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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.

March   27

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1984 Near North Coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

Epicenter
6.8 Eleven people injured and many buildings destroyed (VIII) on Karkar. Minor ground fissures and two holes 3-7 meters in diameter and 2 meters deep occurred.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1984.

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