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TimeLines of Disaster |
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Hurricanes
- Earthquakes -
Tsunamis
- Volcanoes
20th Century
- 1900 - 2000
Page 1 - 1900
- 1969
Page 2 -
1970 - 2000
Ancient - 1700s - 1800s
- 21st
Century - 2001 - 2011
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1900s |
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1900 |
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1900 |
Alaska
quake - 7.7 |
Kodiak Island, Alaska feels a 7.7 quake on
October 9th. |
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1901 |
|
1901 |
California
quake - 6.4 |
Parkfield, California is hit by a 6.4 earthquake
on March 3rd. |
|
1902 |
1902
?
Deaths |
Azerbaijan
quake |
A quake
devastated the area of Shemakhi District in Azerbaijan in 1902
destroying the 10th century Juma Mosque, the only building to
have survived the previous 6 major earthquakes in the area.
See 1191,
1667 and
1859 |
1902
4.5k
Deaths |
Turkestan
quake - 6.4 |
A 6.4
Quake killed 4,500 people in Turkestan on December 16th in 1902. |
|
1904 |
|
1904 |
Alaska
quake - 7.3 |
A 7.3 quake shakes Fairbanks, Alaska on August
27th. |
|
1905 |
1905
370k
Deaths |
India
quake - 8.4 |
On April
4th in the area of Kangra, India 20,000 people were killed in an
8.4 earthquake. Some
reports say that deaths in other central India villages brought
the toll to 370,000 people dead.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009
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1905 |
China
quake - 8.4 |
On July 9th Mongolia, China is hit by an 8.4
earthquake.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
1905
2.5k
Deaths |
Italy
quake - 7.9 |
A 7.9
quake shakes Calabria, Italy on September 8th killing 2,500
people. |
|
1906 |
1906
1k
Deaths |
Colombia-Ecuador
quake - 8.8 |
Both countries of Colombia and Ecuador experience
an 8.8 earthquake on January 31st that kills 1000 people.
Quakes 8.5 - 8.9:
1755,
1896,
1906,
1920,
1950,
1965,
2005,
2007, &
2010 |
1906
1.3k
Deaths |
Formosa
quakes - 7.1 |
Kagi, Formosa is
hit by a 7.1 tremor that killed 1,300 people. |
1906
3k
Deaths |
California
2
quakes |
3000 people are killed in the
two tremors of the San Francisco
earthquake of 1906 that ran along the San Andreas fault from San
Juan Bautista to Cape Mendocino on April 18th. One report says
only '600 perished' but that was the death toll for the city of
San Francisco. |
1906
20k
Deaths |
Chile
quake - 8.2 |
On August 17th Valparaiso, Chile looses 20,000
lives to an 8.2 quake.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
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1907 |
1907
1.6k
Deaths |
Jamiaca
quake - 6.5 |
Kingston,
Jamiaca is rattled by a 6.5 earthquake that kills one thousand
six hundred people on January 14th. |
1907
12k
Deaths |
Central Asia
quake - 8.1 |
12,000 die from
damages caused by an 8.1 quake in Central Asia on October 21st,
1907. |
|
1908 |
1908
100k
Deaths |
Italy
quake - 7.2
2nd Deadliest Tsunami
65,000+ Deaths |
Nearly 100,000
People lose their lives by a 7.2 earthquake on
December 28th in the Straight of Messina, Italy. Most buildings and houses were
destroyed. The only house left standing was built with
reinforced concrete and iron, by a businessman the local
citizens referred to as being eccentric. The city of Reggio also
was destroyed. The tsunami that followed was responsible for
over 65,000 of the deaths and had
flooded the city with 20 to 40 foot waves followed by smaller
and smaller waves until dissipated.
6 deadliest tsunamis:
1755,
1883,
1908,
1960,
2004 &
2011 |
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1911 |
|
1911 |
California
quake - 6.5 |
A 6.5 earthquake occurs on the Calaveras fault in
California on July 1st. |
|
1912 |
|
1912 |
Marmara Sea
quake - 7.8 |
A 7.8 quake
makes waves in the Marmara Sea and rattles the land around it on
August 9th, 1912. |
|
1915 |
1915
33k
Deaths |
Italy
quake - 7.2 |
33,000
People lose their lives in an earthquake on
January 13th. The town of Avezzano was leveled. |
|
1915 |
Nevada
quake - 7.1 |
Pleasant Valley, Nevada is rocked on October 3rd
by a 7.1 quake. |
|
1918 |
|
1918 |
Puerto
Rico
quake - 7.5 |
The Island nation Puerto Rico is shaken by a 7.5
earthquake on October 11th. |
|
1918 |
B.
Columbia
quake - 7.0 |
Vancouver Island in Canada's British Columbia
rocks on December 6th with a 7.0 earthquake. |
|
1920 |
|
1920 |
Taiwan (Formosa)
quake - 8.0 |
The
largest recorded quake to hit Taiwan was an 8.0 in 1920.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
1920
200k
Deaths |
China
quake - 8.6 |
The population of Ningxia-Kansu, in China is
shook up on December 16 with a death toll of 200,000. Seven
provinces were effected. Cities were flattened and others buried
by landslides.
Quakes 8.5 - 8.9:
1755,
1896,
1906,
1920,
1950,
1965,
2005,
2007, &
2010 |
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1922 |
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1922 |
California
quake - 7.3 |
A 7.3 quake shakes the ocean floor off Cape
Mendocino, California on January 31st. |
|
1922 |
California
quake - 6.1 |
Parkfield, California feels the rumbling of a 6.1
quake on March 10th. |
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1923 |
|
1923 |
California
quake - 7.2 |
A 7.2 earthquake shakes the ocean floor off Cape
Mendocino again nearly one year after the last quake in the same
area in California on January 22nd. |
1923
143k
Deaths |
Japan
quake - 7.9 |
The Great
Kanto Quake
September 1st rolls a 7.9 quake on Kanto, Japan
killing 143,000 people. The quake and subsequent fires destroyed
one-half of the homes in Kanto. The U.S.G.S. has the Quake
estimated at an 8.3 magnitude. |
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1925 |
|
1925 |
Quebec
quake - 6.3 |
Charlevoix, Quebec in Canada is hit by a 6.3
March 1st quake. |
1925
5k
Deaths |
China
quake - 6.3 |
5000 perish in a 7.1 quake that
destroyed 95% of Talifu, China on March 16th. |
|
1925 |
Montana
quake - 6.6 |
Clarkston Valley, Montana is rocked with a 6.6
earthquake on June 28th |
|
1925 |
California
quake - 6.8 |
A 6.8 earthquake kills 13 rolling through Santa
Barbara, California on June 29th. |
|
1926 |
|
1926 |
California
quake - 6.1 |
Monterey Bay, California is shaken by a 6.1
earthquake on October 22nd at 12:35 in the afternoon. |
|
1926 |
California
quake - 6.1 |
Monterey Bay, California is again shaken by a 6.1
earthquake on October 22nd one hour at 1:35 in the afternoon. |
|
1927 |
1927
3k
Deaths |
Japan
quake - 7.6 |
3,020 people are killed by a 7.6 quake in Tango,
Japan on March 7th. One report said 7.9. |
1927
200k
Deaths |
China
quake - 7.1 |
A May 22nd, 7.1 quake shakes Tsinghai, China
killing 200,000 people.
One report has it at 8.3 |
|
1927 |
California
quake - 7.1 |
An offshore earthquake rocks Lompoc, California
with a 7.1 reading on November 4th. |
|
1929 |
1929
3.3k
Deaths |
Iran
quake - 7.4 |
3300 die in a 7.4 quake in Iran on
May 1st, 1929. |
|
1929 |
Nova
Scotia
quake - 7.3 |
Grand Banks, Nova Scotia in Canada is shaken by a
7.3 earthquake on November 29th. |
|
1930 |
1930
1.4k
Deaths |
Italy
quake - 6.5 |
1,430 die in a 6.5 quake on July 23rd
in Italy. |
|
1932 |
1932
70k
Deaths |
China
quake - 7.6 |
On
December 26th in Kansu, China a 7.6 earthquake kills 70,000 People. |
|
1932 |
Nevada
quake - 7.2 |
Cedar Mountain in Nevada is rocked by a 7.2 quake
on December 21st. |
|
1933 |
1933
3k
Deaths |
Japan
quake - 8.4 |
2,990 people die on March 2nd in an 8.4
earthquake at Sanriku, Japan.
One report has it at 8.9.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
1933
120
Deaths |
California
quake - 6.4 |
A 6.4 quake kills 120 people on March 10th in Long
Beach, California. |
|
1933 |
Canada
quake - 7.4 |
Baffin Bay off the shores of Northeastern Canada
is hit by an earthquake on January 15th judged as 7.4 in
intensity. |
|
1934 |
1934
10.7k
Deaths |
India
quake - 7.4 |
10,700 people die in the 7.4 January 15th quake
in Bihar, India. |
|
1934 |
California
quake - 6.1 |
A 6.1 quake on June 8th rocks Parkfield,
California. |
|
1935 |
|
1935 |
Richter Scale
Study |
The
Richter magnitude scale (Richter scale) was developed by Charles
Richter assisted by Beno Gutenberg of the California Institute
of Technology in 1935. It has been the scale used to measure the
magintude of an earthquake using a base-10 logarithmic scale. |
1935
3.3k
Deaths |
Taiwan (Formosa)
7.4 |
On April
21st a 7.4 quake hits Taiwan killing more than 3,280 people.
