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M6.3 - Central Greece, 1966
One person was killed and 50 were injured. This earthquake caused extensive property damage at Krenti, Kliston, Fourna, Alestia, and surrounding villages. Several landslides caused additional damage throughout the area by blocking roads and covering houses with tons of rock and earth. The number of homeless was reported to be in the thousands.
From United States Earthquakes 1966.M - St. Lawrence River Valley, Canada, 1663
Intensity X.
This was the earliest earthquake of destructive intensity felt in the United States. The earthquake was centered between the present sites of Montreal and Quebec, Canada. Great landslides kept the St. Lawrence River muddy for a month after the shock.
This major earthquake caused vast landslides along the St. Maurice, Batiscan, and St. Lawrence Rivers. The earthquake was felt sharply in New England. On the shores of Massachusetts Bay, the tops of chimneys were broken on houses and pewter was jarred from shelves.
Abridged from Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised), by Carl W. Stover and Jerry L. Coffman, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1993.
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