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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.

June   21

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1983 Hokkaido, Japan Region

Epicenter
6.9 Some damage in northern Honshu. Felt (IV JMA) at Esashi, (III JMA) at Hakodate and (I JMA) at Sapporo, Hokkaido. Felt (IV JMA) at Aomori and (III JMA) at Akita, Honshu. Felt widely in southern Hokkaido and northern Honshu. One meter tsunami occurred at Akita, Noshiro, and Wakami; 40-centimeter tsunami at Aomori and Fukaura, Honshu. Fifty-centimeter tsunami reported in many areas along the west coast of northern Honshu.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1983.

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