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M7.2 - Grand Banks, Newfoundland, 1929
A submarine slide triggered by the earthquake caused the fracture of 12 trans-atlantic cables. In each case they were broken at several points. A tsunami resulting from displacement of the ocean floor caused considerable damage and the loss of 27 lives at Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. Small seawaves were recorded along the east coast of the United States as far south as Charleston, South Carolina. The area of maximum intensity in the United States was the southeastern half of Maine, where clocks stopped, articles were shaken from shelves, and many people were alarmed. The total area affected in the United States was approximately 80,000 square miles.
M - Cape Ann, Massachusetts, 1755
The largest historical earthquake in Massachusetts as estimated from historical eyewitness accounts. Shaking was strongest northeast of Boston. The earthquake caused considerable damage in Boston, knocking down or damaging as many as 1,600 chimneys and collapsing brick walls of several buildings.
M - Tabriz, Iran, 1727
77,000 deaths. One of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
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