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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.

October   21

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1907 Qaratog (Karatag), Tajikistan (Turkestan, Russia)

Epicenter
8.0 12,000 deaths.
One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.
Two earthquakes destroyed Qaratog and many mountain villages in the Gissar and Denau areas of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

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