2007 Earthquake Count in South American Area - Last Week of June through August

The following information is taken from the Earthquakes Hazard program maintained by USGS and mapped on South America Region (scroll down).

Earthquake information is added weekly. Number of earthquakes, listed by the USG, since January 1, 2007: 1111

Earthquake Rating:

1. Micro: Under 2 - Generally not felt
2. Minor: Less than 3.5 - Generally not felt, but recorded
3. Light: 3.5-5.4 - Often felt, but rarely causes damage
4. Moderate: Under 6.0 - At most slight damage to well-designed buildings. Can cause major damage to poorly constructed buildings over small regions
5. Strong: 6.1-6.9 - Can be destructive in areas up to about 100 kilometers across where people live
6. Major: 7.0-7.9 - Major earthquake. Can cause serious damage over larger areas
7. Great: 8 or greater - Great earthquake. Can cause serious damage in areas several hundred kilometers across.

NUMBER MAG DATE UTC-TIME LAT LON DEPTH region
y/m/d h:m:s

1. 2.6 2007/08/31 23:32:17 19.012 -67.378 7.0 PUERTO RICO REGION
2. 3.0 2007/08/31 21:45:50 19.570 -67.923 19.3 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
3. 3.2 2007/08/24 23:02:03 19.035 -64.415 74.5 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
4. 2.8 2007/08/24 20:25:31 18.902 -64.969 51.4 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
5. 4.4 2007/08/24 18:56:33 -8.104 -74.189 124.6 CENTRAL PERU
6. 2.8 2007/08/24 08:56:13 18.149 -64.635 5.0 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
7. 3.6 2007/08/24 07:43:09 17.829 -68.677 111.0 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
8. 3.0 2007/08/24 06:04:51 18.919 -63.922 54.5 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
9. 2.9 2007/08/23 23:13:58 19.473 -65.969 7.6 PUERTO RICO REGION
10. 2.9 2007/08/23 15:23:31 18.453 -68.239 99.1 MONA PASSAGE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
11. 4.8 2007/08/23 09:45:47 -13.546 -76.557 26.2 NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU
12. 4.9 2007/08/23 09:16:43 14.316 -90.350 211.8 GUATEMALA
13. 3.5 2007/08/23 05:41:14 18.965 -68.587 37.7 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
14. 4.6 2007/08/22 17:25:34 -13.917 -76.207 35.0 NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU
15. 2.6 2007/08/22 11:15:55 18.311 -67.746 8.6 MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO
16. 4.8 2007/08/22 09:06:52 8.103 -39.622 10.0 CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
17. 4.4 2007/08/22 05:28:31 -13.698 -75.849 39.1 CENTRAL PERU
18. 3.7 2007/08/22 02:04:19 18.390 -68.784 146.4 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
19. 5.2 2007/08/21 21:32:26 -13.672 -76.956 35.0 NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU
20. 4.9 2007/08/21 20:37:50 -13.692 -76.130 39.0 NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU
21. 5.2 2007/08/21 16:36:45 7.997 -38.998 10.0 CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
22. 4.9 2007/08/21 13:35:37 7.932 -39.298 10.0 CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
23. 3.4 2007/08/21 06:27:15 19.114 -68.742 2.3 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
24. 3.4 2007/08/21 04:56:23 18.268 -67.837 4.4 MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO
25. 2.5 2007/08/21 04:47:40 17.863 -65.606 4.7 PUERTO RICO REGION
26. 4.7 2007/08/21 03:57:48 15.607 -61.192 101.6 DOMINICA REGION, LEEWARD ISLANDS
27. 6.5 2007/08/20 22:42:29 8.021 -39.274 10.0 CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
28. 5.1 2007/08/20 21:24:00 -13.636 -76.414 27.3 NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU
29. 5.4 2007/08/20 21:01:27 -19.630 -66.342 204.7 POTOSI, BOLIVIA
30. 3.2 2007/08/20 06:42:22 19.003 -66.318 24.9 PUERTO RICO REGION

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