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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.

June   13

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1967 Near Attica, New York

Epicenter
3.9 At Attica, plaster fell, chimneys cracked, and fluorescent light fixtures were damaged. At Alabama, about 30 kilometers north of Attica, ceiling tile fell in a church. This shock was felt over a small area of western New York.
Abridged from Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised), by Carl W. Stover and Jerry L. Coffman, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1993.

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