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M8.0 - Colima, Mexico, 1995
At least 49 people killed, 100 injured, nearly 1,000 homeless and extensive damage in the states of Colima and Jalisco. Most of the damage and casualties were in the Cihuatlan-Manzanillo area, Colima. Some damage also occurred in the states of Guerrero and Michoacan. Felt strongly at Mexico City. Felt by people in high-rise buildings as far as Dallas and Houston, Texas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Landslides blocked roads between Guadalajara and Manzanillo. Tsunami generated with estimated runup heights of 200 to 500 cm in the Manzanillo area. Maximum wave heights (peak-to-trough) recorded at the following selected tide stations: 51 cm at Cabo San Lucas and 20 cm on Isla Socorro, Mexico; 100 cm on Hiva Oa, 30 cm on Nuku Hiva and 7 cm at Papeete, French Polynesia; 37 cm at Hilo, 34 cm at Kahului, 12 cm at Nawiliwili and 11 cm at Kawaihae, Hawaii; 37 cm at Pago Pago, American Samoa; 4 cm at Southport, Australia. Land subsidence of approximately 14 cm observed at the Manzanillo harbor.
M7.7 - Kodiak Island, Alaska, 1900
The wharf at Woody Island was partly destroyed; chimneys, windows, and crockery were destroyed in Kodiak. About 50 slight aftershocks continued through the next day. Felt along all of southern Alaska and probably to the west of Kodiak.
M - New Jersey-Delaware Border, 1871
The largest historical earthquake in Delaware as described by eyewitness accounts.
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