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3 days ago · According to Phivolcs, the earthquake occurred at around 4:47 a.m., and had a depth of 157 kilometers. The earthquake in Tonga comes barely a month after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Taiwan in ...
3 days ago · A strong earthquake struck the South Pacific Island nation of Tonga on Monday, but there were no tsunami warnings or immediate reports of damage. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 when ...
4 days ago · The Pacific plate is subducted into the mantle, south of Japan, beneath the Izu-Bonin and Mariana island arcs, which extend more than 3,000 km along the eastern margin of the Philippine Sea plate. This subduction zone is characterized by rapid plate convergence and high-level seismicity extending to depths of over 600 km.
3 days ago · Tectonic Summary Seismotectonics of the Kuril-Kamchatka Arc. The Kuril-Kamchatka Arc extends approximately 2,100 km from Hokkaido, Japan along the Kuril Islands and the Pacific coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, until terminating at its intersection with the Aleutian arc south of the Commander Islands, Russia.
5 days ago · May 25, 2024 at 4:35 pm. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A strong earthquake struck the South Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on Sunday, but there were no tsunami warnings or immediate reports of ...
4 days ago · A strong earthquake struck the South Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on Sunday, but there were no tsunami warnings or immediate reports of damage. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 ...
5 days ago · In the neighboring prefectures of Iwate and Fukushima, the intensity registered 3 on Japan’s 10-point scale. The earthquake struck just two days before Japan commemorates the 10th anniversary of the 9.0 quake that devastated northern Japan, generating a massive tsunami and leading to a meltdown at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima.
