Today in Earthquake History

Today's Earthquake Fact:
What to do if a tsunami threatens your area: If you are advised to evacuate, do so immediately. Stay away from the area until local authorities say it is safe. Do not be fooled into thinking that the danger is over when a single wave has come and gone - a tsunami is not a single wave but a series of waves. Do not go to the shoreline to watch for a tsunami. When you can see the wave, it is too late to escape it.

Year at a Glance

August

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

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Year	Location	Magnitude	Comment

1868	Peru and Bolivia	8.5	25,00 killed. Damage extreme. Tsunami. From Catalog of Significant Earthquakes, 2000 B.C. - 1979, published by World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics, Report SE-27, July 1981.

1951	Turkey	6.7	Fifty killed, 208 injured, and 3,400 houses destroyed in Kursunlu area. Felt throughout northern Turkey. From United States Earthquakes.

1967	Pyrenees	5.3	Numerous buildings were destroyed in Arette, Oloron, and Montory; one person was killed and 80 were injured. The shock was strongly felt in northern Spain. In historic time, only two strong earthquakes have centered in this region of southern France. From United States Earthquakes, 1967.

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