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| Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
|
| 1531 |
Lisbon, Portugal
|
|
30,000 deaths. Intensity X.
|
|
| 1700 |
Cascadia Subduction Zone
|
9 |
This earthquake, the largest known to have occurred
in the "lower 48" United States, rocked Cascadia, a region
600 miles long that includes northern California, Oregon, Washington,
and southern British Columbia.
The earthquake set off a tsunami that not only struck Cascadia's Pacific coast,
but also crossed the Pacific Ocean to Japan, where it damaged coastal villages.
Written records of the damage in Japan pinpoint the earthquake to the
evening of January 26, 1700.
|
|
| 1985 |
Mendoza Province, Argentina
|
6.0 |
Six people killed, at least 238 injured and about 12,500
homes destroyed or damaged (VII) in the Mendoza area.
Felt (V) at La Ligua, (IV) at Curavil and (II) at
Santiago, Coquimbo and Vina del Mar, Chile.
|
|
| 1987 |
Algeria
|
4.9 |
One person killed, 7 injured and 629 homes
damaged in the Mohammadia area. Felt at Oued Fodda and
Tissemsilt.
|
|
| 1993 |
Yunnan, China
|
5.6 |
At least 66 people injured,
6,972 houses destroyed and 21,444 seriously damaged in
southwestern Yunnan Province.
From
Significant Earthquakes of the World 1993.
|
|
| 2001 |
India
|
7.6 |
At least 20,085 people killed, 166,836 injured, approximately 339,000 buildings destroyed and 783,000 damaged in the
Bhuj-Ahmadabad-Rajkot area and other parts of Gujarat. Many bridges and roads damaged in Gujarat. At least 18 people
killed and some injured in southern Pakistan. Felt throughout northern India and much of Pakistan. Also felt in Bangladesh
and western Nepal. The earthquake occurred along an approximately east-west trending thrust fault at shallow depth. The
stress that caused this earthquake is due to the Indian plate pushing northward into the Eurasian plate. Complex
earthquake. A small event is followed by a larger one about 2 seconds later.
From
Significant Earthquakes of the World 2001
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U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey