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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.

December   11

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1998 Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan

Epicenter
5.7 10th Anniversary

Five people killed, seven injured and some damage at Kabul, Afghanistan.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1998.

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