1993 Guam earthquake

1993 earthquake and tsunami centered on the U.S. territory of Guam
13°00′N 144°45′E / 13°N 144.75°E / 13; 144.75[1]TypeThrust[3]Total damage$250 million[4]Max. intensityMMI IX (Violent)[4]Tsunami2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)[4]Casualties71 injured [4]

The 1993 Guam earthquake occurred on August 8 at 6:34:26 pm local time with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The thrust earthquake generated a non-destructive tsunami.

Damage and casualties

The earthquake generated a non-destructive tsunami of about 6 in (15 cm), injured as many as 71 people, and inflicted about $250 million in damage on Guam.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c ISC (2015), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009), Version 2.0, International Seismological Centre
  2. ^ "Event: GUAM". ngdc.noaa.gov.
  3. ^ Campos, J.; Madariaga, R.; Scholz, C. (1996), "Faulting process of the August 8, 1993, Guam earthquake: A thrust event in an otherwise weakly coupled subduction zone", Journal of Geophysical Research, 101 (B8): 17581–17596, Bibcode:1996JGR...10117581C, doi:10.1029/96JB00654
  4. ^ a b c d USGS (September 4, 2009), PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey
  5. ^ Reich, Kenneth (8 August 1993). "8.1 Quake Jolts Guam During Storm; 71 Hurt". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

Further reading

  • Brunsdon, D. R. (1993), "The August 8, 1993 Guam earthquake", Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 26 (4): 390–410, doi:10.5459/bnzsee.26.4.390-410
  • Lander, James & Whiteside, Lowell & Lockridge, Patricia. (2003). Two decades of global tsunamis 1982–2002. Science of Tsunami Hazards. 21. pp. 30, 31
  • Tanioka, Yuichiro; Satake, Kenji; Ruff, Larry (1995), "Analysis of seismological and tsunami data from the 1993 Guam earthquake", Pure and Applied Geophysics, 144 (3–4): 823–837, Bibcode:1995PApGe.144..823T, doi:10.1007/BF00874396, hdl:2027.42/43228, S2CID 41076803

External links

  • Media related to 1993 Guam earthquake at Wikimedia Commons
  • M7.8 - Guam region – United States Geological Survey
  • The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
  • v
  • t
  • e
  • Hokkaidō (7.6, Jan 15)
  • Scotts Mills (5.6, Mar 25)
  • Hokkaidō (7.7, Jul 12) †
  • Guam (7.8, Aug 8)
  • Klamath Falls (6.0, Sep 21)
  • Latur (6.2, Sep 30) † ‡
  • Finisterre (6.9, Oct 13) †
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year