An intraplate earthquake is an earthquake that occurs in the interior of a tectonic plate, in contrast to an interplate earthquake on the boundary of...

Bhachau Taluka of Kutch (Kachchh) District of Gujarat, India. The intraplate earthquake measured 7.6 on the moment magnitude scale and occurred at 17.4 km...

earthquakes associated at a subduction boundary are called megathrust earthquakes, which include most of the Earth's largest earthquakes. Intraplate earthquakes...

powerful and damaging earthquakes to hit the East Coast of the United States. Scientists have classified it as an intraplate earthquake, and said that it...

Scientists classified it as an intraplate earthquake and potentially an aftershock of the 2010 Canterbury earthquake. Christchurch's central city and...

of strike-slip, all of which are associated with major earthquakes. Many intraplate earthquakes of smaller magnitude also occur very regularly due to the...

The 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes were a series of intense intraplate earthquakes beginning with an initial earthquake of moment magnitude 7.2–8.2 on...

The 1989 Newcastle earthquake was an intraplate earthquake that occurred in Newcastle, New South Wales on Thursday 28 December. The shock measured 5.6...

today's intraplate earthquakes in eastern Canada and southeast US. Generally postglacial rebound stress could have triggered the intraplate earthquakes in...

and 5 mi (8 km) south-southwest of the town of Mineral. It was an intraplate earthquake with a maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli...

Interplate earthquake, an earthquake that occurs at the boundary between tectonic plates. Intraplate earthquake, an earthquake that occurs within the interior...

the foreshocks are interplate earthquakes with thrust-type focal mechanisms. Both interplate and intraplate earthquakes appeared in the aftershocks offshore...

Maharashtra, Western India. Fifty-two villages were demolished in the intraplate earthquake. It measured 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale, and approximately...

of the earthquake, there were no reports of anyone feeling any shaking or any damage being caused. The event was a complex intraplate earthquake within...

Gulf of Mexico earthquake occurred in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on September 10 at 10:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time. The intraplate earthquake measured 5.9...

2020 Sparta earthquake occurred in North Carolina on August 9 at 08:07 EDT. The epicenter of this relatively uncommon intraplate earthquake was near the...

system), is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the Southern and Midwestern United...

Though major earthquakes are common at the seismically active edges of tectonic plates in Turkey, Greece, and Italy, intraplate earthquakes are rare events...

earthquakes within stated limits, and particularly "the determination of parameters for the next strong earthquake to occur in a region". Earthquake prediction...

These were unusually strong intraplate earthquakes and the largest strike-slip earthquake ever recorded. The 2012 earthquake's epicenter was located within...

coupled to the South American plate, causing an unusually large degree of intraplate deformation. The main active fault zones of Ecuador are SSW-NNE trending...

~950 tonnes of TNT). Unlike typical earthquakes worldwide, the earthquakes of Northern Europe are intraplate earthquakes, meaning they are not close to tectonic...

because it is far from any plate boundaries. Large and damaging intraplate earthquakes are relatively rare. When they do occur in the Northeastern United...

An earthquake – also called a quake, tremor, or temblor – is the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere...

maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very Strong). The epicenter of the intraplate earthquake was 10 mi (20 km) west northwest of Trinidad, Colorado, and 180 mi...

the volcanic belt also produces shallow intraplate earthquakes along faults within. Although these earthquakes are rare, they can measure up to Mw  7.6...

these and is intraplate therefore occurrences of large earthquakes are rather rare. Despite the low seismicity, most large earthquakes which occur within...

Intraplate deformation is the folding, breaking, or flow of the Earth's crust within plates instead of at their margins. This process usually occurs in...

as far as Tasmania and the South Island. The event was a complex intraplate earthquake within the Australian plate, which generated a small tsunami. The...

the largest intraplate earthquake in the Indian Ocean until the 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes. List of earthquakes in 2000 List of earthquakes in Indonesia...