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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.

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1995 Western Texas

Epicenter
5.7 Two people were slightly injured in Brewster County. Slight damage (VI) at Alpine and Fort Davis. Also slight damage in the Marathon and Ozona areas. Felt (V) at Balmorhea, Barstow, Coyanosa, Fort Stockton, Imperial, Kermit, Marfa, Pecos, Presidio, Sanderson, Sheffield, Toyah, Wickett and Wink; (IV) at Big Spring, Cameron, Crane, Midland, Odessa, Pyote and Valentine. Also felt (V) at Jal and Malaga; (IV) at Artesia, Dexter and White City, New Mexico. Felt in much of western and central Texas as far east as San Antonio and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Felt west as far as Sierra Blanca, Texas and north to Roswell, New Mexico.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1995.

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