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

February

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

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Year	Location	Magnitude	Comment

1835	Chile	8.5	Damage extreme. Tsunami. From Catalog of Significant Earthquakes, 2000 B.C. - 1979, published by World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics, Report SE-27, July 1981. See also: Charles Darwin and the February 20, 1835, Concepcion, Chile Earthquake.

1871	Molokai, Hawaii	6.8	This earthquake caused severe damage on the islands of Lanai, Molokai, and Maui, and minor damage on Hawaii and Oahu. It was felt throughout the islands.

1998	Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan	6.4	10th Anniversary One person killed and three injured at Yar Husain, six injured at Rawalpindi and two injured at Peshawar, Pakistan. An earthquake-induced avalanche destroyed 35 houses, including a mosque, left 300 people homeless and killed several dozen cattle and sheep in the Astor area, Kashmir. Damage occurred from Chitral to Swabi, Pakistan, in western Kashmir and in the Rostaq area, Afghanistan. Felt in much of northern Pakistan as far south as Lahore and in northeastern Afghanistan as far as Kabul and Mazar-e Sharif. Also felt in parts of Tajikistan. From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1998

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