Today in Earthquake History

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.

Year at a Glance

May

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

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Year	Location	Magnitude	Comment

1908	Gulf of Alaska	7.0	100th Anniversary One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States.

1992	Uzbekistan	6.2	Three people killed, 5,500 houses completely destroyed and more than 4,000 houses damaged (VII) in the Osh area. Felt (VI) at Andizhan, (V) at Fergana, (IV) at Namangan and (III) at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Also felt (III) at Dzhambul and (II) at Chimkent and Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. Landslides reported at Karasu and Uzgen. From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1992.

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