One report stated it was a 7.1 quake. |
1935
50k
Deaths |
Pakistan
quake - 7.5 |
A 7.5 earthquake on
May 31st hit Quetta, Pakistan. 50,000 people were killed. |
|
1935 |
Quebec
quake - 6.2 |
Timiskaming, Quebec in Canada is rocked on
November 1st by a 6.2 earthquake. |
|
1937 |
|
1937 |
Alaska
quake - 7.3 |
Salcha, Alaska is shaken by a 7.3 earthquake on
July 22nd. |
|
1938 |
|
1938 |
Hawaii
quake - 6.8 |
Maui, Hawaii is hit with a 6.8 earthquake on
January 22nd. |
|
1938 |
Alaska
quake - 8.2 |
Shumagin Islands in Alaska is shaken by an 8.2
quake on November 10th.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
|
1939 |
1939
30k
Deaths |
Chile
quake - 8.3 |
On January 24th
one of Chile's worse quakes hit at Concepion. 30,000 people are
killed leaving 700,000 homeless. It was rated at 8.3.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
1939
33k
Deaths |
Turkey
quake - 8.0 |
On December 26th
an 8.0 quake hits Erzincan in Turkey, Deaths at
Erzincan, Turkey was 32,700. Other reports have the death toll
from 20 to 40 thousand people.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
|
1940 |
|
1940 |
California
quake - 7.1 |
9 die in a 7.1 earthquake on May 19th in Imperial
Valley, California. |
|
1943 |
1943
1.2k
Deaths |
Japan
quake - 7.4 |
Tottori,
Japan is rocked by a 7.4 quake on September 10th that kills
1,190 people. |
|
1944 |
1944
1.2k
Deaths |
Japan
quake - 8.1 |
An 8.1 earthquake on December 7th at Tonankai,
Japan leaves a death toll of 1,223
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
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1945 |
1945
1.9k
Deaths |
Japan
quake - 7.1 |
Mikawa,
Japan is rocked by a 7.1 quake on January 12th that kills 1,900
people. |
|
1946 |
1946
136
Deaths |
Alaska
quake - 7.3 |
136 die in the 7.3 quake at Unimak Island in
Alaska on April 1st. |
1946
1.3k Deaths |
Turkey
quake - 6.0 |
Turkey is rocked
by a 6.0 quake that kills 1,300 people on May 31st. |
|
1946 |
British
Columbia
quake - 7.3 |
Vancouver Island, British Columbia in Canada is
rocked on June 23rd by a 7.3 earthquake. |
1946
100
Deaths |
Dom.Republic
quake - 8.0 |
The Dominican Republic is shaken by a Number 8.0
earthquake on August 4th killing 100 people.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
1946
1.4k
Deaths |
Peru
quake - 7.3 |
Ancash, Peru is hit by a 7.3 quake on
November 10th causing landslides and much destruction. 1,400
people died. |
1946
?
Deaths |
Hawaiian
tsunami |
Hilo on the island
of Hawaii was hit by a "killer tsunami." |
1946
1.3k
Deaths |
Japan
quake - 8.1 |
1,330 people are killed on December 20th at
Nankaido, Japan in an 8.1 earthquake.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
|
1947 |
|
1947 |
Alaska
quake - 7.2 |
Fairbanks, Alaska is hit by a 7.2 earthquake on
October 16th. |
|
1948 |
1948
5.4k
Deaths |
Fukui, Japan
7.3 |
A 7.2
quake hits Fukui Prefecture in Japan on June 28th killing
5,390 people. Different accounts has it at 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 |
1948
110k
Deaths |
Turkmenistan
quake - 7.3 |
A quake hits
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in October. 110,000 people are killed in
the quake estimated at 7.3. Iran also suffered damage and loss
of lives. |
|
1949 |
1949
8
Deaths |
Washington
quake - 7.1 |
8 people are dead after a 7.1 quake on April 13th
at Olympia, Washington. |
1949
6k
Deaths |
Ecuador
quake - 6.8 |
Ambato, Ecuador has landslides and
topographical changes from an August 5th 6.8 quake. 6,000 people
died. |
|
1949 |
British
Columbia
quake - 8.1 |
Queen Charlotte Island, British Columbia in
Canada is shaken up by an 8.1 earthquake on August 22nd.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
|
1950 |
1950
1.5k
Deaths |
India /
Tibet
quake - 8.7 |
In the area shared by Assam,
India and Tibet an 8.7
quake hits on August 15th killing 1,530 people. Tremors were
felt as far as England and recorded in Norway.
