2010 Significant Earthquake and News Headlines Archive
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Note: This is a selected, incomplete list of significant earthquakes and may not have the most up-to-date, authoritative information for each earthquake. For more up to date information, please refer to scientific literature. For more comprehensive earthquake lists, please refer to the ANSS Composite Catalog or NEIC Earthquake Catalog.
News
- 11/23/2010 - Join the Great Central US ShakeOut
- 10/29/2010-Haiti Quake Risk May Still be High
- 10/17/2010-Haiti earthquake shaking amplified by local landforms
- 10/10/2010-Unraveling Complexity of Haiti Quake Reveals Hidden Faults and Future Hazards
- 09/29/2010 - Global Earthquake Alerts to Include Economic Loss and Casualty Information
- 05/12/2010 - Congressional Briefing - Citizen Science and Earthquakes: Reducing the Risk Through the Power of People
- 04/27/2010 - USGS to Award 4 Million in Earthquake Research Grants
- 04/14/2010 - Is Recent Earthquake Activity Unusual? Scientists Say No.
- 02/04/2010 - Errant email reporting a magnitude 8.0 earthquake near the Dominican Republic
- 3/27/10 - Probable Mining Event in West Virginia
- 03/24/10 - USGS Offers $7 Million in Earthquake Research Grants
- 03/03/10 - USGS Scientists, Research Help Haiti Reconstruction
- 2/23/10 - USGS Updates Assessment of Earthquake Hazard and Safety in Haiti and the Caribbean
- Yellowstone Swarm Updates from Univ of Utah and YVO
- 01/21/10 - USGS Issues Assessment of Aftershock Hazards in Haiti
- 01/08/10 - Earthquakes Cause over 1700 Deaths in 2009
Earthquakes
- Magnitude 3.8 INDIANA December 30, 2010
- Magnitude 7.3 VANUATU REGION December 25, 2010
- Magnitude 5.0 PUERTO RICO December 24, 2010
- Magnitude 7.4 BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION December 21, 2010
- Magnitude 6.5 SOUTHEASTERN IRAN December 20, 2010
- Magnitude 6.5 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION December 08, 2010
- Magnitude 6.7 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA December 02, 2010
- Magnitude 6.8 BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION November 30, 2010
- Magnitude 5.3 SERBIA November 03, 2010
- Magnitude 7.7 KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA October 25, 2010
- Magnitude 6.7 GULF OF CALIFORNIA October 21, 2010
- Magnitude 4.3 OKLAHOMA October 13, 2010
- Magnitude 7.2 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA September 29, 2010
- Magnitude 6.2 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA September 29, 2010
- Magnitude 7.0 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND September 03, 2010
- Magnitude 6.6 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION August 14, 2010
- Magnitude 6.9 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION August 13, 2010
- Magnitude 7.1 ECUADOR August 12, 2010
- Magnitude 7.3 VANUATU August 10, 2010
- Magnitude 4.8 WYOMING August 05, 2010
- Magnitude 7.0 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA August 04, 2010
- Magnitude 6.5 MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES July 24, 2010
- Magnitude 7.4 MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES July 23, 2010
- Magnitude 7.6 MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES July 23, 2010
- Magnitude 7.3 MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES July 23, 2010
- Magnitude 7.3 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA July 18, 2010
- Magnitude 6.9 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA July 18, 2010
- Magnitude 6.6 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA July 18, 2010
- Magnitude 3.4 POTOMAC-SHENANDOAH REGION July 16, 2010
- Magnitude 6.5 BIO-BIO, CHILE July 14, 2010
- Magnitude 5.4 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA July 07, 2010
- Magnitude 6.2 OAXACA, MEXICO June 30, 2010
- Magnitude 6.7 SOLOMON ISLANDS June 26, 2010
- Magnitude 5.0 ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA June 23, 2010
- Magnitude 7.0 NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA June 16, 2010
- Magnitude 5.7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA June 15, 2010
- Magnitude 7.5 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION June 12, 2010
- Magnitude 7.1 VANUATU May 27, 2010
- Magnitude 5.8 PUERTO RICO May 16, 2010
- Magnitude 7.2 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA May 09, 2010
- Magnitude 6.5 SOUTHEAST OF TAIWAN April 26, 2010
- Magnitude 4.9 UTAH April 15, 2010
- Magnitude 6.9 SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA April 13, 2010
- Magnitude 6.3 SPAIN April 11, 2010
- Magnitude 6.8 SOLOMON ISLANDS April 11, 2010
- Magnitude 7.8 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA April 06, 2010
- Magnitude 7.2 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO April 04, 2010
- Magnitude 4.4 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA March 16, 2010
- Magnitude 6.7 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE March 16, 2010
- Magnitude 6.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN March 14, 2010
- Magnitude 6.9 LIBERTADOR O HIGGINS, CHILE March 11, 2010
- Magnitude 6.1 EASTERN TURKEY March 08, 2010
- Magnitude 6.8 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA March 05, 2010
- Magnitude 6.6 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE March 05, 2010
- Magnitude 8.8 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE February 27, 2010
- Magnitude 7.0 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN February 26, 2010
- Magnitude 6.9 CHINA-RUSSIA-NORTH KOREA BORDER REGION February 18, 2010
- Magnitude 3.8 ILLINOIS February 10, 2010
- Magnitude 5.9 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA February 04, 2010
- Magnitude 6.2 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA February 01, 2010
- Magnitude 5.9 HAITI REGION January 20, 2010
- Magnitude 4.0 OKLAHOMA January 15, 2010
- Magnitude 7.0 HAITI REGION January 12, 2010
- Magnitude 6.5 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA January 10, 2010
- Magnitude 4.1 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA January 07, 2010
- Magnitude 6.8 SOLOMON ISLANDS January 05, 2010
- Magnitude 7.1 SOLOMON ISLANDS January 03, 2010
- Magnitude 6.6 SOLOMON ISLANDS January 03, 2010