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

May

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Year	Location	Magnitude	Comment

1906	Lockney, Texas		William Maurice Ewing born.

1971	Western Turkey	6.3	This damaging earthquake occurred 220 miles southwest of Anakara in the Burdur area. Thousands of buildings were damaged or destroyed. 100 persons were killed, and scores were injured. Telephone communications to Burdur were severed when the quake struck. Government buildings, schools, apartment houses, and a hospital were among those structures damaged. From Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 3, Number 5.

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