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| Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
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| 1984 |
Southern Italy
|
6.0 |
Three people killed,
at least 100 injured, and extensive damage
(VIII) in the Abruzzo area. Felt throughout
southern Italy.
From
Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1984.
|
|
| 1986 |
Andreanof Islands, Alaska
|
7.9 |
One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States.
Multiple event. Damage (VI) on Adak and Atka.
Tsunami generated with observed wave heights 91 to 122 cm at Kapaa, Kauai and 61 to 91 cm at Hanalei, Kauai and
along the coast of Washington. Maximum recorded wave heights at selected tide stations were as follows: 175 cm at
Adak, 25 cm at Unalaska and 10 cm at Sand Point, Alaska; 55 cm at Hilo, 36 cm at Kahului and 27 cm at Honolulu,
Hawaii; 45 cm at Coquimbo and 15 cm at Valparaiso, Chile; 46 cm at Kushiro, Hokkaido; 24 cm at Chichi-shima, Bonin
Islands; 40 cm at Port Lyttleton, New Zealand; 12 cm at Crescent City, California; 10 cm at Wake Island and 5 cm at
Apia, Samoa. Negative tsunami reports were received from Bering Island, USSR; San Francisco, California and Ponape,
Caroline Islands.
|
|
| 1989 |
Burma-China Border Region
|
5.6 |
At least one person killed, 91 injured and 5,300 houses
destroyed in the Gengma area, China. Felt strongly in
Lancang and Menglian Counties. Direct economic losses
of more than 54 million U.S. dollars were sustained.
From
Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1989.
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U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey