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Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
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1791 |
Near Moodus, Connecticut
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The largest historical earthquake in Connecticut.
The first reported earthquake began
with two heavy shocks in quick succession.
Stone walls were shaken down, tops of chimneys
were knocked off, and latched doors were thrown
open. A fissure several meters long formed in
the ground. In a short time, 30 lighter shocks
occurred, and more than 100 continued during the
night. Reported felt at Boston, Massachusetts, and New
York City, New York.
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1909 |
North Dakota
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5.5 |
The largest historical earthquake in North Dakota.
This moderate earthquake was felt widely over south-central
Canada and the north-central United States, including
the States of Montana and North Dakota. A retaining
wall fell in Helena, southern Lewis and Clark County,
Montana; plaster was cracked at Havre (northwest of
Helena, in Hill County). The shock also was "severe"
in Dickinson (Stark County), North Dakota. Some windows were
broken and articles fell from shevles at a few towns in
Saskatchewan, Canada.
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1968 |
Honshu, Japan
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8.2 |
40th Anniversary
Forty-seven people were killed, 281 injured, and $131 million
property damage was sustained. The port city
of Hachinohe incurred the greatest damage. A tsunami
was generated that inundated low-lying areas and
washed ashore or
sank 95 ships. Several aftershocks were
reported, two of which generated small tsunamis.
From United States Earthquakes, 1968.
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1995 |
Loyalty Islands Region
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7.7 |
Felt (III) on
the Loyalty Islands and at Noumea, New Caledonia. Tsunami
generated with maximum wave heights (peak- to-trough) at the
following locations: 40 cm at Port-Vila, Vanuatu; 10 cm at Pago
Pago, American Samoa; 6 cm at Lautoka and 5 cm at Suva, Fiji; 3
cm at Apia, Western Samoa; 3 cm at Nukualofa, Tonga; 3 cm at
Rarotonga, Cook Islands. The tsunami was also recorded along
the coast of New South Wales, Australia.
From
Significant Earthquakes of the World 1995.
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