2002 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
- November 20 - USGS Press Release: Unearthing the San Andreas Fault Zone: Seismic History Suggests Big Quakes Impending in California
- October 25 - Scientists To Conduct Seismic Experiments Near Memphis-Small Underground Explosions Will Mimic Earthquake Waves
- October 20 - Giants, Fans Safe at Home in Big Quake-San Francisco Chronicle article
- October 20 - Still Shaking After 25 Years…
- October 13-18 - Earth Science Week
- October 10 - The Urban Evolution of U.S. Earthquake Monitoring - GeoTimes article
- October 10 - Memphis/Shelby Hazard Mapping Project - Central U.S.
- September 13 - Satellites give new view of quakes - BBC News article
- September 2 - Offshore Seismicity in the Pacific Northwest
- July 31 - Evergreen Basin Seismic Imaging Study
- June 24 - A Peek Into the San Andreas Fault: San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) Pilot Hole
- June 20 - New California/Nevada Recent Earthquakes Maps with Fault Names & Topography
- June 17 - Press Release-USGS Scientists Will Pound the Pavement in San Jose Next Week - It's Their Job
- June 10 - Technology Sharpens Methods for Measuring Earthquakes - Mercury News article
- June 4 - We Live to Tell the Tale - LA Times article
- May 24 - California Governor Appoints USGS Scientist to the California Seismic Safety Commission
- May 24 - A Tale of Two Earthquakes: Lessons for the Northeastern U.S.
- April 13 - Earthquake Image Glossary
- April 13 - Earthquakes In and Near the Northeastern United States, 1638-1998
- February 11 - Earthquakes Associated with the Eruption of Nyiragongo in the Congo
- January 30 - University of Utah to Monitor Olympic Earthquakes - Thanks to USGS
Earthquakes
- Magnitude 5.7 Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region December 25, 2002
- Magnitude 3.3 Redford, New York December 25, 2002
- Magnitude 3.6 Pacifica, California December 24, 2002
- Magnitude 4.8 Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico December 10, 2002
- Magnitude 3.9 San Ramon & Swarm, California November 24, 2002
- Magnitude 7.3 Kuril Islands, Russia November 17, 2002
- Magnitude 4.4 Seabrook Island, South Carolina November 11, 2002
- Magnitude 7.9 Denali Fault, Alaska November 3, 2002
- Magnitude 7.4 Northern Sumatera, Indonesia November 2, 2002
- Magnitude 5.8 Adriatic Sea November 1, 2002
- Magnitude 5.9 Southern Italy October 31, 2002
- Magnitude 6.2 Lake Tanganyika region October 24, 2002
- Magnitude 6.7 Denali, Alaska October 23, 2002
- Magnitude 4.2 Alpine Northeast, Wyoming October 22, 2002
- Magnitude 6.9 Peru-Brazil border region October 12, 2002
- Magnitude 7.6 Irian Jaya, Indonesia October 10, 2002
- Magnitude 5.0 England, United Kingdom September 22, 2002
- Magnitude 4.1 Friday Harbor, Washington September 21, 2002
- Magnitude 7.6 near the Coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea September 8, 2002
- Magnitude 6.0 Sicily, Italy September 6, 2002
- Magnitude 4.8 Yorba Linda, California September 3, 2002
- Magnitude 7.7 Fiji Islands August 19, 2002
- Magnitude 4.5 near Mt. Hood volcano Oregon June 29, 2002
- Magnitude 7.3 Priamurye-Northeastern China border region June 28, 2002
- Magnitude 6.5 Western Iran June 22, 2002
- Magnitude 4.6 Darmstadt, Indiana June 18, 2002
- Magnitude 6.6 Chile-Argentina Border Region June 18, 2002
- Magnitude 5.1 Bayview, California June 17, 2002
- Magnitude 3.7 Kitsap Peninsula, Washington June 16,2002
- Magnitude 3.6 Plattsburgh Aftershock May 24, 2002
- Magnitude 6.2 Taiwan May 15, 2002
- Magnitude 4.9 Gilroy, California May 14, 2002
- Magnitude 5.2 Plattsburgh, New York April 20, 2002
- Magnitude 7.1 Northern Taiwan March 31, 2002
- Magnitude 7.1 Mariana Islands March 26, 2002
- Magnitude 6.1 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan March 25, 2002
- Magnitude 4.6 near Channel Islands Beach, California, March 16, 2002
- Magnitude 7.5 Mindanao, Philippines March 5, 2002
- Magnitude 7.4 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan March 3, 2002
- Magnitude 5.7 near Mexicali, Mexico Friday, February 22, 2002 at 11:32:40 AM (PST)
- Magnitude 5.3 near Knik, Alaska Wednesday, February 6, 2002 at 9:18:44 AM (PST)
- Magnitude 6.5 Turkey February 3, 2002
- Magnitude 7.2 Vanuatu Islands January 2, 2000