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

1923	Torbat-e Heydariyeh, Iran (Persia)	5.7	2,200 dead. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes. Five villages completely destroyed southwest of Torbat-e Heydariyeh.

1948	Litang, Sichuan (Szechwan), China	7.3	60th Anniversary More than 800 deaths. More than 600 houses collapsed in the Litang-Daocheng area. Landslides, ground fissures and sandblows occurred in the region. Over 180 aftershocks occurred in the succeeding 3 months, some of which caused additional damage.

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