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| Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
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| 1944 |
Near Sheep Mountain, Idaho
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6.1 |
This earthquake apparently was most severe in the
area of Fontez Creek, near Sheep Mountain, Idaho,
where buildings were shaken so severely that occupants
thought the structures were falling apart. A new
cabin set on concrete piers was displaced on its
foundation. Along Seafoam Creek, rocks and boulders
were thrown down the hillside.
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| 1993 |
Hokkaido, Japan Region
|
7.7 |
At least 200
people were killed and 39 missing in the Hokkaido region,
including at least 165 killed on Okushiri. One person on a
fishing boat was killed off Aomori, Honshu. Three people were
missing from the southeast coast of Russia. Severe damage (V
JMA) was caused by the earthquake and accompanying fires,
landslides and tsunami in southwestern Hokkaido. 540 houses
were destroyed and 1,834 others were damaged. Approximately 600
fishing boats were damaged or lost off western Japan,
southeastern Russia and South Korea. Tsunami wave heights as
high as 30.6 meters was reported along the southwest coast of
Okushiri Island, 10 meters along the west coast of Hokkaido, 3
meters at Nakhodka, Russia, 2 meters along the northeast coast
of South Korea and nearly 1 meter at Aomori, Honshu. The
tsunami affected much of the southeastern coast of Russia and
also caused damage to a factory at Kamenka, Sakhalin Island.
From
Significant Earthquakes of the World 1993.
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U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey