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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
1925 Charlevoix-Kamouraska area, Canada

Epicenter
6.3 Local time: February 28, 9:19:20 p.m.
The earthquake was so strong that the shock was felt more than 1,000 kilometres from the epicentre. In the weeks that followed, dozens of aftershocks continued to shake the area, keeping the inhabitants living in fear.

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