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

By Bonnie Hamre, About.com

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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