your source is either outright lying or misrepresenting the data.
If you wan't genuine data there really is only one reliable source of earthquake data and that is the USGS. Every other source you find will either have got it from there originally or will have made it up.
That you continue to refuse to look at the actual data and instead rely on a third party interpretation by some anonymous person on the internet only tells us that you are blatantly dishonest and couldn't care less about the truth.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
In view of the tragic recent events in Japan and Ecuador are any of the doubters still insistent that we have not seen a marked increase in the frequency and magnitude of seismic activity as prophesied by the Christ in the book of Matthew, chapter 24.

DATES PERIOD NO. EARTHQUAKES (Mag. > 6.99)
---------- ...[text shortened]... pointers, one of these being natural events – like earthquakes.

http://www.earth.webecs.co.uk

We recently had quakes in the Central Valley in odd places.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
In view of the tragic recent events in Japan and Ecuador are any of the doubters still insistent that we have not seen a marked increase in the frequency and magnitude of seismic activity as prophesied by the Christ in the book of Matthew, chapter 24.

DATES PERIOD NO. EARTHQUAKES (Mag. > 6.99)
---------- ...[text shortened]... pointers, one of these being natural events – like earthquakes.

http://www.earth.webecs.co.uk

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Originally posted by twhitehead
Yes. I happen to know quite a lot about earthquake activity and I can assure you that I am still insistent that we have not seen a marked increase in the frequency and magnitude of seismic activity.
I can direct you to detailed statistics if you like.

And even if there were an increase over a decade, century or even millennia
how could anyone say that was significant in geological time!

Originally posted by RBHILL
We recently had quakes in the Central Valley in odd places.

I had one in bed last night. 🙂

Originally posted by finnegan
You may love or hate this reply but you will find that I have at least complied with your request to comment on the source you referenced.

The page you reference is not hard to read but it is hard to establish who it comes from. What is this site and who is driving it? Google research reveals it is being quoted in other sources as evidence for their w ...[text shortened]... e their prophecies on dishonest or at least ignorant sources are unlikely to be our best guides.

Thankyou for the opinion piece although it does absolutely nothing to refute the findings and instead seeks to negate them away with speculative reasoning and references to the author and their motivations etc Either there has been an increase in the frequency and magnitude of earthquakes in the epoch that Christ was referring to or there has not and references to ancient civilisations are hardly relevant.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
And even if there were an increase over a decade, century or even millennia
how could anyone say that was significant in geological time!

because my dear Wolfgang we must go by what is known ie recorded data rather than what is not known. Surely this is the empirical scientific method?

Originally posted by Proper Knob
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I must say that I find our atheists friends willingness to speculate away reality rather disturbing. Alas it must be the fate of all those that have reduced their search for truth to unintelligent agencies. Attempts to dispense with the empirical scientific method, to speculate on the motivation of the authors, to misrepresent their source of reference, anything but accept the reality. Yes I also sigh.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
because my dear Wolfgang we must go by what is known ie recorded data rather than what is not known. Surely this is the empirical scientific method?

Yet oddly enough you have refused point blank to look at what has been recorded and instead insist on referring to a rebellious source.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Thankyou for the opinion piece although it does absolutely nothing to refute the findings and instead seeks to negate them away with speculative reasoning and references to the author and their motivations. Either there has been an increase in the frequency and magnitude of earthquakes or there has not.

If we had an earthquake today, then there would definitely be an increase for the weeks earthquakes. If we do not, there will be a decrease. Its all about time scales.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
this does nothing to address the actual content and so far you have been unable to address the actual content.

Unless I am mistaken he is addrssing your "actual content" by proving it is unreliable.

Originally posted by divegeester
Unless I am mistaken he is addrssing your "actual content" by proving it is unreliable.

