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Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
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1975 |
Kashmir-Xizang Border Region
|
6.8 |
This earthquake killed 42, seriously injured 40, left
2,500 people homeless, and cause extensive damage
in the Kinnaur district of the
Himachal Pradesh State. Damage was also
reported on the Tibetan side. The tremor was felt
in New Delhi, India, and Lahore and
Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1975
and Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 7, Number 2.
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1981 |
Irian Jaya, Indonesia
|
6.8 |
Three hundred five people killed, some injured
and about 1,000 missing in the Jayawijaya
Mountains. Landslides buried many villages.
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1995 |
Colombia
|
6.5 |
Five people killed, several
injured and at least 20 major buildings damaged in the Bogota
area. One person also killed at Manizales and another at
Miraflores. More than 500 houses damaged or destroyed in Boyaca
Department and 12 others destroyed in Casanare Department.
Landslides blocked several rivers and streams in Colombia. Felt
in much of Colombia and western Venezuela and as far as
Caracas, Venezuela.
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