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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.

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1889 Darmstadt, Germany   Beno Gutenberg born.
In 1914, Beno Gutenberg used an extensive data set of earthquake wave travel times to compute the average distance to the top of the core at about 2,900 km.
2000 Southern Sumatera, Indonesia

Epicenter
7.9 At least 103 people killed, 2,174 injured, extensive damage (VI) and landslides in the Bengkulu area; minor injuries and damage on Enggano. Felt (IV) in Lampung Province and at Palembang. Felt (III) at Jakarta, Jawa. Felt in much of southern Sumatera. Felt throughout Singapore. Also felt at Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 2000.

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