really, which of the following data is in your words, 'unreliable',

1976 11 24 - Turkey-Iran border region - M 7.3 Fatalities 5,000
1976 08 16 - Mindanao, Philippines - M 7.9 Fatalities 8,000
1976 07 27 - Tangshan, China - M 7.5 Fatalities 255,000
1976 06 25 - Papua, Indonesia - M 7.1 Fatalities 5,000
1976 02 04 - Guatemala - M 7.5 Fatalities 23,000
1975 11 29 - Kalapana, Hawaii - M 7.2 Fatalities 2
1975 02 04 - China - M 7.0 Fatalities 10,000
1975 02 02 - Near Islands, Alaska - M 7.6
1974 10 03 - Near the Coast of Central Peru - M 7.6
1972 07 30 - Sitka, Alaska - M 7.6
1972 04 10 - southern Iran - M 7.1 Fatalities 5,054
1970 07 31 - Colombia - M 8.0
1970 06 24 - S of Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.0
1970 05 31 - Peru - M 7.9 Fatalities 66,000
1970 01 04 - Yunnan Province, China - M 7.5 Fatalities 10,000
1969 02 28 - Portugal-Morocco area - M 7.8 Fatalities 13
1968 08 31 - Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 12,000
1967 07 22 - Turkey - M 7.0
1966 10 17 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 8.1
1966 08 19 - Varto, Turkey - M 7.1 Fatalities 2,520
1966 08 07 - Rat Islands, Alaska - M 7.0
1965 03 30 - Rat Islands, Alaska - M 7.3
1965 02 04 - Rat Islands, Alaska - M 8.7
1964 06 16 - Niigata, Japan - M 7.5 Fatalities 26
1964 03 28 - Prince William Sound, Alaska - M 9.2 Fatalities 125
1963 10 13 - Kuril Islands - M 8.5
1962 09 01 - Qazvin, Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 12,230
1960 05 22 - Chile - M 9.5 Fatalities 5,700
1959 08 18 - Hebgen Lake, Montana - M 7.3 Fatalities 28
1958 11 06 - Kuril Islands - M 8.3
1958 07 10 - Lituya Bay, Alaska - M 7.7 Fatalities 5
1958 04 07 - Huslia, Alaska - M 7.3
1957 12 13 - Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,130
1957 12 04 - Gobi-Altai, Mongolia - M 8.1 Fatalities 30
1957 07 02 - Iran - M 7.4 Fatalities 1,200
1957 03 16 - Andreanof Islands, Alaska - M 7.0
1957 03 09 - Andreanof Islands, Alaska - M 8.6
1954 12 16 - Fairview Peak, Nevada - M 7.1
1954 03 29 - Spain - M 7.9
1953 08 10 - Kefalonia Greece - M 7.2 from 8th to 12th. Fatalities 476
1953 03 18 - Western Turkey - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,103
1953 01 05 - Near Islands, Alaska - M 7.1
1952 11 04 - Kamchatka - M 9.0
1952 07 21 - Kern County, California - M 7.3 Fatalities 12
1950 08 15 - Assam - Tibet - M 8.6 Fatalities 1,526
1949 08 22 - Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada - M 8.1
1949 08 17 - Turkey - M 7.1
1949 07 10 - Khait, Tajikistan - M 7.5 Fatalities 12,000
1949 04 13 - Puget Sound, Washington - M 7.1 Fatalities 8
1948 10 05 - Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - M 7.3 Fatalities 110,000
1948 06 28 - Fukui, Japan - M 7.3 Fatalities 5,390
1947 10 16 - Wood River, Alaska - M 7.2
1946 12 20 - Nankaido, Japan - M 8.1 Fatalities 1,330
1946 11 10 - Ancash, Peru - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,400
1946 08 04 - Dominican Republic - M 8.0 Fatalities 100
1946 06 23 - Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.3
1946 04 01 - Unimak Island, Alaska - M 8.1 Fatalities 165
1945 11 27 - Off the coast of Pakistan - M 8.0 Fatalities 4,000
1945 01 12 - Mikawa, Japan - M 7.1 Fatalities 1,900
1944 12 07 - Tonankai, Japan - M 8.1 Fatalities 1,223
1944 02 01 - Turkey - M 7.4 Fatalities 2,800
1944 01 15 - San Juan, Argentina - M 7.8 Fatalities 5,000
1943 11 26 - Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 4,000
1943 11 03 - Skwenta, Alaska - M 7.4
1943 09 10 - Tottori, Japan - M 7.4 Fatalities 1,190
1942 12 20 - Erbaa, Turkey - M 7.3 Fatalities 3,000
1942 11 26 - Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 4,000
1940 11 10 - Romania - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,000
1940 05 19 - Imperial Valley, California - M 7.1 Fatalities 9
1939 12 26 - Erzincan, Turkey - M 7.8 Fatalities 32,700
1939 01 25 - Chillan, Chile - M 7.8 Fatalities 28,000
1938 11 10 - Shumagin Islands, Alaska - M 8.2
1938 02 01 - Banda Sea, Indonesia - M 8.5
1937 07 22 - Central Alaska - M 7.3
1935 05 30 - Quetta, Pakistan - M 7.5 Fatalities 60,000
1935 04 20 - Formosa - M 7.1 Fatalities 3,280
1934 05 04 - Chugach Mountains, Alaska - M 7.1
1934 01 15 - Bihar, India - M 8.1 Fatalities 10,700
1933 11 20 - Baffin Bay, Canada - M 7.4
1933 08 25 - China - M 7.4 Fatalities 10,000
1933 03 02 - Sanriku, Japan - M 8.4 Fatalities 2,990
1932 12 25 - Gansu, China - M 7.6 Fatalities 70,000
1932 12 21 - Cedar Mountain, Nevada - M 7.2
1931 02 02 - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand - M 7.9 Fatalities 256
1930 05 06 - Iran - M 7.2 Fatalities 2,500
1929 11 18 - Grand Banks, Nova Scotia, Canada - M 7.3
1929 05 26 - South of Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.0
1929 05 01 - Iran - M 7.4 Fatalities 3,300
1929 03 07 - Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska - M 7.8
1927 11 04 - Lompoc, California - M 7.1
1927 10 24 - Southeast Alaska - M 7.1
1927 05 22 - Tsinghai, China - M 7.9 Fatalities 200,000
1927 03 07 - Tango, Japan - M 7.6 Fatalities 3,020
1925 03 16 - Yunnan, China - M 7.1 Fatalities 5,000
1923 09 01 - Kanto (Kwanto), Japan - M 7.9 Fatalities 143,000
1923 03 24 - China - M 7.3 Fatalities 5,000
1923 02 03 - Kamchatka - M 8.5
1923 01 22 - Humbolt County, California - M 7.2
1922 11 11 - Chile-Argentina Border - M 8.0
1922 01 31 - Eureka, California - M 7.3
1920 12 16 - Gansu, China - M 7.8 Fatalities 200,000
1918 12 06 - Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.0
1918 10 11 - Mona Passage - M 7.5 Fatalities 116
1918 02 13 - Kwangtung (Guangdong), China - M 7.3 Fatalities 10,000
1917 01 21 - Bali, Indonesia - MMI of IX . Fatalities approx 15,000
1915 10 03 - Pleasant Valley, Nevada - M 7.1
1915 01 13 - Avezzano, Italy - M 7.0 Fatalities 30,000
1912 08 09 - Marmara Sea - M 7.8 Fatalities 1,950
1912 07 07 - Paxson, Alaska - M 7.2
1910 09 09 - Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska - M 7.0
1909 01 23 - Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 5,500
1908 12 28 - Messina, Itlay - M 7.2 Fatalities 70,000
1908 05 15 - Gulf of Alaska - M 7.0
1907 10 21 - Tajikistan - M 8.0 Fatalities 12,000
1906 08 17 - Valparaiso, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 20,000
1906 04 18 - San Francisco, California - M 7.8 Fatalities 3000
1906 03 16 - Kagi, Formosa - M 7.1 Fatalities 1,300
1906 01 31 - Off the Coast of Ecuador - M 8.8 Fatalities 1,000
1905 09 08 - Calabria, Italy - M 7.9 Fatalities 2,500
1905 07 09 - Mongolia - M 8.4
1905 04 04 - Kangra, India - M 7.5 Fatalities 19,000
1904 08 27 - Fairbanks, Alaska - M 7.3
1902 04 19 - Guatemala - M 7.5 Fatalities 2,000
1901 12 31 - Cook Inlet, Alaska - M 7.1

