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M5.4 - Macquarie Island Region, 1973
This is the first instrumental epicenter associated with this structure and is located in the Antarctic plate 1,800 kilometers from the nearest seismic belt. The Kerguelen-Gausberg rise is a submarine ridge in the southern Indian Ocean extending from the French-held Kerguelen Islands to Antarctica.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1973 and Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 3.M6.9 - Lake Edward Region, Congo-Uganda, 1966
This was the most destructive earthquake in recent African history. The damage appeared to center about Bundibugyo, a one-street township 42 miles from Fort Portal, near the Congo border. About 140 fatalities and hundreds of injuries were reported from Bundibugyo, Fort Portal, and Kichwamba. At Kamango, in the Congo, a chasm 8 feet wide and 1,000 feet long opened up in the ground. Immediate relief measures were greatly impeded by landslides which severed communications and blocked highways.
From United States Earthquakes, 1966.
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