SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKES OF THE WORLD, 1990
Earthquakes of magnitude 6.5 or greater or ones that caused fatalities,
injuries or substantial damage.
BRK--Berkeley. PAS--Pasadena.
UTC TIME LAT LON DEP GS MAGS SD STA REGION AND COMMENTS
HR MN SEC MB Msz USED
FEB 1990
08 07:15:32.2 9.755 124.694 26 G 6.2 6.6 1.4 322 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS. Ms 6.5 (BRK), 6.3 (PAS). Felt (VII RF) on Bohol; (VI)
at Cebu; (V) at Cagayan de Oro and on Camiguin; (IV) at
Cotabato and (III) at Palo. Also felt on Negros. Two events
about 2 seconds apart.
08 07:46:59.7 9.725 124.625 30 D 6.0 6.5 1.2 248 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS. Felt (V RF) on Mactan.
09 17:57:26.4 31.677 121.032 10 G 5.0 4.3 1.2 72 EASTERN CHINA. One
person injured slightly and minor damage in the Changshu area.
Felt at Jiaxing, Nanjing, Nantang, Shanghai and Wuxi.
19 06:48:10.1 -15.465 166.385 12 G 6.4 6.7 1.2 375 VANUATU ISLANDS. Ms 6.8
(BRK), 6.5 (PAS). Two events about 2 seconds apart.
28 23:43:36.6& 34.140 -117.700 5 5.5 5.5 191 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
. ML 5.2 (PAS), 6.2 (BRK). Thirty people received minor
injuries and damage was estimated to be at least 12.7 million
dollars. Some damage (VII) at Claremont, Covina, La Verne,
Montclair, Mount Baldy, Ontario, Pomona, San Dimas, Upland and
Walnut. Slight damage (VI) at Arcadia, Azusa, Chino, Colton,
Compton, Glendora, Lincoln Heights, Lytle Creek, Pico Rivera
and West Covina. Felt from Santa Barbara to Ensenada, Mexico
and northeast as far as Las Vegas, Nevada.
MAR 1990
03 12:16:27.9 -22.122 175.163 33 G 6.3 7.4 1.3 322 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS.
Ms 7.4 (BRK), 7.1 (PAS).
03 12:44:22.4 -22.405 174.164 33 N 6.1 6.6 1.0 156 LOYALTY ISLANDS REGION
04 19:46:19.6 28.925 66.331 10 D 5.8 6.1 1.2 339 PAKISTAN. At least 11
people killed, about 40 injured and many homes and buildings
damaged in the Kalat area. Also felt at Quetta and Mastung.
Complex event.
05 16:38:12.5 -18.318 168.063 21 G 5.6 7.0 1.2 335 VANUATU ISLANDS. Ms 7.0
(BRK), 6.8 (PAS). Felt (V) at Port Vila.
12 14:41:19.4 51.484 -175.032 14 G 6.0 6.2 1.1 487 ANDREANOF ISLANDS,
ALEUTIAN IS. ML 5.7 (PMR). Ms 6.5 (BRK), 5.9 (PAS). Felt (IV)
on Adak and Atka.
25 13:22:55.6 9.919 -84.808 22 G 6.2 7.0 1.1 494 COSTA RICA. Ms 6.8
(BRK). Ten people slightly injured. Damage (VIII) in the
Puntarenas area and about 60 buildings severely damaged (VII)
in the San Jose area. Several landslides blocked roads in the
area for a short time. Felt throughout Costa Rica and
southwestern Nicaragua. Felt (IV) at Almirante and Puerto
Armuelles and (III) at David, Panama.
26 22:47:16.7 9.253 125.606 39 5.6 5.5 1.1 190 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS. One person killed, two injured and some damage in the
Santiago area. Felt (IV RF) on Camiguin and (II) at Cotabato.
Also felt at Gingoog.
APR 1990
02 13:46:31.7 52.314 -2.985 18 4.7 1.3 189 UNITED KINGDOM. ML 5.1
(LDG), 5.2 (BGS). MD 4.8 (STR). Damage (VI) in the
Wrexham-Welshpool-Shrewsbury area. Some buildings damaged in
Manchester and Liverpool. Felt throughout Wales, in eastern
Ireland and in England from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Kent and
Cornwall.
03 22:57:00.9 11.426 -86.301 53 5.5 6.4 1.3 320 NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA.
Ms 6.7 (BRK), 5.9 (PAS). MD 6.6 (UPA), 5.9 (SJR). Felt (V) at
Rivas and (IV) at Managua. Felt throughout much of Nicaragua.
Felt (V) at Cuajiniquil and Liberia, (IV) at Puntarenas, (III)
at San Jose and (II) at Limon, Costa Rica. Also felt (II) at
San Salvador, El Salvador.
05 21:12:35.5 15.125 147.596 11 G 6.5 7.5 1.2 328 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION.
Ms 7.3 (PAS), 7.2 (BRK). Felt (IV) on Guam. Also felt on
Saipan. A small tsunami was generated with maximum wave heights
(peak-to-trough) at selected tide stations as follows: 24 cm at
Muroto-misaki, 24 cm at Kailua-Kona, 23 cm on Chichi-shima, 22
cm at Tosashimizu, 19 cm at Yaene, 6 cm on Midway, 4 cm on Wake
Island and 3 cm on Truk. A tsunami was also observed on Guam
and reported on Tinian and Saipan. Two events about 6 seconds
apart.
17 01:59:33.4 39.436 74.900 33 N 6.0 6.2 1.2 277 SOUTHERN XINJIANG,
CHINA. Two people injured and many houses collapsed in Wuqia
County. Felt at Kashi, Shufu and Wuqia.
18 13:39:19.0 1.186 122.857 26 G 6.2 7.4 1.2 294 MINAHASSA PENINSULA. Ms
7.3 (BRK). At least 3 people killed and 25 people injured. More
than 1,140 houses damaged in the Bolaang-Gorontalo area. Felt
strongly throughout the Minahassa Peninsula. Also felt in
central Sulawesi. Two events about 4.5 seconds apart.
26 09:37:15.0 35.986 100.245 8 G 6.5 6.9 1.2 127 QINGHAI PROVINCE, CHINA.
Ms 6.7 (BRK), 6.4 (PAS). At least 126 people killed, many
injured, extensive damage and landslides in the Gonghe-Xinghai
area. Also felt in Gansu Province.
28 04:41:48.0& 37.885 -121.983 6 4.3 32 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.
. ML 4.6 (BRK). At least 40 houses damaged at Alamo. Felt
(V) at Concord, Danville, Dublin and Livermore; (IV) at
Alameda, Berkeley, Half Moon Bay, Hayward, Hercules, Lafayette,
Mount Hermon, Pleasanton, Port Costa, Richmond, San Carlos, San
Lorenzo, San Mateo and Watsonville. Also felt strongly at
Walnut Creek.
MAY 1990
05 07:21:29.5 40.775 15.766 10 G 5.3 5.4 1.4 110 SOUTHERN ITALY. MD 5.6
(TTG), 5.5 (TRI), 5.4 (STR). ML 5.3 (LJU), 5.2 (THE). Two
people died from heart attacks, 16 injured and damage (VII) in
the Potenza area. Felt strongly in many parts of southern
Italy. Also felt along the coast of Montenegro, Yugoslavia.
08 00:01:40.0 6.905 -82.622 10 G 6.2 6.3 1.0 462 SOUTH OF PANAMA. Ms 6.5
(BRK). MD 6.1 (UPA), 5.9 (HDC). Felt (V) at Santiago; (IV) at
David; (III) at Panama City and Chitre. Also felt in much of
Costa Rica.
12 04:50:08.7 49.037 141.847 606 G 6.5 0.8 697 SAKHALIN ISLAND. mb 6.8
(BRK), 6.2 (PAS). Felt (V) at Aniva, Ogonki and Peschanskoye;
(IV) in the Korsakov-Nevelsk-Tomari area; (III) in the
Uglegorsk-Poronaysk-Makarov area, Sakhalin. Felt (II) at
Komsomolsk-na-Amure, USSR. Felt (III JMA) at Kushiro, Hokkaido.
Also felt (III JMA) at Hachinohe and Morioka; (II JMA) at Tokyo
and Yokohama, Honshu.
13 04:23:09.6 -40.296 176.064 21 G 6.0 6.3 1.2 395 NORTH ISLAND, NEW
ZEALAND. Ms 6.1 (BRK). ML 6.7 (WEL). Some damage (VIII) in the
Dannevirke area. Felt at Wellington.
