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Significant Earthquakes - 2018 Enter a year from 1900 to 2018 Search What makes an earthquake "significant"? 6.4 22km NNE of Hualian, Taiwan 2018-02-06 15:50:42 UTC 10.6 km 6.1 21km NNE of Hualian, Taiwan 2018-02-04 13:56:42 UTC 12.0 km 6.1 35km S of Jarm, Afghanistan 2018-01-31 07:07:00 UTC 191.2 km 6.6 Southwest of Africa 2018-01-28 16:03:03 UTC 10.0 km 6.3 189km N of Madang, Papua New Guinea 2018-01-26 22:47:57 UTC 10.0 km 4.3 14km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho 2018-01-26 03:32:08 UTC 10.0 km 5.8 176km W of Ferndale, California 2018-01-25 16:39:43 UTC 8.1 km 4.0 12km NE of Trabuco Canyon, CA 2018-01-25 10:09:56 UTC 11.2 km 6.2 92km ESE of Mutsu, Japan 2018-01-24 10:51:20 UTC 39.8 km 7.9 280km SE of Kodiak, Alaska 2018-01-23 09:31:42 UTC 25.0 km 6.0 40km S of Binuangeun, Indonesia 2018-01-23 06:34:54 UTC 43.9 km 6.3 73km S of Putre, Chile 2018-01-21 01:06:42 UTC 116.0 km 6.3 77km NNE of Loreto, Mexico 2018-01-19 16:17:42 UTC 10.0 k

Scientists Predict 2018 Will Be a Bad Year for Earthquakes. Here's Why http://time.com/5031607/earthquake-predictions-2018/ There is no natural disaster sneakier than an earthquake. Hurricanes can be predicted and tracked weeks in advance, and even tornados, monsoons and blizzards at least have seasons. But earthquakes strike entirely without warning. Now, however,  a new study suggests that we may want to brace for a surge of quakes in the year ahead, and the reason for the danger is an unlikely one: the rotation of the Earth has slowed slightly. While accurately forecasting earthquakes is impossible, a backward look through the seismic record allows geologists to detect some distinct patterns. In the new study — which was presented at the annual meeting of the  Geological Society of America, in Seattle , and published in  Geophysical Research Letters  — geologists Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Rebecca Bendick of the University of Montana, tr