OCTOBER, 1992 EARTHQUAKES

11 19:24:15.5 -19.077 168.906 33 N 6.6 6.9 1.0 98 VANUATU ISLANDS. Mo=1.5*10**20 Nm (HRV). Mo=4.0*10**20 Nm (PPT).
12 13:09:56.3 29.888 31.223 25 D 5.9 5.2 1.1 289 EGYPT. MD 5.3 (HLW). Mo=8.0*10**17 Nm (HRV). At least 541 people killed, more than 6,500 injured and about 8,300 buildings damaged or destroyed in the Cairo area. Preliminary estimates of damage about 300 million U.S. dollars. Felt in much of Egypt from Alexandria to Aswan and in Israel from Elat to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
15 22:37:07.1 -14.455 166.628 33 N 6.1 6.8 1.3 143 VANUATU ISLANDS. Ms 7.1 (BRK). Mo=2.0*10**19 Nm (HRV). Mo=3.2*10**19 Nm (PPT).

17 02:51:53.8 -19.258 169.547 33 N 5.7 6.5 1.1 114 VANUATU ISLANDS. Ms 7.0 (BRK). Mo=7.2*10**18 Nm (HRV). Mo=7.9*10**18 Nm (PPT).

17 08:32:39.9 6.866 -76.816 10 G 6.2 6.7 1.0 316 NORTHERN COLOMBIA. Ms 7.0 (BRK). Mo=1.1*10**19 Nm (HRV). Mo=1.6*10**19 Nm (PPT). About twenty people injured and 90 percent of the buildings destroyed in Murindo. Felt throughout northwestern Colombia from Cali and Bogota to Cesar Department.

18 15:11:59.3 7.123 -76.887 10 G 6.6 7.3 1.2 349 NORTHERN COLOMBIA. Ms 7.4 (BRK). Mo=7.8*10**19 Nm (HRV). Mo=1.6*10**20 Nm (PPT). One person killed, 50 injured and damage in the Murindo-Apartado-Medellin area. At least ten people killed, 65 injured and 1,500 homeless by the explosion of a mud volcano in the San Pedro de Uraba area. Slight damage at Bogota. Felt in much of northwestern Colombia as far south as Cali. Felt strongly in Darien Province, Panama. Also felt (IV) on the Azuero Peninsula and at Panama City, Panama. Felt at Caracas and Valencia, Venezuela. Also felt on Aruba. Landslides occurred in the epicentral area. Liquefaction was observed in the Murindo area and as far north as Apartado. small island emerged from the Caribbean Sea off San Juan de Uraba.

22 09:04:24.9 -29.997 -177.276 33 N 6.0 6.6 1.2 175 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND. Ms 7.2 (BRK). Mo=7.8*10**18 Nm (HRV). Mo=1.3*10**19 Nm (PPT). Felt (IV) on Raoul Island.

22 17:38:58.3 29.513 31.473 10 G 4.5 3.4 1.2 18 EGYPT. MD 4.2 (HLW), 4.1 (RYD). Four people killed and at least 50 injured in the Cairo area.

22 23:08:31.8 -29.738 -177.218 42 * 5.7 6.4 1.1 159 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND. Ms 6.5 (BRK). Mo=1.8*10**18 Nm (HRV). Mo=1.3*10**19 Nm (PPT).

23 09:11:08.9 31.347 -4.331 28 D 5.2 5.2 1.2 198 MOROCCO. MD 5.2 (RBA). At least two people killed at Rissani. Felt throughout much of Morocco from Fes to Marrakech

23 13:04:41.1 -5.332 152.592 33 N 5.6 6.6 1.1 166 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. Ms 7.0 (BRK). Mo=1.8*10**18 Nm (PPT).

23 23:19:47.2 42.503 45.073 33 N 6.2 6.5 1.1 312 EASTERN CAUCASUS. Ms 6.8 (BRK). Mo=3.6*10**18 Nm (HRV). At least one person killed, 10 injured and several houses damaged in the Barisakho, Georgia area. Landslides reported in the epicentral area.

24 08:23:04.3 -29.439 -177.384 41 D 5.8 6.2 1.0 168 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND. Ms 6.6 (BRK). Mo=1.3*10**19 Nm (PPT). Felt (IV) on Raoul Island.

An excerpt from Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1992 - a database of the National Earthquake Information Center.