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1756 Düren earthquake. On 18 February 1756, at about 8 am, one of the strongest earthquakes in Central Europe, the strongest reported in Germany to date, struck Düren. [2] [6] The hypocentre is judged to have been at 14–16 km. [7] It followed the 1755 Lisbon earthquake by several months and was the culmination of a series of quakes in ...
Taiwan, Hualien County. 7.0. 20.0. VII. 1951 East Rift Valley earthquakes. This was the last of the magnitude 7.0+ events in the initial part of the swarm. A total of 68 people were killed across these events. 586 were injured. 2,382 homes were destroyed. 68.
1951 Kurşunlu earthquake. Categories: Earthquakes by year. 1950s earthquakes. 1951 natural disasters. 1951 in science. Hidden categories: Category series navigation using skip-gaps parameter. Category series navigation year and decade.
Turkey has had many earthquakes. This list includes any notable historical earthquakes that have epicenters within the current boundaries of Turkey, or which caused significant effects in this area. Overall, the population in major cities like Istanbul resides in structures that are a mix of vulnerable and earthquake resistant construction.
August. 100 people were killed. The 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake was one of the largest of all time. 1,530 people were killed and major property damage was caused. Costs were around $20 million (1950 rate).
The Richter scale [1] (/ ˈ r ɪ k t ər /), also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale, [2] is a measure of the strength of earthquakes, developed by Charles Richter in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg, and presented in Richter's landmark 1935 paper, where he called it the "magnitude scale". [3]
1951-08-21: 6.9: VII: 2: Moderate damage / tsunami [4] 1871-02-20: 7.5: VIII: Moderate damage [5] 1868-04-03: Hawaii - Southern: 7.9: X: 31–77: Limited damage / homes destroyed / tsunami: Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The ...
This was a foreshock of the 7.1 earthquake which occurred a day later. Ten people were injured and fifteen houses were damaged. - 10 5 [17] Peru, San Martín, 11 km northeast of Rioja: 7.1 19.8 VIII The 1991 Alto Mayo earthquake killed at least 53 people, injured 252 and destroyed 8,063 homes in the Rioja-Moyobamba area. 53 252 5 [18]