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Today in Earthquake History

Today's Earthquake Fact:
The core of the earth was the first internal structural element to be identified. In 1906 R.D. Oldham discovered the core from his studies of earthquake records. The inner core is solid, and the outer core is liquid and does not transmit the shear wave energy released during an earthquake.

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


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1992 Turkey

Epicenter
6.7 At least 498 people killed, 2,000 injured, some missing; 2,200 houses heavily damaged at Erzincan. Landslides and avalanches blocked a number of roads in the epicentral area. Felt strongly in many parts of northeastern Turkey.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1992.

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