2014 Event An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Nagano, Japan; no deaths were reported, but dozens of people were injured or trapped in their homes, and over 80 people evacuated to a shelter 2014 Event An earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale strikes 58 miles northwest of Iquique, Chile; though larger than the 6.7 quake on March 16th, scientists expect an even stronger quake in this region in the future 2014 Event Southern California is hit by an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale; the quake originated about 22 miles southeast of Los Angeles near La Habra 2014 Event An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale strikes approximately 40 miles northwest of Iquique, Chile 2013 Event The 1998 QE2, an asteroid measuring nearly 1.7 miles across, and its moon, pass within 3.6 million miles of the earth 2013 Event After measuring its spin and parity, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider firmly believe the particle discovered in July 2012 is a Higgs boson 1987 Event 6 killed by an earthquake measuring 6.1 in LA 1973 Event 54-kg octopus measuring 7m across captured in Hood Canal, Wash 1938 Event AAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric 1927 Event Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan
