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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   27

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1980 Near Livermore, California

Epicenter
5.8 Six persons were injured at Livermore by flying glass and falling ceiling tiles and supports. It caused 1-2 millimeters of additional right-lateral movement on the Greenville fault across Laughlin Road as well as additional movement and displacements along the surface rupture of January 24, north of Vasco Road.

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