20 02:22:01.6 5.121 32.145 15 G 6.7 7.1 1.1 494 SUDAN. Ms 7.4 (BRK), 7.2
(PAS). Some buildings damaged in the Juba area. Also some
damage in the Moyo area, Uganda. Felt in the Nakuru area, Kenya
and in Uganda. Believed to be the largest earthquake ever
recorded in Sudan.
24 19:34:44.2 5.277 31.829 17 G 5.9 6.6 1.1 380 SUDAN. Ms 6.7 (PAS), 6.6
(BRK). Felt in the Juba area. Also felt in the Kapenguria area,
Kenya and in Uganda.
24 20:00:08.1 5.358 31.848 16 G 6.5 7.0 1.0 404 SUDAN. Ms 7.0 (BRK), 6.9
(PAS). Some buildings damaged in the Juba area. Felt in the
Kapenguria area and at Nakuru, Kenya. Also felt in Uganda.
30 02:34:05.8 -6.016 -77.229 24 G 6.1 6.5 1.0 461 NORTHERN PERU. Ms 6.6
(BRK), 5.9 (PAS). Three events about 1.5 and 4.8 seconds apart
respectively. At least 135 people killed, more than 800 injured
and severe damage (VI) in the Moyobamba-Rioja area. Felt (V) at
Chachapoyas; (IV) at Cajamarca; (III) at Chiclayo and Chimbote.
Also felt (IV) at Guayaquil, Ecuador.
30 10:40:06.1 45.841 26.668 89 G 6.7 1.0 648 ROMANIA. mb 7.1 (PAS).
Nine people killed, more than 700 injured and severe damage in
the Bucharest-Braila- Brasov area. Four people killed, some
injured and many buildings damaged in Moldavia, USSR. One
person died of a heart attack and extensive damage in northern
Buglaria. Felt (VI) at Silistra and (V) at Sofia, Bulgaria.
Felt (VI) at Kishinev; (IV) at Kiev, Lvov, Moscow, Rostov,
Sochi and Uzhgorod; (III) at Stavropol and Leningrad, USSR.
Also felt in Hungary, Greece, Poland, Turkey and Yugoslavia.
31 00:17:47.8 45.811 26.769 88 G 6.1 1.0 572 ROMANIA. mb 6.5 (PAS),
6.2 (BRK). Two events about 2.3 seconds apart. Additional
damage in Romania. Felt (V) in northern Bulgaria and at
Kishinev, USSR. Felt throughout Bulgaria and in parts of
Yugoslavia. Also felt at Lvov, USSR and Istanbul, Turkey.
JUN 1990
07 09:25:19.1 -3.563 144.432 29 D 5.9 6.5 1.2 140 NEAR NORTH COAST OF
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Ms 6.9 (BRK), 6.1 (PAS).
09 01:14:34.5 -6.062 -77.136 26 D 5.5 4.9 1.0 171 NORTHERN PERU. One
person killed and at least 14 houses destroyed (VI) in the
Rioja-Moyobamba area. Felt (II) at Iquitos.
14 07:40:56.2 11.760 121.899 18 G 6.0 7.1 1.2 283 PANAY, PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS. Ms 6.8 (BRK). At least four people killed, 15 injured
in the Culasi area. Considerable damage in other parts of
Panay. Felt (VI RF) at Iloilo; (V RF) at Bacolod, Negros and on
Cebu; (III RF) on Camiguin; (II RF) at Sorsogon and (I RF) at
Manila, Luzon.
14 12:47:28.8 47.869 85.076 58 G 6.1 6.8 1.0 501 KAZAKH-XINJIANG BORDER
REGION. mb 6.5 (PAS). Ms 6.6 (BRK), 6.4 (PAS). One person
killed, 3,000 houses destroyed and 20,000 people left homeless
in the Ust-Kamenogorsk-Zaysan area, USSR. Damage in Jeminay and
Habahe Counties. China. Felt (V) at Novosibirsk, Semipalatinsk
and Ust-Kamenogorsk and (III) at Andizhan and Frunze, USSR.
Also felt at Urumqi, China.
16 02:16:21.1 39.258 20.528 32 D 5.6 5.2 1.3 389 GREECE-ALBANIA BORDER
REGION. MD 5.4 (TTG). One person slightly injured and damage in
the Preveza area. Felt strongly in much of northwestern Greece
and on Kerkira.