notes: the earthquake of 21st Jan 1917 does not show a magnitude on same scale,
it has been assumed this earthquake was over M 7.0, although this might not be the case

and again, which of the following data is in your words, 'unreliable'

2011 03 11 - East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 9.0 Fatalities c24,000 (tbc)
2011 01 18 - Balochistan, Pakistan - M 7.2 Fatalities 2
2011 01 13 - New Caledonia - M 7.0
2011 01 02 - Araucania , Chile - M 7.1
2011 01 01 - Santiago del Estero, Argentina - M 7.0

2010 12 25 - New Caledonia Vanuatu - M 7.3
2010 12 21 - Bonin Is , Japan - M 7.4
2010 10 25 - Sumatra - M 7.7 Fatalities 435
2010 09 03 - West of Christchurch, New Zealand - M 7.1
2010 08 13 - Mariano Islands, - M 7.2
2010 07 23 - Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines - M 7.6 (max)
2010 07 18 - New Britain, Papua New Guinea - M 7.3
2010 05 09 - Northern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 7.2
2010 04 04 - Baja California, Mexico - M 7.2 Fatalities 2
2010 02 27 - Offshore Maule, Chile - M 8.8 Fatalities 507
2010 01 12 - Haiti region - M 7.0 Fatalities 222,570
2010 01 03 - Solomon Islands - M 7.1

