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| Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
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| 1706 |
Italy
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This violent earthquake killed 15,000 inhabitants.
From
Catalog of Significant Earthquakes, 2000 B.C. - 1979,
published by World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics,
Report SE-27, July 1981.
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| 1943 |
Skwentna, Alaska
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7.4 |
One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States.
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| 2002 |
Central Alaska
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7.9 |
Largest earthquake in 2002.
One person injured and extensive damage to roads. Items knocked from shelves in Denali National Park,
Glenallen and Tok. Some supports on the trans-Alaska pipeline were damaged and operation was suspended.
Damage estimated at 20 million U.S. dollars. Felt (VII) at Cantwell and Denali National Park; (VI) at
Chistochina, Delta Junction, Fairbanks, Nenana, North Pole and Tok; (V) at Anchorage, Big Lake,
Chickaloon, Chitina, Copper Center, Eagle River, Eielson AFB, Eureka, Fort Wainwright, Healy, Houston,
Knik, Moose Pass, Palmer, Talkeetna, Tazlina, Wasilla and Willow; (IV) at Butte, Cordova, Glenallen, Kenai,
Kenny Lake, Nikiski, Salcha, Skagway, Valdez and Whittier; (III) at Galena, Haines, Juneau, Kasilof, Seward
and Soldotna. Felt in northern British Columbia, western Alberta and Northwest Territories. Also felt by people
in high-rise buildings in Seattle, Washington. Seiches and muddied water wells observed in a number of
states, including Washington, Idaho, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
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U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey