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Today's Earthquake Fact:
The term seismic seiche was first coined by Anders Kvale in 1955, to describe oscillation of lake levels in Norway and England caused by the Assam earthquake of August, 1950.

April   11

Note: All earthquake dates are UTC, not local time.


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1997 Southern Xinjiang, China

Epicenter
6.2 At least 9 people killed, 89 injured, 100,000 homeless, thousands of buildings destroyed and 11,000 livestock killed in Jiashi County. Felt in Bachu, Shule, Yingjisha and Yuehpuhu Counties. This is the largest earthquake to date in a swarm of large strike-slip and normal faulting events which began on January 21, 1997.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1997.

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