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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.

November   7

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1912 Alaska Peninsula

Epicenter
7.3 One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States.
1976 Iran

Epicenter
6.2 The earthquake was located about 270 kilometers south of Mashad in the Khorassan Province, where 17 were killed and 32 injured. Three villages in the area were completely destroyed. Because of the time of day the earthquake struck, many of the people were in the fields, and the death toll was lessened.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1976, and Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 9, Number 2.

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