Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They range from weak events detectable only by seismometers, to sudden and violent events lasting many minutes which have caused some of the greatest disasters in human history.

2023年1月27日 · A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the 20 largest earthquakes on record.

2019年6月26日 · The mechanism of great Banda Sea earthquake of 1 February 1938: applying the method of preliminary determination of focal mechanism to a historical event. earth and planetary science letters, 216(1), 1-15.

Some earthquakes, such as the Indian Ocean earthquake of 2004 and Japan’s Great Sendai Earthquake in 2011, produced tsunamis that caused additional damage and loss of life. In contrast, two of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded, the Chile earthquakes of 1960 and 2010, had relatively low death tolls.

Here are the worst humans have witnessed so far. Think of the Earth as one big hot mess of rocky tectonic plates floating around on a sea of hot molten metal. When these plates move …

2024年6月26日 · In this overview, we explore ten of the most deadly earthquakes to ever shake our planet. These events have occurred across various continents and through different epochs, each leaving behind a trail of destruction, mourning, and a lasting impact on the affected regions.

2023年2月9日 · Here are some of the world's deadliest earthquakes in the past 25 years: — Feb. 6, 2023: In Turkey and Syria, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake kills more than 20,000 people. — June 22, 2022: In...

2024年3月7日 · Earthquakes and their resulting aftershocks can be devastatingly destructive. Earthquakes are caused when a fault in the Earth's crust slips, which releases energy waves in the ground. Find a list of 12 of the most destructive earthquakes in history.

The 2021 Haiti earthquake was the country's largest earthquake in its modern history. The June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake caused severe destruction and many villages were destroyed. The 2022 West Java earthquake killed hundreds and destroyed tens of thousands of houses, despite its moderate magnitude.

Earthquakes "interact", meaning that the stress changes produced by one earthquake can encourage others to occur nearby, thereby producing clusters of events. The most common form of cluster is the main shock and its aftershocks, the main shock being first …