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342. Turkey: 40,000 people died 365 July 21st. Mediterranean: 50,000 people died 526 Turkey, Antioch: 250,000 people died 844 September 18th. Syria: 50,000 people died 856 December. North-Africa: 45,000 people died 893 India: 180,000 people died 1038 January 9th. China, Shanxi: Magnitude 7.3 , 32,000 people died 1201 July. Mediterranean & Near East: estimated 1,100,000 people died 1290 China, Chihli: 100,000 people died 1316 Northern France 1317 Western France 1356 Switzerland, Basel 1455 December 5th. Italy: 40,000 people died 1531 January 26th. Portugal, Lisbon: 30,000 people died 1556 January 24th./February 2nd. China, Shanxi-Province: 830,000 people died 1703 December 30th. Japan, Tokyo: 5,000 people died 1715 Algeria: 20,000 people died 1727 November 18th. Iran, Tabriz: 77,000 people died 1730 December 20th. Japan, Hokkaido: 137,000 people died 1737 October 11th. India, Calcutta: 300,000 people died 1755 November 1st. Portugal, Lisbon: Magnitude 8.6, one of the most severe of recorded earthquakes leveled Lisbon and was felt as far away as Southern France and North Africa, 10,000-50,000 people died 1797 February 4th. Ecuador: 41,000 people died 1811 December 16th. USA, Missouri, Mississippi Valley near New Madrid: the largest and strongest series of quakes with surface-waves of magnitudes 8.4, 8.6, and 8.8 continued into 1812; reversed the course of the Mississippi river; fatalities unknown due to the sparse population in the area 1855 Japan, Tokyo: several thousand people died 1884 April 22nd. Great Britain (U.K.): more than 1,200 building were damaged, a village in the province of Essex was totally destroyed. 1886 August 31st. USA, South Carolina, Charleston: Magnitude 7.7, extensive damage to the city, 60 people died 1896 June 15th. Japan: Magnitude 7.5, 27,000 people died 1897 June 12th. India, Assam: magnitude 8.7, estimated thousands of deaths 1906 April 18th, 5:12am. USA, San Francisco: city devastated by earthquake 8.3 on the Richter Scale and the fire that followed, more than 500 people died
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1906 August 16th. Chile: Magnitude 8.6, 20,000 people died 1907 January 22nd. Jamaice, Kingston 1908 December 28th. Italy, Island of Sizily and Mainland: Magnitude 7.5, at least 80,000 people died 1915 January 13th. Italy, Avezzano: 30,000 people killed 1920 December 16th. China, Province Gansu: Magnitude 8.6, killed 200,000 people 1923 September 1st. Japan, Tokyo: Magnitude 8.3, destroyed third of Tokyo and most of Yokohama, 140,000 people killed 1927 May 23rd. China , Kansu: Magnitude 8.3, 200,000 people died 1929 Newfoundland 1932 December 26th. China, Kansu Province: Magnitude 7.6, 70,000 people died 1933 March 2nd. Japan: Magnitude 8.9, an earthquake generated a tsunami which sank 8,000 ships and destroyed 9,000 dwellings in the Sanriku district of northeastern Honshu, Japan’s largest island, 2,990 people died 1933 March 10th. USA, California, Long Beach: 117 people died
 1934 January
15th. India/Nepal region: magnitude 8.4, over 300,000 homes are
reported damaged or destroyed; between 10,000 and 16,000 people died 1939 January 24th. Chile, Chillan; Magnitude 8.3, 28,000 people died 1939 December 27th. Turkey, Eastern Region, Erzurum: Magnitude 8.0, 32,700 people died 1948 October 6th. Turkmenistan: Magnitude 7.3, 19,800 people died 1949 August 5th Ecuador, Province Tungurahua, City of Ambato: earthquake hit the highland region in the Andes, 70% of the province capitol city Ambato with its 30,000 residents became destroyed, more than 100,000 people are left homeless, 20,000 were injured and more than 2,000 died  1950 August 15th. India, Assum: Magnitude 8.4, 30,000 people died 1954 Algeria, Algiers 1959 August 17th. USA, Montana, Madison River 1960 March 1st. Morocco, Agadir: 20,000 people died 1960 April 24th. Iran: 700 people died 1960 May 21-30th. Chile, South-Central region: series of severe quakes, 5,000 people died, on May 22nd. the worst of the tremors generated tsunamis that raced across the Pacific, another 400 people died 1962 Iran: Magnitude 7.1; 12.000 people died 1963 Yugoslavia,Macedonia Skopje:150,000 people homeless 4,000 injured, 1,100 people died
