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

June

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

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Year	Location	Magnitude	Comment

1993	Minnesota	4.1	This rare earthquake shook a wide area of western Minnesota and neighboring states. The epicenter was about 70 kilometers south-southwest of Fergus Falls and 110 kilometers northeast of Watertown, South Dakota. The earthquake caused slight damage at Wheaton, where shaking reached intensity MM VI. This earthquake was felt throughout much of west-central Minnesota, as far east as Minneapolis, and at many places in northeastern South Dakota and southeastern North Dakota. From Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Volume 24, Number 3.

1994	Taiwan	6.4	One person killed at Chi-lung; two injured in the I-lan-Tai-pei area. Two-thirds of the houses were damaged in the Nan-ao area. Surface cracks were also observed in the area. Landslides blocked a highway between Su-ao and Hua-lien. Felt (V JMA) at Nan-ao; (IV JMA) at Hua-lien, Su-ao and Tai-pei; (III JMA) at Chia-i and Hsin-chu; (II JMA) at Tai-chung and Tai-nan. Also felt on Iriomote-jima, Ishigaki-shima and Yonaguni-jima, Japan. From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1994.

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