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M7.7 - Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan, 1978
This earthquake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. The shock was centered about 909 kilometers east of Sendai. In the Sendai area, 27 people were killed, about 700 were injured, and some large buildings were heavily damaged. About 120 houses were totally destroyed. 250 were partially destroyed, and 2500 had some minor damage. Several oil tanks were cracked enough so that some petroleum flowed from the cracks; one gas tank was completely destroyed in Sendai. Landslides were reported in the area. A local tsunami was generated along the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, but no damage was caused by the small tsunami. A number of aftershocks followed.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1978, and Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 10, Number 6.M8.3 - Assam, India, 1897
This earthquake caused the complete devastation of over 9,000 square miles and was felt over 1.75 million square miles. Over 1500 deaths. R.D. Oldham made a detailed study of this earthquake. He was the first to identify cleary the primary (P) and secondary (S) seismic waves from records of the Assam earthquake.
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