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.

Year at a Glance

December

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

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Year	Location	Magnitude	Comment

1812	Santa Barbara Channel, California	7.1	One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States.

1932	Cedar Mountain, Nevada	7.2	One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States This shock struck west-central Nevada. Damage was slight, due to few inhabitants, but the shock was felt all over Nevada and as far as Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

1967	Near the Coast of Northern Chile	7.5	The shock caused one death and several injuries, and inflicted severe property damage at Quillagua and Tocopilla, two small villages near the earthquake's epicenter. Eighty percent of the structures were destroyed at Quillagua; Tocopilla sustained damage to about 20 percent of its buildings. Numerous roads were damaged or blocked by earthslides in the area. From United States Earthquakes, 1967.

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