The earthquake Catastrophe was caused Causation by increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale regional stress arising Causation from an earthquake Catastrophe on 27 February , centered Placing offshore Maule Region , which was felt Perception_active throughout central Chile .

The 11 March earthquake Catastrophe was at first thought Coming_to_believe to be an aftershock Catastrophe from the 27 February event , but University of Chile seismologist Jaime Campos identified Check it as an independent earthquake Catastrophe .

The 11 March earthquake Catastrophe was at first thought Coming_to_believe to be an aftershock Catastrophe from the 27 February event , but University of Chile seismologist Jaime Campos identified Check it as an independent earthquake Catastrophe .

The earthquake Catastrophe was especially destructive Destroying in the epicentre town , Pichilemu , capital of Cardenal Caro Province .

The earthquake Catastrophe was caused Causation by increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale regional stress arising Causation from an earthquake Catastrophe on 27 February , centered Placing offshore Maule Region , which was felt Perception_active throughout central Chile .

The city Building hosts Connect five National Monuments of Chile , of which two , the Agustín Ross Park and the Agustín Ross Cultural Centre , were seriously damaged Damaging by the earthquake Catastrophe .

The earthquake Catastrophe was measured at 7.1 on the Richter magnitude scale and the intensity of shaking in the epicentral region has been assessed Scrutiny from historical records as VIII ( `` Severe '' ) on the Modified Mercalli Scale .

The 1929 Arthur 's Pass earthquake occurred Coming_to_be at on 9 March .

The earthquake occurred Coming_to_be on the Poulter Fault , which was not identified Check and mapped Recording until 2001 .

A 4.9 earthquake Catastrophe struck Attack Gippsland near Moe at 8.55 pm on 19 June 2012 , at a shallow depth of 10.0 km .

The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake Catastrophe occurred Coming_to_be in Northern California on October 17 at local time ( 1989-10-18 00:04 UTC ) .

The Loma Prieta segment of the San Andreas Fault System had been relatively inactive since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake Catastrophe ( to the degree that it was designated Coming_to_be a seismic gap ) until two moderate foreshocks Attack occurred Coming_to_be in June 1988 and again in August 1989 .

Because it happened Presence during a national live broadcast of the 1989 World Series , it is sometimes referred Adducing to as the `` World Series earthquake '' .

The was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 ( M ) undersea megathrust earthquake Catastrophe off the coast of Japan that occurred Coming_to_be at 14:46 JST ( 05:46 UTC ) on Friday 11 March 2011 , with the epicentre approximately east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately .

The earthquake Catastrophe is often referred Adducing to in Japan as the and is also known as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake Catastrophe , the Great Sendai Earthquake Catastrophe , the Great Tōhoku Earthquake Catastrophe , and the 3.11 earthquake .

It was the most powerful Influence earthquake Catastrophe ever recorded Recording in Japan , and the fourth most powerful earthquake Catastrophe in the world since modern record-keeping Statement began Process_start in 1900 .

It was the most powerful Influence earthquake Catastrophe ever recorded Recording in Japan , and the fourth most powerful earthquake Catastrophe in the world since modern record-keeping Statement began Process_start in 1900 .

The earthquake Catastrophe triggered Causation powerful tsunami waves that may have reached Arriving heights of up to in Miyako in Tōhoku 's Iwate Prefecture , and which , in the Sendai area , traveled Motion at for up to inland .

The earthquake Catastrophe moved Motion Honshu ( the main island of Japan ) east , shifted Motion the Earth on its axis by estimates Scrutiny of between and , increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale earth 's rotational speed by 1.8 µs per day , and generated Creating infrasound waves detected Know in perturbations of the low-orbiting GOCE satellite .

Initially , the earthquake Catastrophe caused Causation sinking Motion of part of Honshu 's Pacific coast by up to roughly a metre , but after about three years , the coast rose back and kept on rising Self_motion to exceed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale its original height .

The earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami also caused Causation extensive and severe structural damage Damaging in north-eastern Japan , including heavy damage Damaging to roads and railways as well as fires Attack in many areas , and a dam collapse .

The earthquake Catastrophe is often referred Adducing to in Japan as the and is also known as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake Catastrophe , the Great Sendai Earthquake Catastrophe , the Great Tōhoku Earthquake Catastrophe , and the 3.11 earthquake .

The earthquake Catastrophe is often referred Adducing to in Japan as the and is also known as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake Catastrophe , the Great Sendai Earthquake Catastrophe , the Great Tōhoku Earthquake Catastrophe , and the 3.11 earthquake .

Early estimates placed insured losses Earnings_and_losses from the earthquake alone at US $ 14.5 to $ 34.6 billion .

The June 2011 Christchurch earthquake Catastrophe was a shallow magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred Coming_to_be on 13 June 2011 at 14:20 NZST ( 02:20 UTC ) .

It was centred Placing at a depth of , about 5 km ( 3 mi ) south-east of Christchurch , which had previously been devastated Destroying by a magnitude 6.2 M earthquake Catastrophe in February 2011 .

Restoration costs Cost in Christchurch following Self_motion the February earthquake Catastrophe were estimated to increase by NZ $ 6 billion ( US $ 4.8 billion ) because of the additional damage Damaging from this event .

The June 2011 Christchurch earthquake Catastrophe was a shallow magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred Coming_to_be on 13 June 2011 at 14:20 NZST ( 02:20 UTC ) .

The earthquake produced Manufacturing severe shaking Body_movement , registering Recording at VIII on the Mercalli scale in and around Christchurch .

The earthquake downed Self_motion phone lines and cut off Removing power to 54,000 households .

over the entire season , 12 people died Death trying to reach Arriving the summit , making it Causation the deadliest season on mount everest at the time and the third deadliest behind the 16 fatalities Death of the 2014 mount everest avalanche Catastrophe and the 22 deaths Death resulting from avalanches Catastrophe caused Causation by the april 2015 nepal earthquake Catastrophe .

This was Japan 's worst earthquake Catastrophe in the 20th century after the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923 , which claimed Statement more than 105,000 lives .

The , or Kobe earthquake Catastrophe , occurred Presence on January 17 , 1995 at 05:46:53 JST ( January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC ) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture , Japan , including the region known as Hanshin .

The focus of the earthquake Catastrophe was located 17 km beneath its epicenter , on the northern end of Awaji Island , 20 km away from the center of the city of Kobe .

This was Japan 's worst earthquake Catastrophe in the 20th century after the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923 , which claimed Statement more than 105,000 lives .

The earthquake Catastrophe was felt from Tacna , Peru to Puerto Montt .

The 1906 Valparaíso earthquake Catastrophe hit Attack Valparaíso , Chile , on August 16 at 19:55 local time .

Reports said Statement the earthquake Catastrophe lasted four minutes .

The earthquake Catastrophe killed Killing a reported 3,882 people .

Admiral Luis Gómez Carreño ordered Arranging the shooting Killing of at least 15 people , who were caught looting after the earthquake Catastrophe .

A Board for Reconstruction was formed Coming_to_be some weeks after the earthquake Catastrophe .

The World Bank 's estimate for this disaster Catastrophe means it ranks as the world 's fourth costliest disaster Catastrophe as of 2011 surpassed only by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami Catastrophe in Japan , Great Hanshin earthquake Catastrophe in 1995 , Forest fires Catastrophe in 1997 , Indian Ocean tsunami Catastrophe in 2004 and Hurricane Catastrophe Katrina in 2005 .

The World Bank 's estimate for this disaster Catastrophe means it ranks as the world 's fourth costliest disaster Catastrophe as of 2011 surpassed only by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami Catastrophe in Japan , Great Hanshin earthquake Catastrophe in 1995 , Forest fires Catastrophe in 1997 , Indian Ocean tsunami Catastrophe in 2004 and Hurricane Catastrophe Katrina in 2005 .

The 2011 Oklahoma earthquake Catastrophe was a 5.7 magnitude intraplate earthquake Catastrophe which occurred Presence near Prague , Oklahoma on November 5 at 10:53 p.m. CDT ( 03:53 UTC November 6 ) in the U.S. state of Oklahoma .

The 2011 Oklahoma earthquake Catastrophe was a 5.7 magnitude intraplate earthquake Catastrophe which occurred Presence near Prague , Oklahoma on November 5 at 10:53 p.m. CDT ( 03:53 UTC November 6 ) in the U.S. state of Oklahoma .

The epicenter of the earthquake Catastrophe was in the vicinity of several active wastewater injection wells .

According to the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ) , it was the most powerful earthquake Catastrophe ever recorded Recording in Oklahoma ; this record Recording was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the 2016 Oklahoma earthquake .

In March 28 , 2016 the USGS released the USGS National Seismic Hazard Map which concluded Statement that the primary cause Causation of the earthquake Catastrophe in Oklahoma in 2011 was pressure on fault lines from cumulative effects of injecting Filling oil drilling Action wastewater under high pressure into the underground .

although the 2011 earthquake Catastrophe was the largest on record , the usgs reported Reporting that the central and eastern u.s. ( ceus ) has undergone Bodily_harm the most dramatic increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in seismic Catastrophe activity in the united states since 2009 with an average of 318 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 a year up from 24 a year from 1973 to 2008 .

The previous record Recording was a 5.5 magnitude earthquake Catastrophe that struck near the town of El Reno in 1952 .