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| Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
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| 1850 |
Milan, Italy
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Giuseppe Mercalli born.
Italian volcanologist and seismologist.
Inventor of the Mercalli Intensity Scale (1902).
The scale assigns an intensity or rating to measure the effects of an
earthquake at a particular location.
See: Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale.
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| 1950 |
Central Peru
|
6.0 |
The earthquake caused destruction in Cuzco and San Sebastian.
83 people killed, and 200 injured.
From United States Earthquakes, 1950.
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| 1960 |
Arauco Peninsula, Chile
|
7.9 |
Some deaths.
Some people injured and severe damage
in the Lebu-Concepcion area. Most of
the damage and casualties occurred in
unreinforced masonry buildings that had
survived but were likely weakened by
the 1939 Chillan quake. A small
tsunami was recorded at Talcahuano,
Valparaiso and at other places along
the coast of Chile, but caused no
damage. This is the largest of 4
foreshocks magnitude 7.2 or greater
for the magnitude 9.5 Valdivia
earthquake on May 22. Most of the
damage in Concepcion was due to this
foreshock; the mainshock did little
additional damage in this area.
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| 1984 |
Eastern China
|
6.0 |
Several people injured jumping from buildings
and slight damage in the southern Shanghai-Rudong
area. Felt throughout southern Jiangsu Province
and at Hefei. Felt on about 200 fishing boats
in the Yellow Sea.
From
Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1984.
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| 1997 |
India
|
5.8 |
Local time: May 22.
At least 38 people killed, more
than 1,000 injured, thousands homeless and extensive damage
in the Jabalpur area. Felt in much of Madhya Pradesh. Also
felt at Allahabad, Delhi, Nagpur and in parts of western
Orissa. Two events about 1 second apart.
See also:
Jabalpur Earthquake of May 22, 1997.
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U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey