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On October 14, 2014,the M 7.3 earthquake off the coast of El Salvador occurred as the result of normal faulting in the Central Am...

Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge earthquake occurred on February 13, 2015, with M 7.1, as the result of right-lateral strike-slip faul...

The June 17, 2015 M 7.0 Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge earthquake occurred as the result of left-lateral strike-slip faulting on or ...

The May 5, 2015 M 7.5 earthquake south-southwest of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea, occurred as the result of thrust faulting on or nea...

The South Napa Earthquake occurred on August 24, 2014, with a Magnitude of 6.0. The earthquake lies within a 70-km-wide (44 miles...

The April 28, 2016, M 7.0 earthquake beneath the island of Melampa on the Vanuatu island chain of the southwest Pacific Ocean occ...

The December 7, 2015 M 7.2 earthquake in Tajikistan occurred as the result of strike-slip faulting within the crust of the Eurasi...

The May 23, 2013 Mw 7.4 earthquake southwest of Vaini, Tonga, occurred as the result of normal faulting at the depth of approximat...

Tectonic Summary The March 2, 2016 M 7.8 earthquake, 800 km off the west coast of southern Sumatra, Indonesia, occurred as the re...