Tag Archives: Tectonic Plates

Seven Days of Earthquake Activity.

Posted on 2011-04-08 by Ricardo

On 8 April 2011 as of 16:28 UTC (12:28 p.m. DST) 261 earthquakes magnitude 2.5 or higher had hit somewhere in the world over the past seven days or 168 hours, which means planet Earth gets one of these mag. … Continue reading →

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Major Earthquake Hits Japan

Posted on 2011-03-11 by Ricardo

On 11 March 2011 at 12:46 a.m. EST (05:46:23 UTC) a major earthquake, preliminarily measured at a magnitude of 8.9 occurred near the Japan Trench in a subduction zone, where the Pacific plate thrust underneath the North America Plate where … Continue reading →

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