On January 26th...
M7.6 - Gujarat, India, 2001
At least 20,085 people killed, 166,836 injured, approximately 339,000 buildings destroyed and 783,000 damaged in the Bhuj-Ahmadabad-Rajkot area and other parts of Gujarat. Many bridges and roads damaged in Gujarat. At least 18 people killed and some injured in southern Pakistan. Felt throughout northern India and much of Pakistan. Also felt in Bangladesh and western Nepal. The earthquake occurred along an approximately east-west trending thrust fault at shallow depth. The stress that caused this earthquake is due to the Indian plate pushing northward into the Eurasian plate. Complex earthquake. A small event is followed by a larger one about 2 seconds later.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 2001M5.6 - Yunnan, China, 1993
At least 66 people injured, 6,972 houses destroyed and 21,444 seriously damaged in southwestern Yunnan Province.
M9 - Cascadia Subduction Zone, 1700
This earthquake, the largest known to have occurred in the "lower 48" United States, rocked Cascadia, a region 600 miles long that includes northern California, Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia.
The earthquake set off a tsunami that not only struck Cascadia's Pacific coast, but also crossed the Pacific Ocean to Japan, where it damaged coastal villages. Written records of the damage in Japan pinpoint the earthquake to the evening of January 26, 1700.M - Lisbon, Portugal, 1531
30,000 deaths. Intensity X.
View a Different Day
Disclaimer
All dates and times are displayed in UTC and not your local time or the local time near the epicenter. Also, the history displayed on this page defaults to the current date at UTC; please take this into consideration if you view this page and the day is either ahead or behind your local date. Earthquake names and magnitudes may differ slightly from what is currently in the ComCat Earthquake Catalog since the sources of each may be different.