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| Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
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| 1877 |
Chile
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8.3 |
This earthquake produced a 24 meter tsunami
that caused extensive damage along the Peru-Chile coast.
It was observed throughout the Pacific Basin including Samoa, New Zealand,
Australia, Japan, Mexico and California.
The tsunami was observed at all the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago.
The tsunami caused fatalities in Hawaii and Japan.
From NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Significant Earthquake Database.
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| 1974 |
China
|
6.8 |
20,000 dead.
One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.
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| 1985 |
New Britain Region
|
7.3 |
One person killed.
Damage (VIII) in the Bialla-Hoskins area.
Extensive landslides, debris flows and fallen
trees in the Nakanai Mountains. Ground cracks and
subsidence occurred. A temporary hot springs was
observed near Malosi. Felt (V) at Rabaul. Felt
strongly in many parts of Papua New Guinea.
From
Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1985.
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| 1997 |
Northern Iran
|
7.3 |
One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.
At least 1,567 people killed,
2,300 injured, 50,000 homeless, 10,533 houses destroyed,
5,474 houses damaged and landslides in the Birjand-Qayen
area. Five people killed and some damage in the Herat
area, Afghanistan. Felt in the Kerman, Khorasan, Semnan,
Sistan va Baluchestan and Yazd regions of Iran. This
earthquake occurred on the Abiz fault, as confirmed by
field work of Manuel Berberian. This fault is north of
the collision zone between the Arabian and Eurasian
plates. The region of the Abiz fault is comprised of
several microplates and is tectonically very active. The
most notable regional earthquake was the Dasht-e-Bayez
earthquake (magnitude 7.3) of 1968, which resulted in
12,000-20,000 deaths. Both the Abiz and Dasht-e-Bayez
earthquakes showed left-laterial, strike-slip faulting.
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U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey