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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.

May   28

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1998 Southern Xinjiang, China

Epicenter
5.6 10th Anniversary

Twenty-eight people injured, more than 2,000 buildings destroyed, an additional 3,000 damaged and 5,000 head of cattle killed in southwestern Xinjiang.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1998.

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