17 04:51:45.5 27.398 65.719 15 G 5.9 6.3 1.2 390 PAKISTAN. Ms 6.4 (BRK),
6.2 (PAS). At least six people injured and damage in southern
Baluchistan Province. 13-meter deep fissure was reported in the
epicentral area. Felt in the Khuzdar-Surab area.
20 21:00:09.9 36.957 49.409 19 D 6.4 7.7 1.2 352 WESTERN IRAN. Ms 7.7
(BRK), 7.4 (PAS). Estimated 40,000 to 50,000 people killed,
more than 60,000 injured, 400,000 or more homeless and
extensive damage and landslides in the Rasht-Qazvin-Zanjan
area, Iran. Nearly all buildings were destroyed in the
Rudbar-Manjil area. Substantial damage occurred as far away as
Khalkhal and Now Shahr and slight damage occurred at Tehran.
Felt in most of northwestern Iran, including Arak, Bakhtaran
and Tabriz. Slight damage also occurred in southern Azerbaijan,
USSR. Felt (VII) at Astra and Lenkoran; (VI) at Dzhibrail,
Lerik, Mossony and Yardyshny; (III) at Baku, USSR. Complex
event.
21 09:02:14.6 36.636 49.799 15 G 5.8 5.3 1.1 366 WESTERN IRAN. At least
20 people killed and additional damage in the Lowshan-Manjil
area.
23 21:38:18.7 -21.568 -176.483 181 G 6.4 1.0 537 FIJI ISLANDS REGION. mb
6.5 (BRK), 6.4 (PAS).
JUL 1990
06 00:16:20.4 -6.904 108.120 14 G 5.8 4.8 1.4 131 JAVA. At least 103
people injured and about 10,300 houses, mosques and public
buildings damaged or destroyed in the
Kuningan-Majalenga-Sumedang area.
06 19:34:52.4 36.861 49.303 35 D 5.3 4.4 0.9 278 WESTERN IRAN. Two people
injured and two roads blocked by landslides in the Rudbar area.
Also felt at Rasht and Tehran.
09 15:11:20.3 5.395 31.654 13 G 5.9 6.4 1.2 387 SUDAN. Ms 6.6 (BRK), 6.3
(PAS).
13 13:50:25.6 12.925 -87.723 22 D 4.9 5.0 1.1 57 NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA.
Some injured and slight damage (V) in eastern El Salvador. Also
felt in southern Honduras.
13 14:20:43.4 36.415 70.789 217 D 5.6 1.1 500 HINDU KUSH REGION. At
least 43 mountain climbers were killed on Pik Lenina, USSR by
an avalanche which was triggered by the earthquake. Felt (IV)
at Dushanbe, Garm, Gezan, Gissar, Khorog, Kulyab, Langar,
Leninabad, Namangan and Pyandzh; (III) at Andizhan, Fergana and
Ura-Tyube; (II) at Tashkent, USSR.
16 07:26:34.6 15.679 121.172 25 D 6.5 7.8 1.1 487 LUZON, PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS. Ms 7.6 (BRK), 7.3 (PAS). At least 1,621 people killed,
more than 3,000 people injured and severe damage, landslides,
liquefaction, subsidence, and sandblows in the
Baguio-Cabanatuan-Dagupan area. Damage also occurred in Bataan
Province and at Manila. Large fissures were observed in the
epicentral area. Surface faulting occurred along the Philippine
and Digdig faults. Felt (VII RF) in the Manila area, (VI RF) at
Santa, (V RF) at Cubi Point and (IV RF) at Callao Caves.
17 21:14:43.8 16.495 120.981 23 G 6.1 6.6 1.3 483 LUZON, PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS. Ms 6.0 (PAS). Felt in the Manila area.
18 11:29:24.9 36.990 29.595 17 D 5.2 5.1 1.2 346 TURKEY. MD 5.0 (ATH). At
least 393 houses damaged in the Cameli-Denizli area. Felt in
Antalya, Denizli, Isparta and Mugla Provinces.
27 12:37:59.5 -15.355 167.464 126 G 6.4 1.0 476 VANUATU ISLANDS. mb 6.9
(BRK). Two people injured and many buildings damaged on
Espiritu Santo. Felt (V) at Mont Dzumac, New Caledonia and
Suva, Fiji. Two events about 5 sec. apart.
AUG 1990
03 09:15:06.1 47.963 84.961 33 G 6.0 6.1 1.0 553 KAZAKH-XINJIANG BORDER
REGION. Ms 5.8 (BRK), 5.7 (PAS). Eight people injured and about
500 buildings destroyed (VII) in the Akkol area, USSR. Felt
(IV) at Ust-Kamenogorsk and Semipalatinsk; (III) at Pavlodar
and Taldy-Kurgan, USSR. Also felt at Alma-Ata and Borovoy,
USSR. Felt strongly in northern Xinjiang Province, China.
05 01:34:55.8 29.551 137.630 496 G 6.0 1.1 466 SOUTH OF HONSHU, JAPAN.
mb 6.5 (BRK), 6.3 (PAS). Felt (II JMA) in parts of Honshu.
11 02:59:54.9 -0.059 -78.449 5 G 5.0 4.4 1.2 136 ECUADOR. At least 4
people killed, 10 injured, 1,300 houses damaged and landslides
in the Pomasqui area. Felt strongly at Quito.
12 21:25:21.9 -19.435 169.132 140 G 6.3 1.1 551 VANUATU ISLANDS. mb 6.6
(PAS). Felt on Efate, Vanuatu and on Ouvea, Loyalty Islands.
Felt (III) at Noumea, New Caledonia. Two events about 4 seconds
apart. Depth based on first event.
17 13:07:17.4 -11.164 161.997 29 G 5.9 6.8 1.4 334 SOLOMON ISLANDS. Ms 6.7
(BRK), 6.7 (PAS). Felt at Honiara and Kirakira.
SEP 1990
23 20:33:49.7 -6.726 130.373 33 N 4.9 6.5 1.1 35 BANDA SEA
23 21:13:07.4 33.267 138.643 10 G 6.0 6.5 1.3 286 SOUTH OF HONSHU, JAPAN.
Ms 6.3 (BRK), 5.9 (PAS). Felt (III JMA) on Hachijo-jima and
Miyake-jima and in the Osaka-Owase-Yokkaichi area, Honshu. A
slight tsunami was reported on Hachijo-jima and Oshima. Complex
event.
26 23:08:23.9 -28.014 26.727 5 G 5.4 4.2 0.9 157 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
AFRICA. Two people killed and five injured in a mine in the
Welkom area. Slight damage in the Welkom area.
OCT 1990
10 05:54:53.5 -23.497 179.029 549 G 6.0 0.9 483 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS.
mb 6.6 (PAS), 6.5 (BRK).
15 01:35:44.5 -2.211 92.249 32 D 5.9 6.5 1.0 432 SOUTHWEST OF SUMATERA.
Ms 6.4 (PAS). Complex event.
17 14:30:13.1 -10.970 -70.776 599 G 6.7 1.0 608 PERU-BRAZIL BORDER
REGION. mb 6.8 (BRK), 6.8 (PAS). Slight damage at Rio Branco,
Brazil. Felt (IV) at Pucallpa, Peru and (III) at La Paz,
Bolivia.
18 09:30:44.4* -26.390 27.349 5 G 4.0 1.1 6 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
AFRICA. mbLg 4.0 (BUL). ML 3.8 (PRE). At least 9 people killed,
one missing and 6 injured in a mine near Carletonville.
Probable rockburst.
20 08:07:27.5 37.093 103.781 12 D 5.6 5.8 1.4 268 GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA.
One person killed, two injured and damage in the Tianzhu area.
Felt at Lanzhou.
25 04:53:59.9 35.121 70.486 114 G 6.0 1.0 444 HINDU KUSH REGION.
Eleven people killed, more then 250 injured and damage in the
Chitral-Mardan-Malakand area, Pakistan. Felt throughout
northern and central Pakistan. Also felt in northwestern India.
Felt (IV) at Ishkashim; (III) at Andizhan, Dushanbe,
Dzhirgatal, Fergana, Khorog, Kulyab, Nurek and Tashkent; (II)
at Samarkand, USSR.
NOV 1990
06 18:45:52.2 28.251 55.462 11 G 6.2 6.7 1.0 558 SOUTHERN IRAN. Ms 6.7
(BRK), 6.2 (PAS). At least 22 people killed, 100 injured,
21,000 homeless and 18 villages severely damaged in the Darab
area.
06 20:14:29.7 53.452 169.871 25 G 6.3 7.0 0.9 561 KOMANDORSKY ISLANDS
REGION. Ms 6.8 (BRK), 6.5 (PAS). Felt (IV) on Attu and Shemya.
