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Americas works to improve disaster statistics

Americas disaster statistics

2018-07-05

The data is essential to monitoring progress against the Sendai Framework’s seven targets including reducing mortality, reducing...
Southern Africa: Floods - Jan 2015

Southern Africa flood

2018-06-15

Heavy seasonal rainfall starting in December 2014 has caused flooding in Southern Africa. As of 16 Jan 2015, 135,000 people had b...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake in Hangzhou Linan on April 12

China earthquake

2018-06-15

China earthquake station network of formal determination: On April 12 in Hangzhou,4.2 earthquake occurred Zhejiang Lin'an City (3...
An Earthquake Occurred in the Coastal Peru on September 25, 2013

Peru earthquake

2018-06-15

The Peru earthquake of September 25, 2013, occurred as thrust-faulting on or near the thrust-interface at the boundary between th...
Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900

earthquakes event

2018-06-15

Location Date UTC Magnitude Lat. Long. Reference 1. Chile 1960 05 22 9.5 -38.29 -73.05 Kanamori, 1977 2. Alaska 1964 ...
Seismicity of the Earth 1900–2010 Caribbean Plate and Vicinity

seismicity

2018-06-15

Extensive diversity of tectonic regimes characterizes the perimeter of the Caribbean plate, involving no fewer than four major ad...
Seismotectonics of the Philippine Sea and Vicinity

Philippine seismotectonics

2018-06-15

Location Date Time UTC Magnitude Talaga, Philippines 2017-04-08 07:09:27 UTC 5.9 Seismotectonics of the Philippine ...
The South Georgia Island Region Earthquake of 19 August 2016 - Magnitude 7.4

earthquake Georgia Island

2018-06-15

The August 19, 2016 M 7.4 earthquake east of South Georgia Island, in the South Atlantic Ocean, occurred as the result of shallow...
The Largest Earthquakes in the United States

America earthquake

2018-06-15

The Largest Earthquakes in the United States： The following table lists the largest earthquakes in the United States on record, a...
An Earthquake Struck Sumatra on March 2, 2016

Struck Sumatra earthquake

2018-06-15

The March 2, 2016 M 7.8 earthquake, 800 km off the west coast of southern Sumatra, Indonesia, occurred as the result of strike-sl...

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