1964 March 27th. USA, Alaska: Magnitude 8.4, City of Seward destroyed by devastation and fire, 114 people died
1966 Anatolien: 2,500 people died 1968 Iran: Magnitude 7.4; 12,000 people died 1970 Anatolien: 1,000 people died 1970 May 31st. Peru: 140,000 injured, 66,794 people died, Magnitude 7.7 1971 January. USA, California, San Fernando Valley: 61 people died and over 8,000 injured, estimated damage $13-20 billion, Magnitude 6.6
1972 December 22nd. Nicaragua, Managua: devastated the city, 20,000 injured, up to 6,000 people died 1974 Mai 11th. China, Yunnan: Magnitude 7.1, 20,000 people died 1975 Turkey, Lice: 2,300 people died 1975 February 4th. Manchuria, province Liaoning: Magnitude 4.8, 300 people died 1976 February 4th. Guatemala, Guatemala City: mostly destroyed, Magnitude 7.5, 76,000 injured, 23,000 people died, 1 million people homeless 1976 July 28th, 3:22am. China, Tangshan near Beijing: Magnitude 7.8, devastated 20 square miles of the city, 164,000 injured, 242,000 people died
1976 August 16th. Philippines, Mindanao:
magnitude 7.8; estimated 8,000 people died 1977 March 4th. Rumania, Bucharest: Magnitude 7.2, estimated 700,000 people died 1978 September 16th. Iran, Tabras: destroyed the city in eastern Iran, Magnitude 7.7, 25,000 people died 1980 Algeria western region, El Asnam: Magnitude 7.3, 2,590 people died; Town of El Asnam was devastated leaving 330,000 people homeless. 1980 November 23rd. Italy, Southern Region, City of Lioni: 7.2 magnitude epicentered 50 miles east of Naples, estimated 300,000 people became homeless and up to 4,000 died 1980 October 10th. Algeria, Al Asnam: 2,600 people died, 60,000 injured 1981 June 11th.
Southern Iran: magnitude 6.9; approximately 3,000 people died 1983 December. East Turkey, Erzerum: 1,000 injured, 1,000-5,000 people died 1985 September 19th-20th, 07:18am. Mexico: Magnitude 8.1, struck central and southwestern regions, devastating parts of Mexico-City, 265 mostly high rise buildings collapsed, 25,000 killed 1986 October 10th. San Salvador:
5.5 on the Richter Scale, 1,000 people died, $2 billion in damage 1988 August 21st. Nepal & India,
Bihar: Himalayan earthquake Magnitude 6.5, at least 900 people died,
thousands injured 1988 December 7th. Russia, Armenia: 6.9 on the Richter Scale, 1,000,000 residents-nearly 25,000 killed (2.5% of the population), 15,000 injured and 400,000 homeless 1989 October 17th. USA, San Francisco Bay area, Loma Prieta Earthquake: 7.1 on the Richter Scale, 5,000,000 residents, 67 people killed and over 3,000 injured, damaged or destroyed over 100,000 buildings, caused billions of dollars in damage
1989 December 28th. Australia, New South Wales: first fatal earthquake in Australia, 11 people died 1990 June 21st. Iran northwestern region: 7.7 on the Richter scale, destroyed cities, towns, and villages in the Caspian Sea area, at least 50,000 died, over 60,000 injured, and 400,000 homeless 1990, July 16th. Nothern Philippines, Magnitude 7.7, nearly 2.000 people died. 1992 October 12th. Egypt,
Cairo: Magnitude 5.9 553 people died more than 10.000 were injured cost
considerable, destruction in older parts of the city. Like the vast
majority of threaten cities, mostly in 3rd world countries, Cairo had
neither enforcement of building codes nor an earthquake contingency
plan. 1994 January 17th. 4:30am USA, California, Northridge: Magnitude 6.6, 61 people killed and over 8,000 injured, estimated damage $13-20 billion.
