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Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
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1933 |
Long Beach, California
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6.4 |
Local time: March 10 17:54 PST.
This earthquake caused serious damage to weak masonry structures on land fill from Los
Angeles south to Laguna Beach. Property damage was estimated at $40 million, and 115 people were killed.
Abridged from Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised), by Carl W. Stover and Jerry L. Coffman.
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1957 |
Fox Islands, Alaska
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7.0 |
One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States.
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1976 |
Near Newport, Rhode Island
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3.5 |
The largest historical earthquake in Rhode Island.
Plaster cracked at Rogers, Connecticut;
a lamp fell from a table at Newport, Rhode Island;
amd snow was knocked off a roof at Westport, Massachusetts.
Felt from Oakland, Rhode Island, south to Newport and from
Somerset, Massachusetts, south to New Bedford and Westport.
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