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Recent Earthquake Teachable Moments Archive

April 12, 2012 (07:15:48 UTC) - Magnitude 6.9 Gulf of California
April 11, 2012 (08:38:37 UTC) - Magnitude 8.6 Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra
March 25, 2012 (22:37:06 UTC) - Magnitude 7.1 Maule, Chile
March 20, 2012 (18:02:48 UTC) - Magnitude 7.4 Oaxaca, Mexico
February 2, 2012 (13:34:40 UTC) - Magnitude 7.1 Vanuatu
January 10, 2012 (18:37:01 UTC) - Magnitude 7.3 Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra
December 14, 2011 (05:04:57 UTC) - Magnitude 7.1 Eastern New Guinea Reg, Papua New Guinea
October 23, 2011 (10:41:21 UTC) - Magnitude 7.2 Eastern Turkey
October 21, 2011 (17:57:16 UTC) - Magnitude 7.4 Kermadec Islands Region
September 15, 2011 (19:31:02 UTC) - Magnitude 7.3 Fiji Region
September 3, 2011 (22:55:36 UTC) - Magnitude 7.0 Vanuatu
August 24, 2011 (17:46:11 UTC) - Magnitude 7.0 Northern Peru
August 23, 2011 (17:51:04 UTC) - Magnitude 5.8 Virginia
August 20, 2011 (16:55:03 UTC) - Magnitude 7.1 Vanuatu
July 10, 2011 (00:57:12 UTC) - Magnitude 7.0 Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan
July 6, 2011 (19:03:16 UTC) - Magnitude 7.6 Kermadec Islands
June 24, 2011 (03:09:40 UTC) - Magnitude 7.2 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
April 7, 2011 (14:32:41 UTC) - Magnitude 7.1 Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan
March 11, 2011 (05:46:23 UTC) - Magnitude 9.0 Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan
March 9, 2011 (02:45:18 UTC) - Magnitude 7.2 Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan
February 21, 2011 (23:51:43 UTC) - Magnitude 6.3 South Island of New Zealand
February 8, 2011 (22:02:01 UTC) - Magnitude 5.2 Off the coast of Oregon
January 18, 2011 (20:23:26 UTC) - Magnitude 7.2 Southwestern Pakistan
January 13, 2011 (16:16:41 UTC) - Magnitude 7.0 Loyalty Islands
January 2, 2011 (20:20:16 UTC) - Magnitude 7.1 Araucania, Chile
January 1, 2011 (09:56:59 UTC) - Magnitude 7.0 Argentina
December 25, 2010 (13:16:37 UTC) - Magnitude 7.3 Vanuatu
December 21, 2010 (17:19:40 UTC) - Magnitude 7.4 Bonin Islands, Japan Region
October 25, 2010 (14:42:22 UTC) - Magnitude 7.7 Kepulauan Mentawai Region, Indonesia
October 21, 2010 (17:53:14 UTC) - Magnitude 6.7 Gulf of California
September 29, 2010 (17:11:24 UTC) - Magnitude 7.2 Near the South Coast of Papua, Indonesia
September 3, 2010 (16:35:46 UTC) - Magnitude 7.0 South Island of New Zealand
August 12, 2010 (11:54:16 UTC) - Magnitude 7.1 Ecuador
August 10, 2010 (05:23:46 UTC) - Magnitude 7.3 Vanuatu
August 4, 2010 (22:01:43 UTC) - Magnitude 7.0 New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea
July 23, 2010 (22:51:12 UTC) - Magnitude 7.6 Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines
July 18, 2010 (13:35:02 UTC) - Magnitude 7.3 Papua New Guinea
June 16, 2010 (03:16:29 UTC) - Magnitude 7.0 Near the North Coast of Papua, Indonesia
June 15, 2010 (04:26:58 UTC) - Magnitude 5.7 Southern California
June 12, 2010 (19:26:50 UTC) - Magnitude 7.5 Nicobar Islands, India Region
May 27, 2010 (17:14:48 UTC) - Magnitude 7.2 Vanuatu
May 9, 2010 (05:59:42 UTC) - Magnitude 7.2 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
April 6, 2010 (22:15:02 UTC) - Magnitude 7.7 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
April 4, 2010 (22:40:40 UTC) - Magnitude 7.2 Baja California, Mexico
March 16, 2010 (02:22:00 UTC) - Magnitude 6.7 Offshore Bio-Bio, Chile
February 27, 2010 (06:34:17 UTC) - Magnitude 8.8 Offshore Maule, Chile
February 26, 2010 (20:31:26 UTC) - Magnitude 7.0 Ryukyu Islands, Japan
February 4, 2010 (20:20:21 UTC) - Magnitude 5.9 Offshore Northern California
January 12, 2010 (21:53:10 UTC) - Magnitude 7.0 Haiti
January 9, 2010 (00:27:39 UTC) - Magnitude 6.5 Offshore Northern California
January 3, 2010 (22:36:28 UTC) - Magnitude 7.1 Solomon Islands
December 30, 2009 (18:48:57 UTC) - Magnitude 5.9 Baja California, Mexico