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.

Year at a Glance

April

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

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Year	Location	Magnitude	Comment

1903	Turkey	7.0	3500 dead. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes. About 12,000 houses destroyed and 20,000 animals killed in the Malazgirt-Patnos area. Slight damage as far away as Erzurum and Bitlis. A strong aftershock on August 6 caused additional casualties.

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