2009 11 09 - Fiji - M 7.3
2009 10 07 - Santa Cruz Islands and Vanuatu - M 7.8 / M 7.7 / M 7.4
2009 09 30 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 7.5 Fatalities 1,117
2009 09 29 - Western Samoa - M 8.1
2009 09 02 - Java, Indonesia - M 7.0 Fatalities 72
2009 08 10 - Andaman Islands, India region - M 7.5
2009 08 09 - Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.1
2009 07 15 - Off West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand - M 7.8
2009 05 28 - Offshore Honduras - M 7.3 Fatalities 7
2009 03 19 - Tonga region - M 7.6
2009 02 11 - Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia - M 7.2
2009 01 15 - East of the Kuril Islands - M 7.4
2009 01 03 - Near the North Coast of Papua, Indonesia - M 7.6 Fatalities 5

2008 11 24 - Sea of Okhotsk - M 7.3
2008 11 16 - Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia - M 7.3 Fatalities 6
2008 09 29 - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand - M 7.0
2008 07 19 - East coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0 Fatalities 30
2008 07 05 - Sea of Okhotsk - M 7.7
2008 06 30 - East of the South Sandwich Islands - M 7.0
2008 05 12 - Eastern Sichuan, China - M 7.9 Fatalities 87,000+
2008 04 12 - Macquaried Island region - M 7.1
2008 04 09 - Loyalty Islands - M 7.3
2008 03 20 - Xinjiang-Xizang border region - M 7.2
2008 02 20 - Simeulue, Indonesia - M 7.4 Fatalities 3


List of earthquakes from Jan 1997 to Dec 2007 which are counted in this report

2007 12 19 - Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska - M 7.2
2007 12 09 - South of the Fiji Islands - M 7.8
2007 11 29 - Martinique Region, Windward Islands - M 7.4 Fatalities 1
2007 11 14 - Antofagasta, Chile - M 7.7 Fatalities 2
2007 10 31 - Pagan Region, Northern Mariana Islands - M 7.2
2007 09 30 - Auckland Islands, New Zealand region - M 7.4
2007 09 28 - Mariana Islands region (Japan) - M 7.4
2007 09 12 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.4 Fatalities 25
2007 09 02 - Santa Cruz Islands - M 7.2
2007 08 15 - Near the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.0 Fatalities 450
2007 08 08 - Java, Indonesia - M 7.5
2007 08 01 - Vanuatu - M 7.2
2007 04 01 - Solomon Islands - M 8.1 Fatalities 40
2007 03 25 - Vanuatu - M 7.1
2007 01 21 - Molucca Sea - M 7.5 Fatalities 4
2007 01 13 - East of the Kuril Islands - M 8.1

2006 12 26 - Taiwan Region - M 7.1
2006 11 15 - Kuril Islands - M 8.3
2006 08 20 - Scotia Sea - M 7.0
2006 07 17 - South of Java, Indonesia - M 7.7
2006 05 16 - Kermadec Islands Region - M 7.4
2006 05 03 - Tonga - M 8.0
2006 04 20 - Koryakia, Russia - M 7.6
2006 02 22 - Mozambique - M 7.0
2006 01 27 - Banda Sea - M 7.6
2006 01 02 - East of South Sandwich Islands - M 7.4

2005 11 14 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0
2005 10 08 - Pakistan - M 7.6 Fatalities 80,361
2005 09 26 - Northern Peru - M 7.5
2005 09 09 - New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea - M 7.6
2005 08 16 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.2
2005 07 24 - Nicobar Islands, India Region - M 7.3
2005 07 13 - Tarapaca, Chile - M 7.8
2005 06 15 - Off the Coast of Northern California - M 7.2
2005 06 13 - Tarapaca, Chile - M 7.8
2005 03 28 - Northern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.6 Fatalities 1,313
2005 03 02 - Banda Sea - M 7.1

2004 12 26 - Sumatra-Andaman Islands - M 9.1 Fatalities 283,106
2004 12 23 - North of Macquarie Island - M 8.1
2004 11 28 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 7.0
2004 11 26 - Papua, Indonesia - M 7.1
2004 11 22 - Off West Coast of South Island, N.Z. - M 7.1
2004 11 15 - Near the West Coast of Colombia - M 7.2
2004 11 11 - Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia - M 7.5
2004 09 05 - Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.4
2004 07 25 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 7.3
2004 02 07 - Irian Jaya, Indonesia - M 7.3

2003 12 27 - Southeast of the Loyalty Islands - M 7.3
2003 11 17 - Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska - M 7.8
2003 10 31 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0
2003 09 27 - Russia-Kazakhstan-Xinjiang Border Region - M 7.3
2003 09 25 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 8.3
2003 08 21 - South Island of New Zealand - M 7.2
2003 08 04 - Scotia Sea - M 7.5
2003 07 15 - Carlsberg Ridge - M 7.6
2003 06 20 - Amazonas, Brazil - M 7.1
2003 05 26 - Halmahera, Indonesia - M 7.0
2003 05 26 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0
2003 03 17 - Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska - M 7.0
2003 01 22 - Tecoman, Colima, Mexico - M 7.8
2003 01 20 - Solomon Islands - M 7.3

2002 11 16 - Kuril Islands, Russia - M 7.5
2002 11 03 - Denali Fault, Alaska - M 7.9
2002 11 02 - Northern Sumatera, Indonesia - M 7.5
2002 10 10 - Irian Jaya, Indonesia - M 7.6
2002 09 08 - New Guinea, Papua New Guinea - M 7.6
2002 08 19 - Fiji Islands - M 7.7
2002 06 28 - Priamurye-Northeastern China border region - M 7.2
2002 04 26 - Mariana Islands - M 7.1
2002 03 31 - Northern Taiwan - M 7.1
2002 03 05 - Mindanao, Philippines - M 7.5
2002 03 03 - Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan - M 7.4
2002 01 02 - Vanuatu Islands - M 7.3

2001 07 07 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 7.6
2001 06 23 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 8.4 Fatalities 75
2001 01 26 - Gujarat, India - M 7.7
2001 01 13 - El Salvador - M 7.7 Fatalities 844
2001 01 01 - Mindanao, Philippines - M 7.5

2000 11 16 - New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea - M 8.0
2000 06 18 - South Indian Ocean - M 7.9
2000 06 04 - Southern Sumatera, Indonesia - M 7.9

1999 11 12 - Duzce, Turkey - M 7.2 Fatalities 894
1999 10 16 - Hector Mine, California - M 7.1
1999 09 30 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.5
1999 09 20 - Taiwan - M 7.6 Fatalities 2,400
1999 08 17 - Izmit, Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 17,118
1999 06 15 - Central Mexico - M 7.0
1999 05 16 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 7.1
1999 02 06 - Santa Cruz Islands - M 7.3

1998 08 04 - Near Coast of Ecuador - M 7.2
1998 07 17 - Near North Coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea - M 7.0 Fatalities 2,183
1998 05 03 - Southeast of Taiwan - M 7.5
1998 04 25 - Balleny Islands Region - M 8.1
1998 01 30 - Near Coast of Northern Chile - M 7.1
1998 01 04 - Loyalty Islands Region - M 7.5

1997 12 05 - Near East Coast of Kamchatka - M 7.8
1997 10 14 - South of Fiji Islands - M 7.8
1997 07 09 - Near Coast of Venezuela - M 7.0
1997 05 10 - Northern Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,560



List of earthquakes from Jan 1986 to Dec 1996 which are counted in this report.

1996 06 10 - Andreanof Islands, Alaska - M 7.9

1995 05 27 - Sakhalin Island - M 7.5 Fatalities 1,989

1994 06 09 - Bolivia - M 8.2 Fatalities 5

1993 08 08 - South of the Mariana Islands - M 7.8

1992 12 12 - Flores Region, Indonesia - M 7.5 Fatalities 2,500
1992 09 02 - Nicaragua - M 7.6 Fatalities 116
1992 06 28 - Landers, California - M 7.3 Fatalities 3
1992 04 25 - Cape Mendocino, California - M 7.2

1991 10 19 - Northern India - M 7.0 Fatalities 2,000

1990 07 16 - Luzon, Philippine Islands - M 7.8 Fatalities 1,621
1990 06 20 - Western Iran - M 7.7 Fatalities 50,000

1988 03 06 - Gulf of Alaska - M 7.7

1987 11 30 - Gulf of Alaska - M 7.8
1987 03 06 - Colombia-Ecuador - M 7.0 Fatalities 1,000

1986 05 07 - Andreanof Islands, Alaska - M 7.9



List of earthquakes from Jan 1977 to Dec 1985

1985 09 19 - Michoacan, Mexico - M 8.0 Fatalities 9,500

1981 07 28 - southern Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,500

1980 11 08 - Humboldt County, California - M 7.2
1980 10 10 - El Asnam (formerly Orleansville), Algeria - M 7.7 Fatalities 3,500

1979 05 20 - Alaska Peninsula - M 7.0
1979 02 28 - Mt. St. Elias, Alaska - M 7.6

1978 09 16 - Iran - M 7.8 Fatalities 15,000

1977 11 23 - San Juan, Argentina - M 7.4
1977 03 04 - Romania - M 7.2 Fatalities 1,500