|
| Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
|
| 1935 |
Quetta, Pakistan (Baluchistan, India)
|
7.6 |
30,000 deaths.
One of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
Quetta almost completely destroyed.
There were numerous fractures and landslides in the area.
|
|
| 1979 |
Sumbawa Island Region
|
6.1 |
This earthquake was centered about 10 kilometers
north of Lombok. At least 22 people
were reported killed, 70 were injured,
and extensive damage and landslides on Lombok Island.
Felt strongly on Bali.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1979.
|
|
| 1990 |
Northern Peru
|
6.5 |
Three events about 1.5 and 4.8 seconds apart
respectively. At least 135 people killed, more than 800 injured
and severe damage (VI) in the Moyobamba-Rioja area. Felt (V) at
Chachapoyas; (IV) at Cajamarca; (III) at Chiclayo and Chimbote.
Also felt (IV) at Guayaquil, Ecuador.
From
Significant Earthquakes of the World 1990.
|
|
| 1990 |
Romania
|
6.7 |
Nine people killed, more than 700 injured and severe damage in
the Bucharest-Braila- Brasov area. Four people killed, some
injured and many buildings damaged in Moldavia, USSR. One
person died of a heart attack and extensive damage in northern
Buglaria. Felt (VI) at Silistra and (V) at Sofia, Bulgaria.
Felt (VI) at Kishinev; (IV) at Kiev, Lvov, Moscow, Rostov,
Sochi and Uzhgorod; (III) at Stavropol and Leningrad, USSR.
Also felt in Hungary, Greece, Poland, Turkey and Yugoslavia.
From
Significant Earthquakes of the World 1990.
|
|
| 1998 |
Afghanistan - Tajikistan Border Region
|
6.6 |
10th Anniversary
One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.
At least
4,000 people killed, many thousands injured and homeless
in Badakhshan and Takhar Provinces, Afghanistan. Felt
strongly at Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan. Also felt at
Kabul, Afghanistan; Islamabad, Peshawar and Rawalpindi,
Pakistan; Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
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U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey