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M6.9 - Northwest Territories, Canada, 1985
Felt (VI) at Fort Simpson and Wrigley. Felt strongly at Fort Liard. Some people fled from buildings in Edmonton, Alberta about 1100 km from the epicenter. Felt in parts of Yukon Territory, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Felt (III) at Camas, Washington; Grand Forks, North Dakota and Metlakatla, Alaska; (II) at Juneau, Alaska and Helena, Montana. Also felt at Spokane, Washington.
M6.2 -
Managua, Nicaragua, 1972 5,000 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes. Thousands injured. Preliminary estimates indicate approximately $800,000,000 damages in Managua. Hundreds of aftershocks were reported, but only two exceeded magnitude 5, and these occurred within an hour of the main shock.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1972, and Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 1.
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