Large earthquakes that occurred in the world in 2013

April 9, 2013 in Iran, 91 km from the city of Bushehr 15.52 MSK earthquake with magnitude of 6.3. Behind him in 16.05 MSK was recorded second quake a magnitude of 5.4. The earthquake lies at a depth of 10 kilometers.

The number of victims of the earthquake was about a hundred people. Earthquake victims were four. In total, the earthquake has affected several small towns in the Iranian province of Bushehr, which remained without electricity and water.

April 6 in the east of Indonesia earthquake with magnitude of 7.2. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake lies at a depth of 68 kilometers, its epicenter was located at 246 kilometers from the village Abepura. According to the National Center of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (NUMKG) Indonesia, the epicenter of the quake was located 66 kilometers north east of the city near Tolikara Taese.



April 5 in the Primorsky Territory of Russia was an earthquake of magnitude 6.2. Tremor was recorded at nine kilometers north of the urban settlement Zarubino. The earthquake was located at a depth of 561 km.

March 27 in Taiwan in Nantou County earthquake, magnitude of which the Chinese seismological center estimated at 6.5. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 21 km south east of Puli, the surface vibrations were felt in the capital of Taiwan in Taipei, which is located 100 kilometers from Nantou. 19 people were injured and one was killed.

March 25 magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred in Guatemala. Its epicenter was located about 10 kilometers from the capital city of Guatemala.

March 24 off the coast of Kamchatka earthquake with magnitude of 6.3. The epicenter was located 230 kilometers from the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Cape Lopatka, at a depth 92.4 kilometers under the seabed. In urban areas the province, including in Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky, far from the epicenter about 300 kilometers, the tremors were not felt. No destruction, the threat of a tsunami has not been announced.

March 13 in the north of Kamchatka earthquake with magnitude 6.5. Its epicenter was located on the isthmus connecting the Kamchatka peninsula with the mainland, north of the Gulf Coast Karaginskiy. The earthquake lies at a depth of 23.6 kilometers. In the villages of the district and Ossora Karaginskiy Tilichiki Olyutorsky district tremors were felt with a force of about 3 points.

March 11 earthquake of magnitude 6.7 occurred off the east coast of Papua - New Guinea. The epicenter was located at 139 kilometers east of the town of Lae, the focus lies at a depth of 84 kilometers. No threat of a tsunami.

March 1 off Kamchatka earthquake, whose magnitude was 6.5. Epicenter was located at 244 kilometers south west of Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky, the focus lies at a depth of about 50 kilometers. Earthquake April 3 points felt in Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky and 5 points in the North Kurilsk.

On February 28, 270 kilometers south of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of 69 kilometers. The earthquake was felt the power of up to 3 to 4 points Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky Vilyuchinsk, Elizovo and North Kurilsk. The threat of a tsunami of death and destruction was not.

Feb. 28 off the coast of the island nation of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean earthquake with magnitude 6.1. The epicenter of earthquake was at a distance of 103 kilometers to the west of the capital city of Port Vila, Vanuatu. The earthquake lies at a depth of 15 kilometers.

February 25 in Japan, an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 and its epicenter was located in Tochigi Prefecture north of Tokyo. In the Japanese capital, within 30 seconds of rocking the building. Warnings about the threat of tsunamis have been received.

February 23 magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean to the east of Indonesia, the tremors were felt in East Timor, and caused panic among residents. According to the Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysics Agency, the earthquake lies at a depth of 10 kilometers, the epicenter was located 202 kilometers east of the capital city of Dili, East Timor. However, the U.S. Geological Survey website reported that the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.7, and the center lies at a depth of 35 kilometers.

February 16 magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred on the island of Mindanao in the south of the Philippine archipelago. The earthquake lies at a depth of 98 kilometers. The epicenter was located 30 kilometers north east of the town of Sarangani. The threat of a tsunami, according to authorities, was not.

February 9, western Colombia, earthquake magnitude 7.0. The epicenter was located 10 kilometers southeast of the city of Pasto. Hearth tremors occur at a depth of 130 kilometers. Underground vibrations were felt in the city of Quito in northern Ecuador, which borders Colombia.

February 8 off the coast of the Solomon Islands there were two earthquakes. The first earthquake of magnitude 7.1 occurred at 15.12 MSK. The earthquake lies at a depth of 10 kilometers, the epicenter was located 21 kilometers to the south east of the city Lata.
 The second earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, its magnitude was 7.0. According to seismologists, the epicenter of the earthquake was located at 443 kilometers east of Kira Kira settlement on the island of San Cristobal. Hearth tremors occur at a depth of 27 kilometers. Warning about the threat of a tsunami has been reported.

February 6 in Nendo Island (Solomon Islands) was recorded earthquake of magnitude 8.0, followed by a series of aftershocks, including a 6.4-magnitude tremors and 6.6. Tremors caused a tsunami in the region. Wave height of 0.9 meters reached the Solomon Islands. Nendo on the island were destroyed several villages. Six people were killed.

February 2nd magnitude 6.5 earthquake on the island of Hokkaido in Japan. Tremors with a force of up to two points spread to central Honshu. The earthquake was stopped trains on the main railway lines of the island and the traffic on the highways. Injured about 10 people.

January 28 in Kazakhstan earthquake magnitude 6.6. The epicenter was located 225 kilometers south east of Alma Ata, the focus lies at a depth of 10 kilometers. The Alma Ata felt tremors April 5 points. As a result, destroyed more than 200 homes in the border region of China, have been damaged more than 7,400 dwellings.

January 20 in Mexico earthquake with magnitude of 6.2. The epicenter was located 55 kilometers to the southwest of the Mexican city Mapastepek, near the border with Guatemala, the focus lies at a depth of about 65 kilometers.

January 5 at the western coast of Alaska earthquake with magnitude of 7.7. The epicenter of the earthquake was recorded at 102 kilometers from the city of Craig, the focus lies at a depth of 9.6 kilometers.