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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.

August   3

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1951 Nicaragua

Epicenter
6.0 The earthquake opened a side of Cosiguina Volcano, releasing water from its crater. The subsequent mudflow destroyed the town of Potosi. A larger earthquake (magnitude 6.0) occurred in the same area on Aug 03 at 00:23. Some sources list that as the event that triggered the mudflow.
From United States Earthquakes, 1951.

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