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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.

March   8

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1991 near the east coast of Koryakskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia

Epicenter
6.6 Believed to be the largest earthquake ever located in this area.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1991.

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