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1939 Chillán earthquake
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The 1939 Chillán earthquake was a major earthquake in south-central Chile. It is currently the single earthquake that has caused the most deaths in Chile. The earthquake occurred on 24 January 1939 and had an intensity of 8.3 M. Read more
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The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake
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The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake or Jiajing earthquake was a catastrophic earthquake and is also the deadliest earthquake on record, killing approximately 830,000 people in China. It occurred on the morning of 23 January 1556 in Shaanxi, during the Ming Dynasty. Read more
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1975 Kinnaur earthquake
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The 1975 Kinnaur earthquake occurred in the early afternoon (local time) (08:02 UTC) of 19 January. It had a magnitude of 6.8 on the surface wave magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of IX (violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale, causing extensive damage in Himachal Pradesh, in nort...
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1994 Northridge earthquake
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The Northridge earthquake was a massive earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1994, at 04:31 Pacific Standard Time in Reseda, a neighbourhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, lasting for about 10-20 seconds. Read more
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1915 Avezzano earthquake
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The 1915 Avezzano earthquake or 1915 L'Aquila earthquake occurred on January 13 in southern Italy, near the city of L'Aquila. The epicenter was located in the town of Avezzano in southern Italy. Read more
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North Tabriz Fault
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Title: Paleoearthquakes and slip rates of the North Tabriz Fault, NW Iran: preliminary results Authors: Khaled Hessami, Daniela Pantosti, Hadi Tabassi, Esmael Shabanian, Mohammad R. Abbassi, Khalil Feghhi and Shahryar Solaymani The North Tabriz Fault is a major seismogenic fault in NW Iran. T...
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1970 Tonghai earthquake
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The 1970 Tonghai earthquake occurred on 4 January 1970 in Tonghai, China. The rupture originated on the local Yunnan Provinces Red River fault, which had not experienced an earthquake above magnitude 7 since 1700. Read more
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1989 Newcastle earthquake
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The 1989 Newcastle earthquake was a Richter magnitude 5.6 earthquake that occurred in Newcastle, New South Wales on Thursday, 28 December 1989, at 10:27 am. Read more
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893 Dvin earthquake
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The 893 Dvin earthquake occurred on 28 December at about midnight. It had a magnitude of about 6 and a maximum intensity of about IX (violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It destroyed the city of Dvin in Armenia, causing about 30,000 casualties. Read more
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1908 Messina earthquake
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The 1908 Messina earthquake and tsunami took some 100,000 - 200,000 lives on December 28, 1908 in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy. Read more
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1972 Nicaragua earthquake
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The 1972 Nicaragua earthquake was an earthquake that occurred at 12:29 a.m. local time (06:29 UTC) on Saturday, December 23, 1972 near Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. It had a magnitude of 6.2 and occurred at a depth of about 5 kilometres beneath the centre of the city. Read more[spoiler][video=...
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1946 Nankaido earthquake
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The 1946 Nankaido earthquake was a great earthquake in Nankaido, Japan. It occurred on December 20, 1946 , 19:19 UTC. The earthquake measured between 8.1 and 8.4 on the moment magnitude scale, and was felt from Northern Honsh to Kysh. It occurred almost two years after the 1944 Tonankai earthquake,...
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1920 Haiyuan earthquake
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1920 Haiyuan earthquake, was an earthquake that occurred on December 16, 1920. The epicenter was 36.50°N 105.70°E, in Haiyuan County, Ningxia Province, Republic of China. It was also called the 1920 Gansu earthquake because Ningxia was a part of Gansu Province when the earthquake occurred. Rea...
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1843 Lesser Antilles earthquake
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Historic Caribbean Earthquake Was Felt in NYC More than 150 years ago, a fault ringing the Caribbean shook half the Atlantic, including New York City, with a mega-earthquake. The quake rivaled those that have struck Indonesia in recent years, geologists reported last week at the annual meeting of...
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557 Constantinople earthquake
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The 557 Constantinople earthquake took place on the night of 14 December. This great earthquake, described in the works of Agathias, John Malalas and Theophanes the Confessor, caused great damage to Constantinople, then capital of the Byzantine Empire, and a region frequently afflicted with ea...
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