Two events about 1.5 seconds apart.
15 02:34:32.4 3.908 97.457 48 D 6.0 6.8 1.1 433 NORTHERN SUMATERA. Ms
6.8 (BRK), 6.7 (PAS). At least 1 person killed, 32 injured and
estimated 2.1 million U.S. dollars damage caused in the
Blangkejeren-Kutacane-Medan area. Landslides occurred in the
epicentral area. Felt at Banda Aceh and Lhokseumawe. Also felt
at Ipoh, Keland, Kuala Lumpur, Pinang and Taiping, Malaysia and
Bangkok and Phuket, Thailand. Complex event.
27 04:37:58.5 43.853 16.633 24 D 5.1 5.6 1.1 381 YUGOSLAVIA. ML 5.6
(ZAG), 5.6 (KBA), 5.5 (TTG). Ten people injured and damage
(VIII) in the Dinara Mountains. Felt (IV) at Titograd, Niksic,
Budva and Herceg Novi. Also felt at Belgrade. Landslides
stopped rail traffic on main line between Split and central
Yugoslavia. Felt (IV) at Trieste, Italy. Also felt at Pordenone
and Trento, Italy.
DEC 1990
01 18:09:28.8 40.854 73.553 29 D 5.0 4.6 0.9 165 KIRGHIZ SSR.
Approximately 3,000 people homeless, 1,100 houses and 10
schools damaged (VI) in the Uzgen area. One hundred kilometers
of roads were impaired in the epicentral area. Felt (V) at
Dzhalal-Abad; (IV) at Osh and Namangan; (III) at Fergana,
Andizhan and Alma-Ata; (II) at Tashkent. Also felt at Frunze.
03 05:47:19.9* 40.740 73.710 33 N 5.0 1.2 16 KIRGHIZ SSR. Additional
damage (V) to the event of 12-01-90. Felt (V) at Uzgen and (IV)
at Frunze and Kok-Yangak.
13 00:24:25.7 37.300 15.438 11 5.5 5.3 1.4 367 SICILY. MD 5.6 (TRI),
5.3 (TTG), 5.2 (THE). At least 19 people killed, about 200
injured, 2,500 homeless and severe damage (VII) in the
Carlentini area. Damage also occurred at Augusta, Lentini and
Noto and slight damage occurred as far away as Cefalu. Felt as
far west as Trapani. Kaohsiung.
16 22:18:49.8 29.044 51.304 15 D 5.3 5.4 1.2 257 SOUTHERN IRAN. Sixteen
people injured and some damage and landslides in the Borazjan
area.
21 06:57:42.9 41.004 22.300 13 G 5.8 5.9 1.1 423 YUGOSLAVIA. One person
killed, at least 60 injured and damage in the Edhessa-Kilkis
area, Greece. Several people injured and some buildings damaged
(VII) in the Gevgelija-Strumica area. Felt (VII) at Begorci and
Dojran; (VI) at Kavadarci and Strumica; (V) at Bitola, Stip,
Berovo, Ohrid and Titov Veles; (IV) at Skopje, Gostivar, Tetovo
and Kumanovo. Felt at Larisa, Greece and Korca, Pogradeci and
Tirana, Albania. Also felt at Mikhailovgrad and Plovdiv and
(IV) at Sofia, Bulgaria. Felt (III) at Bucharest, Romania.
22 17:27:54.8 9.869 -84.302 17 5.3 5.7 0.9 188 COSTA RICA. Ms 6.1
(BRK). One person killed at Alajuela, one person died of a
heart attack and about 350 people injured in central Costa
Rica. Damage (VIII) at Santiago de Puriscal, (VII) at Alajuela
and (VI) at Heredia and San Jose. Felt (VII) at Naranjo, Grecia
and Alosta; (VI) at San Ramon, (V) at Cartago, Puntarenas and
Paraiso, (IV) at San Isidro del General and Turrialba; (III) at
La Fortuna de San Carlos, Canas and Siquirres; (II) at Sixaola,
Los Chiles, Limon, Barra del Colorado, Liberia and Golfito.
Felt throughout Costa Rica and in western Panama.
30 19:14:18.9 -5.097 150.967 179 G 6.6 1.2 341 NEW BRITAIN REGION. Some
damage in the Hoskins area. Felt at Port Moresby and many parts
of Papua New Guinea. Two events about 6 seconds apart.
Compiled by Waverly J. Person
