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La Habra 2009 Event A magnitude 7.0 quake strikes off the coast of Indonesia, setting off a tsunami alert which is then withdrawn 1989 Event California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios 1989 Event 6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax) 1975 Event 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey 1975 Event Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated 1973 Event 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527 1971 Event Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 64 and causes over $ B damage 1970 Birthday John Carmack, born in Roeland Park, Kansas, game programmer, co-founder of id Software, lead programmer for computer games, 'Quake', 'Doom', 'Commander Keen' series 1970 Event 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) 1968 Event 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran 1967 Birthday John Romero, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, game designer, programmer, co-founder of id Software, games include 'Dangerous Dave', 'Quake', Wolfenstein 3D' 1967 Event Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage 1964 Event Quake strikes Niigata Japan 1959 Event 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park 1946 Event Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo, Hawaii 1939 Event Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey) 1935 Event Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan 1929 Event Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places 1899 Event 2nd quake in 7 days (8.6) hits Yakutat Bay Alaska 1897 Event Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll) 1891 Event Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300 1875 Event Quake in Venezuela and Colombia kills 16,000 1868 Event Quake destroyes Arica, Chile 1783 Event Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy) 1755 Event Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