Quakes 8.5 - 8.9:
1755,
1896,
1906,
1950,
1965,
2005,
2007, &
2010 |
|
1951 |
|
1951 |
Hawaii
quake - 6.9 |
A 6.9 earthquake shakes Kona, Hawaii on August 21st. |
|
1952 |
1952
12
Deaths |
California
quake - 7.3 |
In Kern County, California 12 die in the 7.3
earthquake of July 21st. |
|
1952 |
Russia
quake - 9.0 |
A 9.0 quake shakes Kamchatka in Russia on November
4th.
Quakes 9.0+:
1700,
1952,
1960,
1964,
2004 &
2011 |
|
1954 |
|
1954 |
Spain
quake - 7.9 |
In Spain a 7.9 earthquake hits on March 29th. |
1954
WA - USA |
April - 8.11 (8lb.11oz.) |
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|
1954 |
Nevada
quake - 6.6 |
Rainbow Mountain, Nevada is shaken by a 6.6 earthquake on July
6th. |
|
1954 |
Nevada
quake - 6.8 |
A 6.8 quake shakes Stillwater, Nevada on August 24th. |
1954
1.2k
Deaths |
Algeria
quake - 6.8 |
Orleansville in Algeria is rocked by a 6.8 quake on September
9th killing 1,250 people |
|
1954 |
Nevada
quake - 7.1 |
A 7.1 earthquake rattles On December 16th at Fairview Peak,
Nevada. |
|
1954 |
Nevada
quake - 6.8 |
Dixie Valley is rumbled by a 6.8 earthquake on December 16th. |
|
1955 |
1955
1.4k
Deaths |
Algeria
quake - 6.8 |
The city of
Orléansville in Algeria is destroyed by an earthquake on
September 10th. 1,460 people are killed. The cathedral,
hospital, prison, railroad station and a dam were destroyed. The
city would again be destroyed by a quake in another 25 years.
See 1980 |
1955
1
Death |
California
quake - 5.4 |
On October 24th in Concord, California one person is killed in a
5.4 earthquake. |
|
Mid-1950s |
Mid-1950s
1m?
Deaths |
China
quake |
The Chinese government will not confirm. If
true other reports have it that an earthquake hit the Shensi
Province in the 1950s killing over one million people. If ever
confirmed, this would be a greater disaster than the confirmed
1556 Quake that killed 830,000 and maybe match the estimated 1.1
million killed in the 1201 Syria quake. |
|
1957 |
|
1957 |
Alaska
quake - 8.1 |
An earthquake of 8.1 roughs up Andreanof Island in Alaska on
March 9th.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
1957
1.2k
Deaths |
Iran
quake - 7.4 |
July 2nd records a 7.4 quake in Iran that killed 1,200 people. |
1957
1.1k
Deaths |
Iran
quake - 7.3 |
In another quake the same year on December 13th a 7.3 quake hits
Iran killing 1,130 |
1957
30
Deaths |
China
quake - 8.1 |
Gobi-Altai, Mongolia in China looses 30 people to an 8.1
earthquake.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905, 1906,
1907, 1920,
1933, 1938,
1939,
1944,
1946, 1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
|
1958 |
|
1958 |
Alaska
quake - 7.3 |
Huslia, Alaska feels a 7.3 quake on April 7th. |
1958
5 deaths |
Alaska
quake - 7.7 |
5 die in the 7.7 quake of July 10th at Fairweather, Alaska. |
|
1959 |
1959
28
Deaths |
Montana
quake - 7.3 |
on August 18th in Montana a 7.3
quake causes a landslide blocking an end of Madison River Canyon
to create a new lake 175 feet deep. The Hebgen Lake bed was
tilted leaving docks on dry land on one side and Cabins
submerged on the other. Falling rocks from the quake kills 28 people.
At Yellowstone National Park geysers adn springs stop as other
start. Some hot springs increased in temperatures by 6 degrees.
