1993 Guam earthquake

Earthquake and tsunami near Guam in the Pacific Ocean 1993 Guam earthquake Trader Andy's Hut on Naval Base Guam after the 1993 earthquake.jpg Damage to a structure built on fill along Apra Harbor Oceania 1993-08-08 08:34:26 212641 iscgem212641 1993 08 08 18:34:26 7.8 w y8.0 s yEvent: GUAM https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/5360 National Geophysical Data Center 59 km on 13 N 144.75 E region:GU_type:event inline,title Thrust $250 million IX 2.13 m on 71 injured The 1993 Guam earthquake occurred on August 8 at 6:34:26 pm local time 08:34:26 UTC 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 cm 0 on, injured as many as 71 people, and inflicted about $250 million in damage on Guam.8.1 Quake Jolts Guam During Storm; 71 Hurt https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-09-mn-22018-story.html Los Angeles Times Reich Kenneth 19 March 2022 8 August 1993 See also List of earthquakes in 1993 List of earthquakes in Guam References Faulting process of the August 8, 1993, Guam earthquake: A thrust event in an otherwise weakly coupled subduction zone J. Campos R. Madariaga C. Scholz 1996 Journal of Geophysical Research 101 B8 17581–17596 10.1029/96JB00654 1996JGR...10117581C ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2015 International Seismological Centre Version 2.0 PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 Further reading 10.5459/bnzsee.26.4.390-410 The August 8, 1993 Guam earthquake 1993 Brunsdon D. R. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 26 4 390–410 free Lander, James & Whiteside, Lowell & Lockridge, Patricia. (2003). Two decades of global tsunamis 1982–2002. Science of Tsunami Hazards. 21. pp. 30, 31 10.1007/BF00874396 Analysis of seismological and tsunami data from the 1993 Guam earthquake 1995 Tanioka Yuichiro Satake Kenji Ruff Larry Pure and Applied Geophysics 144 3–4 823–837 1995PApGe.144..823T 41076803 2027.42/43228 free External links M7.8 – Guam region – United States Geological Survey 212641 Category:1990s tsunamis Category:1993 earthquakes Earthquake Category:Disasters in Guam Category:Earthquakes in Oceania Category:Tsunamis in Guam