Category Major Earthquake

MAJOR QUAKE MAGNITUDE 7.8 SOLOMON ISLANDS

Subject To Change Depth: 40 km Distances: 209 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands / pop: 56,300 / local time: 04:38:46.9 2016-12-09 68 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands / pop: 1,200 / local time: 04:38:46.9 2016-12-09  

Fukushima reactor cooling system fails following quake & tsunami – reports

A general view of the cover installation for the spent fuel removed from the cooling pool is pictured at the No.4 reactor building (R) at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture. ©…

MAGNITUDE 6.9 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Subject To Change Depth: 10 km Distances: 109 km SE of Sendai-shi, Japan / pop: 1,038,000 / local time: 05:59:49.4 2016-11-22 92 km SE of Fukushima-shi, Japan / pop: 295,000 / local time: 05:59:49.4 2016-11-22 37 km E of…

MAGNITUDE 6.4 SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA

Subject To Change Depth: 116 km Distances: 267 km NE of Santiago, Chile / pop: 4,838,000 / local time: 17:57:44.5 2016-11-20 26 km SW of San Juan, Argentina / pop: 448,000 / local time: 17:57:44.5 2016-11-20 10 km SW…

MAJOR QUAKE MAGNITUDE 7.9 – SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND

Subject To Change Depth: 10 km Distances: 208 km SW of Wellington, New Zealand / pop: 382,000 / local time: 00:02:56.9 2016-11-14 97 km NE of Christchurch, New Zealand / pop: 364,000 / local time: 00:02:56.9 2016-11-14 61 km…

Italy’s strongest earthquake in 36 years reduces towns to rubble

Walls collapse exposing the inside of a home Italian towns hit by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake have been warned they could be hit by a “domino effect” of aftershocks.   People were pulled from the rubble in towns across central…