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Dec 16, 1575
Chile
Magnitude: 8,5
Death: 200 aprox. -
Peru
Magnitude: 9,5 Causes: Resulted in the sterility of the soil for the cultivation of wheat, a fact that remains to this day
Death: 800 Aprox Time: 9:15 -
Valparaiso and La Serena (Coquimbo Region),Chile
Magnitude: 8,7
Time:4:45
Death:300 -
Lisboa, Portugal
Magnitude 8,7
Time: 10:16
Death: 70.000 a 100.000 -
Puerto Rico
Magnirude: 8,0
The quake was felt strongly throughout the country. It is believed that its epicenter occurred north, in the Puerto Rico Trench. The phenomenon demolished the Arecibo church along with the chapels of the Rosary and the Conception, and cracked the churches of Bayamón, Toa Baja and Mayaguez. Also caused considerable damage to the castles of San Felipe del Morro and San Cristobal, where wells are affected, guard houses and walls -
The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
The California earthquake of April 18, 1906 ranks as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time -
Puerto Rico
Its epicenter was located northwest of Aguadilla in the Mona Canyon. This earthquake had a magnitude of about 7.5 degrees on the Richter scale and was accompanied by a tsunami which reached six meters high. The damage was concentrated in the area west of the island as this is the area closest to the epicenter. The earthquake killed about 116 people and there were over four million dollars in losses. Numerous houses, factories, public buildings, chimneys, bridges and other buildings were severely -
Chile
Magnitude: 8,5
After the earthquake came a tsunami recorded along much of the Pacific Ocean basin. This section quickly tsunami reached the coastal Atacama region, between Guasco and Caldera, with waves of 9 m in Chañaral, 7 m in Antofagasta and Coquimbo and 5 m in Caldera. Waters advanced to a mile inland. Time: 11:53 -
Assam, India
Magnitude: 8,6
Death: 1.526
No solo causó enormes daños en América del Sur. En Nueva Zelanda, un tsunami de 7 m afectó a las comunidades maoríes, siendo especialmente dañino en la isla Chatham. -
Andreanof Islands, United States
Magnitude: 8,6
Time: 14:22
Death: 700 aprox -
Valdivia, Chile
Magnitude: 9,5
Its epicenter was located near the city of Valdivia, Chile.On the seismic scale of moment magnitude, the highest recorded in the history of mankind. Next to the main earthquake, a series of major earthquakes between May 21 and June 6 that affected much of southern Chile.
The quake was felt in different parts of the planet and produced a tsunami that hit several towns along the Pacific, such as Hawaii and Japan, and the eruption of Puyehue. Nearly 3,000 people died and more. -
Miami, Florida
The fourth strongest earthquake in a century struck on Sunday (December 26, 2004) Southeast Asia, triggering a series of tsunami waves or tsunamis, which razed entire villages along the coasts of Southeast Asia and caused tens of thousands of people in 11 countries.Deshacer cambios -
peru
Magnitude: 8,0 degrees
Time: 18:40:57
Death: 595 and 2.291 injured, 76,000 houses were totally destroyed and uninhabitable and 431 000 people were affected. This earthquake lasted about 175 seconds (2 min 55 s). Its epicenter was located off the coast of central Peru and 40 kilometers west of Chincha Alta and 150 km southwest of Lima, and its hypocenter was located at 39 km depth. He was one of the most violent earthquakes occurred in Peru in recent years, the most powerful (in terms of intensi -
Cinchona Eatrhquake
Magnitude: 6,2
Time 3:21
shook the whole Costa Rican Central Valley, mainly in the provinces of Heredia, Alajuela and San Jose and was felt as far south and center of Nicaragua and north of Panama. [5] Its epicenter was located 30 kilometers from the capital San Jose in Costa Rica. 42 dead, at least 58 missing [2] and 91 wounded extreme gravity [3] [4] -
honduras
Magnitude: 7,3
time: 2:24am.
Death: 7 The epicenter was located in the Caribbean Sea, 64 km (39 miles) northeast of the island of Roatan and 130 km (80 miles) north-northeast of La Ceiba. [1] The earthquake occurred at a depth of about 10 km in an area of transform faults located in the Cayman Trench that forms the tectonic boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate, and continues until the Motagua fault. The powerful quake lasted 30 seconds and was felt in Guatemala, -
Haiti Earthquake
Death:200.000
Magnitude 7,5
Where: Puerto Principe
This earthquake afect some country like Cuba, Jamaica and Dominican Republic
Time: 6:53 -
cataluña
Magnitude: 6,5degrees
As reported by the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake with a depth of 580 kilometers an epicenter t8vo which stood estesuroeste 125 kilometers from the city of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil, and 330 km east of the Peruvian city Pucallpa. -
Sucre state
Magnitude: 4,6
time: 1:26am
Death:0
The epicenter was 6 km northeast of the city of Sucre State Guiria at a depth of 87.5km. This quake caused no damage and deaths. -
China Earhquake
Magnitude: 5,6
Death: 80 and 730 wounded caused the collapse of 20,000 houses and left 100,000 homeless people. The devastation affected 700,000 people. The people of the region described how people ran out of buildings to the screams when they felt tremors. -
Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands), on the west coast of Canada
Magnitude: 7,7
Time: 3:04 According to the American Institute, the quake's epicenter was located 139 kilometers south of the town of Masset on Graham Island (British Columbia), and its epicenter was 17.5 miles deep. Although the Tsunami Warning Center West Coast of Alaska has issued a tsunami warning for the coast near the center of the quake, also announced they do not expect further complications. The reading was based on the moment magnitude scale used by U.S. seismologists, which measu
