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ARIZONA EARTHQUAKES 1830-2006
(updated to July 2006)


                

                                 EXPLANATION:
                                                          
                                           --Depths are expressed in kilometers and fixed at 10 where necessary
                                           --Origin Time = Times prior to 1910 are local Arizona time
                                                                    Times during and after 1910 are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
                                           --MAG/INT = Magnitude or Intensity
                                                                  Roman numerals indicate Modified Mercalli (MM) Intensities
                                                                  Arabic numerals indicate local Richter magnitude, (ML)
                                           --Locations are in NAD 27 unprojected lat/long                                      

                                           -- * = Earthquakes which may locate in the Salton Trough region

 

 

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                                   Scroll through all 176 years of data or link directly to a time frame of interest.

 

              1830-1899          1900-1909         1910-1919          1920-1929          1930-1939          1940-1949        1950-1959 
                           

                       1960-1969         1970-1979          1980-1989          1990-1999         2000-present          Earthquakes of  M≥4.9

 

                                                   


 

 

 

 

      LOCATION DEPTH ORIGIN TIME MAG/    
YEAR MO DAY LAT(N) LONG(W) (km) HR MIN SEC INT   LOCATION
                       
1830     31.9 110.1         IX   San Pedro
                       
1870 3 11 34.55 112.47   10 20   V   Prescott
  8 12 34.55 112.47         IV   Prescott
                       
1871 2 7 34.1 112.44   15 8   V   Constellation
                       
1872 5 2 32.72 114.62   17 45   VII   Yuma*
  5 28 32.72 114.62   2 0   II   Yuma*
                       
1874 11 10 32.72 114.62   15 0   IV   Yuma*
                       
1875 1 21 33.65 114.5   19 45   V   Camp La Paz
  3 9 33.46 112.07         II   Phoenix
  11 1 32.72 114.62   8 30   V   Yuma*
  11 3 32.72 114.62   13 0   VI   Yuma*
  12 15 33.2 112.1   15 45   II   Maricopa Wells
                       
1876 4 20 32.72 114.62   7 0   V   Yuma*