1993 Guam earthquake: Difference between revisions

1993 Guam earthquake
	Damage to a structure built on fill along Apra Harbor
UTC time	1993-08-08 08:34:26
ISC event	212641
USGS-ANSS	ComCat
Local date	August 8, 1993
Local time	18:34:26
Magnitude	7.8 Mw; 8.0 Ms
Depth	59 km (37 mi)
Epicenter	13°00′N 144°45′E / 13°N 144.75°E
Type	Thrust
Total damage	$250 million
Max. intensity	MMI IX (Violent)
Tsunami	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)
Casualties	71 injured

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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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ISC (2015), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009), Version 2.0, International Seismological Centre
^ "Event: GUAM". National Geophysical Data Center.
^ 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
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey, September 4, 2009
^ Reich, Kenneth (8 August 1993). "8.1 Quake Jolts Guam During Storm; 71 Hurt". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

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.

[ISC-GEM-1] ISC (2015), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009), Version 2.0, International Seismological Centre

[2] "Event: GUAM". National Geophysical Data Center.

[Campos-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

[PAGER-CAT-4] PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey, September 4, 2009

[LATIMES-5] Reich, Kenneth (8 August 1993). "8.1 Quake Jolts Guam During Storm; 71 Hurt". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

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 ==Damage and casualties==
-The earthquake generated a non-destructive tsunami of about {{convert|6|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}, injured as many as 71 people, and inflicted about $250 million in damage on [[Guam]].<ref name="LATIMES">{{cite web |title=8.1 Quake Jolts Guam During Storm; 71 Hurt |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-09-mn-22018-story.html |website=latimes.com |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last1= Reich |first1= Kenneth  |access-date=19 March 2022 |date=8 August 1993 }}</ref>
+The earthquake generated a non-destructive tsunami of about {{convert|6|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}, injured as many as 71 people, and inflicted about $250 million in damage on [[Guam]].<ref name="LATIMES">{{cite web |title=8.1 Quake Jolts Guam During Storm; 71 Hurt |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-09-mn-22018-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |last1= Reich |first1= Kenneth  |access-date=19 March 2022 |date=8 August 1993 }}</ref>
 ==See also==
+*[[List of earthquakes in 1993]]
 *[[List of earthquakes in Guam]]
 ==References==
 {{reflist|refs=
-<ref name=Campos>{{citation|title=Faulting process of the August 8, 1993, Guam earthquake: A thrust event in an otherwise weakly coupled subduction zone|first=J.|last=Campos|first2=R.|last2=Madariaga|first3=C.|last3=Scholz|year=1996|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research|volume=101|issue=B8|pages=17581–17596|doi=10.1029/96JB00654|bibcode=1996JGR...10117581C}}</ref>
+<ref name=Campos>{{citation|title=Faulting process of the August 8, 1993, Guam earthquake: A thrust event in an otherwise weakly coupled subduction zone|first1=J.|last1=Campos|first2=R.|last2=Madariaga|first3=C.|last3=Scholz|year=1996|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research|volume=101|issue=B8|pages=17581–17596|doi=10.1029/96JB00654|bibcode=1996JGR...10117581C}}</ref>
 <ref name=ISC-GEM>{{citation|title=ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009)|url=http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php|author=ISC|year=2015|publisher=[[International Seismological Centre]]|series=Version 2.0}}</ref>
-<ref name=PAGER-CAT>{{citation|title=PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/enwiki/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/|author=USGS|date=September 4, 2009|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|series=Version 2008_06.1}}</ref>
+<ref name=PAGER-CAT>{{citation|title=PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/enwiki/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/|date=September 4, 2009|publisher=United States Geological Survey|series=Version 2008_06.1}}</ref>
 }}
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 *{{citation|doi=10.5459/bnzsee.26.4.390-410|title=The August 8, 1993 Guam earthquake|year=1993|last1=Brunsdon|first1=D. R.|journal=Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering|volume=26|issue=4|pages=390–410}}
 *Lander, James & Whiteside, Lowell & Lockridge, Patricia. (2003). [https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/data/publications/ref1315_lander.pdf Two decades of global tsunamis 1982–2002]. Science of Tsunami Hazards. 21. pp.&nbsp;30, 31
-*{{citation|doi=10.1007/BF00874396|title=Analysis of seismological and tsunami data from the 1993 Guam earthquake|year=1995|last1=Tanioka|first1=Yuichiro|last2=Satake|first2=Kenji|last3=Ruff|first3=Larry|journal=Pure and Applied Geophysics Pageoph|volume=144|issue=3–4|pages=823–837|bibcode=1995PApGe.144..823T|s2cid=41076803|hdl=2027.42/43228|hdl-access=free}}
+*{{citation|doi=10.1007/BF00874396|title=Analysis of seismological and tsunami data from the 1993 Guam earthquake|year=1995|last1=Tanioka|first1=Yuichiro|last2=Satake|first2=Kenji|last3=Ruff|first3=Larry|journal=Pure and Applied Geophysics|volume=144|issue=3–4|pages=823–837|bibcode=1995PApGe.144..823T|s2cid=41076803|hdl=2027.42/43228|hdl-access=free}}
 ==External links==
 * {{commons category-inline}}
-*[https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0005y3k#general_summary M7.8 - Guam region] – [[United States Geological Survey]]
+*[https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0005y3k#general_summary M7.8 – Guam region] – [[United States Geological Survey]]
 *{{EQ-isc-link|212641}}
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 [[Category:1993 earthquakes]]
 [[Category:1993 in Guam|Earthquake]]
-[[Category:Earthquakes in Guam]]
+[[Category:Disasters in Guam]]
+[[Category:Earthquakes in Oceania]]
 [[Category:Tsunamis in Guam]]

v t e ← Earthquakes in 1993 →
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

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