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| Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
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| 1927 |
Tango, Japan
|
7.6 |
3,020 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.
More than 1,100 people killed and 98%
of the houses in Mineyama destroyed by
the earthquake and subsequent fires.
The quake was felt from Kagoshima to
Tokyo. Faulting was observed on the
Gomura and Yamada Faults, at right
angles to each other at the base of
the Tango Peninsula.
|
|
| 1929 |
Fox Islands, Alaska
|
7.8 |
One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States.
|
|
| 1966 |
East of Longyao, Hebei (Hopeh), China
|
7.0 |
More than 135,000 houses collapsed and
190,000 were severely damaged in Hebei
Province. The worst damage was in Julu
County, where over 106,000 houses
collapsed and another 100,000 were
heavily damaged. Some houses collapsed
in Shanxi (Shansi) Province. It was
felt throughout Hebei and Shanxi
Provinces and in most of Henan (Honan)
and Shandong (Shantung) Provinces.
Ground fissures and sandblows occurred
along the banks of the Fuyang River.
Except for reports that 4,166 families
"suffered disaster" in Longyao County
and that great numbers of medical
personnel had been rushed to Xingtai
(Singtai) to care for the victims, no
casualty figures were released for this
earthquake. Based on the amount of
damage and time of day it occurred, we
assume that it killed at least 1,000
people, and very likely many more than
that.
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U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey