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x px17 events | 5 comments | 20. October 1687 - 11. March 2011
The 1687 Peru earthquake occurred at 11 30 UTC on October 20. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.4 8.7 and caused severe damage to Lima, Callao and Ica.
20. October 1687
The 1700 Cascadia earthquake was a magnitude 8.7 to 9.2 megathrust earthquake that occurred in the Cascadia subduction zone in 1700. The earthquake involved the Juan de Fuca Plate underlying the Pacific Ocean , from mid-Vancouver Island in British...
26. January 1700
A magnitude-8.7 quake in Valparasio, Chile, killed at least 3,000 people. The Valparaiso earthquake occurred at 08:45 UTC on July 8. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.7 and triggered a major tsunami with an estimated magnitude of Mt=8...
8. July 1730
The Lisbon earthquake struck in mid-morning during a high religious holiday, All Souls Day. Shortly afterward, three large tsunamis swept over the city's harbor and killed many thousands of refugees...
1. November 1755
A magnitude-9.0 quake in Arica, Peru, (now Chile) generated catastrophic tsunamis; more than 25,000 people were killed in South America. The 1868 Arica earthquake was an earthquake hat occurred on August 13, 1868, near Arica then part of Peru, at...
13. August 1868
The 1896 Meiji-Sanriku earthquake was highly destructive, generating the most devastating tsunami in Japanese history, destroying about 9,000 homes and causing at least 22,000 deaths. This magnitude 7...
15. June 1896
The 1906 Ecuador-Colombia earthquake occurred at 15:36 UTC on January 31, off the coast of Ecuador, near Esmeraldas. The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and triggered a destructive tsunami that caused at least 500 casualties on the coast of Columbia...
31. January 1906
The 1922 Vallenar earthquake was a magnitude 8.5 earthquake that occurred in the Atacama Region of Chile, near the border with Argentina on November 11, 1922 at 04:32 UTC. It triggered a destructive tsunami that caused significant damage to the coast...
11. November 1922
Armenia Earthquake took place on December 7, 1988, at 11:41 am. local time. The magnitude of the earthquake which shook northwestern Armenia was 6.9 and this was followed by another earthquake four minutes later, measuring 5.8 on Richter scale...
6. October 1948
A magnitude-8.6 earthquake in Assam, Tibet, killed at least 780 people. The 1950 Medog earthquake, also known as the Assam Earthquake, occurred on August 15, 1950, and had a magnitude of 8.6. The epicentre was actually located near Rima, in Tibet...
15. August 1950
On November 4, 1952 a strong earthquake (9.0 magnitude) off the coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, in the far east of Russia, gnerated a great destructive Pacific-wide tsunami. The tsunami waves struck the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kuril Islands and other...
4. November 1952
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean earthquake of 22 May 1960 is to date the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, rating 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT, 14:11 local time) and its resulting...
22. May 1960
The 1964 Alaska earthquake 9,2 magnitude (second biggest), also known as the Great Alaskan Earthquake, the Portage Earthquake and the Good Friday Earthquake, was a megathrust earthquake that began at 5:36 P.M. AST on Good Friday March 27, 1964...
27. March 1964
Armenia Earthquake took place on December 7, 1988, at 11:41 am. local time. The magnitude of the earthquake which shook northwestern Armenia was 6.9 and this was followed by another earthquake four minutes later, measuring 5.8 on Richter scale...
7. December 1988
A magnitude-9.1 quake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed 226,000 people in 12 countries, including 165,700 in Indonesia and 35,400 in Sri Lanka. The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of...
26. December 2004
The quake was the worst in the region in more than 200 years. A studyby the Inter-American Development Bank estimated that the total cost of the disaster was between $7.2 billion to $13.2 billion, based on a death toll from 200,000 to 250,000...
12. January 2010
On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m. local time, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan. The epicenter was 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Sendai, and 373 kilometers (231 miles) northeast of Tokyo...
11. March 2011
