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M5.6 - Myanmar-China Border Region, 1989
At least one person killed, 91 injured and 5,300 houses destroyed in the Gengma area, China. Felt strongly in Lancang and Menglian Counties. Direct economic losses of more than 54 million U.S. dollars were sustained.
M7.9 - Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1986
One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States. Multiple event. Damage (VI) on Adak and Atka. Tsunami generated with observed wave heights 91 to 122 cm at Kapaa, Kauai and 61 to 91 cm at Hanalei, Kauai and along the coast of Washington. Maximum recorded wave heights at selected tide stations were as follows: 175 cm at Adak, 25 cm at Unalaska and 10 cm at Sand Point, Alaska; 55 cm at Hilo, 36 cm at Kahului and 27 cm at Honolulu, Hawaii; 45 cm at Coquimbo and 15 cm at Valparaiso, Chile; 46 cm at Kushiro, Hokkaido; 24 cm at Chichi-shima, Bonin Islands; 40 cm at Port Lyttleton, New Zealand; 12 cm at Crescent City, California; 10 cm at Wake Island and 5 cm at Apia, Samoa. Negative tsunami reports were received from Bering Island, USSR; San Francisco, California and Ponape, Caroline Islands.
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