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Today’s Earthquake Fact
The Mariana Trench, located in the Pacific Ocean just east of the Mariana Islands, is the deepest part of the Earth's oceans, with a maximum depth of about 11 km (6.8 miles). This is the deepest location on the surface of the Earth. The bottom of the trench is farther below sea level than Mount Everest is above it.
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Significant Earthquakes
M 8.8 Offshore Maule, Chile
February 27, 2010 06:34:17 UTC
M 7.0 Ryukyu Islands, Japan
February 26, 2010 20:31:26 UTC
M 6.9 China-russia-north Korea Border Region
February 18, 2010 01:13:17 UTC
M 5.9 Offshore Northern California
February 4, 2010 20:20:21 UTC
M 7.0 Haiti Region
January 12, 2010 21:53:09 UTC
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Recent Earthquakes (M 2.5+)
M 5.6, Offshore Bio-bio, Chile
February 27, 2010 18:15:23 UTC
M 5.3, Libertador General Bernardo O'higgins, Chile
February 27, 2010 17:56:53 UTC
M 5.5, Offshore Bio-bio, Chile
February 27, 2010 17:43:37 UTC
M 4.9, Maule, Chile
February 27, 2010 17:33:50 UTC
M 5.6, Offshore Bio-bio, Chile
February 27, 2010 17:24:33 UTC
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Earthquake News
2/23/10 - USGS Updates Assessment of Earthquake Hazard and Safety in Haiti and the Caribbean
February 23, 2010 19:47:15 UTC
Yellowstone Swarm Updates from Univ of Utah and YVO
January 22, 2010 18:45:33 UTC
USGS Issues Assessment of Aftershock Hazards in Haiti
January 22, 2010 01:14:41 UTC
Earthquakes Cause over 1700 Deaths in 2009
January 14, 2010 19:57:09 UTC
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USGS Updates Assessment of Earthquake Hazard and Safety in Haiti and the Caribbean
Slab Models for Subduction Zones
Three-dimensional compilation of global subduction geometries separated into regional models for each major subduction zone.
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