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| Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
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| 1783 |
New Jersey
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5.3 |
The largest historical earthquake in New Jersey.
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| 1967 |
Albania
|
6.5 |
The earthquake centered along the Albania-Yugoslavia
border in the vicinity of Debar, Yugoslavia,
and Shupenze, Albania. Eighteen people were
killed, 204 injured, and 70 percent of the living
quarters were left unsafe for habitation.
In Debar, nearly 1,000 durable buildings were
destroyed or damaged beyond repair.
From United States Earthquakes, 1967.
|
|
| 1976 |
Chile
|
7.3 |
The earthquake was centered about 550 kilometers
north of Antofagasta in the sparsely populated
Atacoma desert area near the Peruvian border.
One person was killed and 13 injured. Considerable
damage was done to homes in Arica, Camina, Hurara, Pozo
Almote, and surrounding towns. Landslides and
road blockage were reported in the area.
Maximum intensity was MM VIII. The earthquake
was also felt strongly in parts of sourthern Peru.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1976,
and Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 9, Number 2.
|
|
| 1983 |
Chagos Archipelago Region
|
7.7 |
Some damage (VI) to buildings and piers on Diego Garcia. About a 1.5 meter rise in wave height in the lagoon
and significant wave damage near the southeastern tip of the island. Forty-centimeter tsunami at Victoria,
Seychelles. Large zone of discolored sea water observed 60 to 70 kilometers north-northwest of Diego Garcia.
From
Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1983.
|
|
| 1987 |
Gulf of Alaska, Alaska
|
7.8 |
Damage (VI) at Yakutat from earthquake and tsunami. Felt (V) at Anchorage, Copper Center, Gakona,
Haines, Homer, Juneau, Levelock, Petersburg, Seward and Skwentna. Also felt (V) in sections of Whitehorse, Yukon
Territory, Canada. Felt (IV) throughout southern Alaska from the Ketchikan area to Glennallen and Kodiak Island
and (III) as far away as Bethel and Fairbanks. Also felt at Sand Point and (II) at Anaktuvuk Pass. Some damage
caused to 2 ships at sea in the epicentral area; felt strongly on 3 other ships in the area. Tsunami generated
with wave heights (peak to trough) 85 cm. at Yakutat and 25 cm. at Sitka, Alaska; 15 cm. at Hilo, 12 cm. at
Nawiliwili and 5 cm. at Honolulu, Hawaii; and 5 cm. at Presidio, California. Complex event, with major subevent
occurring about 15 seconds after onset of the foreshock, observed on broadband displacement seismograms.
One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States.
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U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey