Tag: earthquake

6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.1 struck off Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville Island on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, according to the US Geological Survey. No tsunami warning was issued. The offshore quake was just one kilometer deep (around half a mile) and centred 96 kilometres southwest of the town of Panguna, according to a report of Agence France Press. But quakes of such magnitude are common in Papua New Guinea, which sits on the so-called Pacific “Ring of […]

Magnitude 6 Earthquake strikes Thailand, cracks reported in roads and buildings

    (Reuters) – An earthquake of 6 magnitude struck northernThailand on Monday causing some damage to buildings and roads and knocking goods off shelves in shops but there were no immediate reports of any casualties. The quake struck 17 miles southwest of the town of Chiang Rai, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). It was felt in the Thai capital, Bangkok, and in neighboring Myanmar. “There has been minor damage to buildings in Chiang Rai itself, […]

6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Thailand

An earthquake of 6 magnitude strikes Thailand causing some damage to roads and buildings but there were no reports of any casualties. The quake was felt in Bangkok and in neighboring Myanmar that struck 17 miles southwest of the town of Chiang Ri.

Massive 8.2 quake off Chile coast sparks tsunami

(Reuters) – A major earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck off the coast of Chile on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami that hit the northern part of the country and a tsunami warning for all of South and Central America’s Pacific coast. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was very shallow, only 6.2 miles below the seabed, and struck at 6:46 p.m. local time (2346 GMT) 62 miles northwest of the mining port of Iquique, near […]