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Today's Earthquake Fact:
More damage was done by the resulting fire after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake than by the earthquake itself.

July   4

Note: All earthquake dates are UTC, not local time.


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1991 Timor

Epicenter
6.9 Two events about 2.5 seconds apart. Twenty-three people killed, 181 injured, at least 5,400 left homeless and about 1,150 buildings destroyed at Kalabahi, Alor. Estimated 7.7 million U.S. dollars damage occurred in the epicentral area. Felt at Dili.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1991.

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