Even Old Faithfull ceased to be as faithfull. |
|
1960 |
1960
12k
Deaths |
Morocco
2 quakes - 5.8
tsunami |
A 5.8 earthquake in
Agadir, Morocco hits on February 29th followed by another on
March 1st. 12,000 people, one third of the city's population,
were killed. A tsunami sent waters nearly 1000 feet into the
downtown area of Agadir. |
1960
5.7k
Deaths |
Chile
multi-quakes - 9.5
Largest Ever
6th Deadliest Tsunami
3,000 Deaths |
The Great Chilean Earthquake of 9.5 on May 21
began a number of quakes that occured through to May 30th 2nd.
5,700 people were killed 3,000 injured and one in every three
homes were destroyed. Chile's damages were $550 million.
Both tremors had triggered its own tsunami. 3000 of the dead
were killed by the tsunamis. 500 miles of Chile's costline was
flooded by the tsunamis causing more damage and deaths than the
earthquakes. The tsunamis continued out to hit around the
Pacific Rim. In Hawaii 61 people were killed from two waves the
second wave was 20 feet high at Hilo 15 hours after the 9.5
quake. Japan saw 11 foot high waves that killed 138 people. The
tsunamis caused $500,000 damage to the United States.
6 deadliest tsunamis: 1755,
1886, 1908,
1960,
2004 &
2011
Quakes 9.0+:
1700,
1952,
1960,
1964,
2004 &
2011 |
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1962 |
1962
1.2k
Deaths |
Iran
quake - 7.3 |
Qazvin in Iran is rocked by a 7.3 quake on
September 1st. 1,230 people were killed. |
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1963 |
1963
1.1k
Deaths |
Yugoslavia
quake - 6.0 |
People flee to the the streets in pajamas and
nightgowns when a 6.0 earth quake hits Skopje, Yugolsavia during a
night in 1963. 1,100 people were killed. |
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1964 |
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1964
137
Deaths |
Alaska
quake - 9.2
tsunami |
The March 27th, 9.2 Good Friday Earthquake takes 131 lives along Prince
William Sound in Alaska. Most of the deaths were from the
tsunamis. 6 people were killed by the tsunami along the Oregon
and California coasts. The force was a force equal to 10 million times that
of the Atom-bomb that was used at Hiroshima. the shock waves
traveled through Canada into the United States to lift ground in
Houston, Texas and Cape Kennedy in Florida. Damages totaled $500
million.
Quakes 9.0+:
1700,
1952,
1960,
1964,
2004 &
2011
6 deadliest tsunamis:
1755,
1883,
1908,
1960,
2004 &
2011 |
1964
26
Deaths |
Japan
quake - 7.5 |
The 7.5 quake at Niigata, Japan on June 16th
killed 26 peope. One building, designed to resist shocks, sank
and tilted 80 degrees when the ground became liquefied from the
shock waves. People climed out the windows and walked down to
the street. |
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1965 |
|
1965 |
Alaska
quake - 8.7 |
In Alaska on Rat Island an 8.7 quake
rumbles on February 4th. 31st.
Quakes 8.5 - 8.9:
1755,
1896,
1906,
1950,
1965,
2005,
2007, &
2010 |
1965
7
Deaths |
Washington
quake - 6.5 |
Puget Sound area from Seattle to Tacoma is shaken
killing 7 people on April 29th by a 6.5 Earthquake. |
|
1966 |
|
1966 |
California
quake - 6.1 |
A 6.1 quake rocks Parkfield, California on June
28th. |
1966
2.5k
Deaths |
Turkey
quake - 7.0 |
Earthquakes on
August 19th and 23rd had occured in eastern Anatolia, Turkey.
The largest a 7.0 had killed 2,500 people. |
|
1966 |
California
quake - 5.9 |
Truckee, California is hit by a 5.9 earthquake on
September 12th. |
|
1967 |
1967
250 Deaths |
Venezuela
quake - 6.5 |
A magnitude 6.5
hits Caracas Venezuela on July 29th killing more than 250
people. |
1967
2.5k
Deaths |
India
quake - 6.3 |
Koyna, India is shaken on December 10th in a 6.3
earthquake. |
|
1968 |
1968
6k
Death |
Iran
quake - 7.8 |
On August 31st.
6000 people are killed in a 7.8 quake that hits Dasht-i-Bayaz in
northeast Iran. Domed adobe brick roofs were blamed for most of
the deaths. |
|
1969 |
1969
3k
Deaths |
China
quake - 5.9 |
A moderate 5.9 quake rumbles Eastern
China killing 3,000 on July 25th. |
1969
1
Death |
California
quake - 5.7 |
1 person is killed in a 5.7 earthquake in Santa
Rosa, California on October 2nd. |
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Ancient Quakes
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Century Quakes |
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