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| Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
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| 1944 |
Tonankai, Japan
|
8.1 |
998 deaths.
More than 73,000 houses were destroyed
or heavily damaged by the earthquake
and an additional 3,000 houses were
washed away by the tsunami. The quake
was felt from northern Honshu to
Kyushu. A large tsunami struck the
Pacific Coast of Japan from Choshi,
Honshu to Tosashimizu, Shikoku. Maximum
wave heights of up to 8 m (26 ft) were
observed on the east coast of the Kii
Peninsula, Honshu. A 0.5-m tsunami was
recorded on Attu, Alaska and a small
tsunami was recorded at San Diego and
Terminal Island, California.
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| 1986 |
Bulgaria
|
5.5 |
At least 3 people killed, 60 injured and damage (VII) in
the Veliko Turnovo-Turgovishte area. Felt throughout
Bulgaria. Also felt at Bucharest, Romania; Istanbul,
Turkey and in eastern Yugoslavia.
From
Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1986.
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| 1988 |
Armenia
|
6.8 |
20th Anniversary
One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.
Two events about 3 seconds apart. At least 25,000 people killed, 19,000 injured and 500,000 homeless in the
Leninakan-Spitak-Kirovakan area of northern Armenia, USSR. More than 20 towns and 342 villages were affected
and 58 of them were completely destroyed. Damage totaled 16.2 billion U.S. dollars. Damage (X) at Spitak and
(IX) at Leninakan, Kirovakan and Stepanavan. Surface faulting 10 km in length and with a maximum throw of 1.5 m
occurred. Power transmission lines were severely damaged and landslides buried railroad tracks in the epicentral
area. Damage occurred in the Kelbadzhar area, Azerbaijan, USSR. Felt (VII) at Tabatskuri and Borzhomi; (VI) at
Bogdanovka, Tbilisi and Yerevan; (V) at Goris; (IV) at Makhachkala and Groznyy; (III) at Sheki and Shemakha,
USSR. Four people killed and damage in the Tuzluca-Kagizman-Kars area, Turkey. Felt in the Tabriz-Orumiyeh area,
Iran.
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U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey