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1989 California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios
1989 6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax) 1975 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey 1975 Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated 1973 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527 1971 Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 64 and causes over $ B damage 1970 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) 1968 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran 1967 Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage 1964 Quake strikes Niigata Japan 1959 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park 1946 Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo, Hawaii 1939 Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey) 1935 Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan 1929 Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places 1899 2nd quake in 7 days (8.6) hits Yakutat Bay Alaska 1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll) 1891 Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300 1875 Quake in Venezuela and Colombia kills 16,000 1868 Quake destroyes Arica, Chile 1783 Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy) 1755 Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report |
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