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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.

January   18

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1982 Aegean Sea

Epicenter
7.0 Felt strongly throughout Greece. Felt in Bulgaria, southeastern Italy, southeastern Yugoslavia and western Turkey.

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