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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   23

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
893 Ardabil, Iran

Epicenter
  150,000 deaths. One of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
1983 Greece

Epicenter
6.0 Seven people injured and 160 homes damaged in the Vonitsa area. Felt strongly along the west coast of Greece and on Levkas, Kefallinia and Zakinthos.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1983.

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