1995 January 17th. Japan, Kobe: Magnitude 7.2, 5,100 killed and 26,800 injured, estimated damage $100 billion, Epicenter 12 miles under Awaji Island in the Inland Sea Ref.: Kobe, NFPA Fire Investigation Report, Quincy MA, USA 1995 May 30th. Russia, Sakhalin Island: Magnitude 7.5, about 2,000 people died 1995 August 15th. 8:37pm. Papua New Guinea: Magnitude 7.8, minor damage 1996 February 4th. China, southern province of Yunnan: 250 people died, 15,000 injured 1997 May 10th. Iran-northern region: Magnitude 7.1, 1,500 people died 1997 May 11th. Iran: Magnitude 7.1, 2,400 people died 1997 July. Venezuela, Northeast coast, near Trinidad: Magnitude 6.9, estimated 69 people died, hundreds injured 1997 September 26th. Italy, Assisi 1998 January 10th. China, Northeastern Region: Magnitude 5.8, 70 people died 1998 February 4th. Afghanistan-Northeast: Magnitude 6.1, 2,500 people died 1998 March 14th, 11:11pm. Iran, Southeastern region: Magnitude 6.4, 15 people injured, 2 people died 1998 May 22nd. Bolivia: Magnitude 5.9 (6.5?), 100 people died 1998 May 30th. Afghanistan, Northern Region of Faisabad: Magnitude 6.9, 5,000 people died, about 2,000 injured 1999 January 25th. Colombia, cities of Armenia and Pereira, 140 miles west of Bogota, Magnitude 6.0, estimated 1,000 people died, about 3,140 injured, 200,000 homeless 1999 August 17th. Turkey, Western Region near Istanbul, cities of Golcuk, Kocaeli, Izmit: magnitude 7.4, tens of thousands of residential, public and industrial buildings were destroyed or damaged; approximately 66,000 houses and apartments became inhabitable; over 15,000 people are reported dead, and 44,000 injured
1999 September 7th Athens, Greece: Magnitude 5.9, centered 12 miles north of Athens, at least 27 people died, nearly 100 were injured, more than 100 buildings collapsed 1999,December 21st. Indonesia, Island of Java: magnitude 6.4 damaged hundreds of houses in several villages in West Java province were damaged. At least 4 people were killed and about 200 injured. Karyasari village, 120 kilometers (75 miles) southwest of the capitol city Jakarta, was one of the worst-hit communities. According to Indonesia's Geophysics Agency the the epicenter was beneath the Indian Ocean, about 230 kilometers (145 miles) southwest of Jakarta. It was felt in the capitol-city, but no damages were reported from there. 2000 January
14th. China, Yunnan: magnitude 5.9, more than 41,000 houses destroyed,
leaving 93,000 poeople homeless; 7 people died and 2,500 were injured 2001 January 13th. Central America, El Salvador, San Vincente: 7.6 magnitude earthquake; more than 800 people died and approximately 2,000 were injured; more than 45,000 buildings are damaged or destroyed; over 600 houses are buried by massive landslides, triggered by the quake, the worst one in Santa Tecla, close to the capitol city San Salvador. 2001 January 26th. India, Nortwestern Gujarat region: 7.9 earthquake, more than 20,000 people died 2001 February
13th. El Salvador, San Vincente region: 6.6 magnitude earthquake
struck again the region of the January 13 tremor; 255 people died. |
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