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TimeLines of Disaster |
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Hurricanes
- Earthquakes -
Tsunamis
- Volcanoes
20th Century
- 1900 - 2000
Page 1 - 1900
- 1969
Page 2 -
1970 - 2000
Ancient - 1700s - 1800s
- 21st
Century - 2001 - 2011
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1900s |
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1900 |
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1970 |
1970
10k
Deaths |
China
quake - 7.5 |
10,000 die in a 7.5 quake that hits
Yunnan Province on January 4th. |
1970
1.3k
Deaths |
Turkey
quake - 7.1 |
On March 28th a 7.1 earthquake hit
Gediz in Turkey. 1,300 people were killed and 254 villages
destroyed. |
1970
66k
Deaths |
Peru
quake - 7.9 |
A death toll of 66,000 is reached during the May
31st 7.9 quake in Peru.
This had been the worse quake dister in the history of the
western hemisphere (See 2010, Haiti). |
|
1970 |
Colombia
quake - 8.0 |
An earthquake, of 8,0 on the Richter Scale, rumbles
Colombia on July 31st.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
|
1971 |
1971
65
Deaths |
California
quake - 6.7 |
San Fernando in California is hit by a 6.7
earthquake that kills 65 people. Destroyed were 22,000 homes,
370 commercial buildings, 180 schools and 2 hospitals. Damages
cost $500 million. |
1971
50k
Deaths |
Peru
quake |
In a 1971 Peruvian
earthquake 50,000 people were crushed and 80,000 left homeless.
The quake had broken a huge piece of rock and ice from a
mountain glacier. |
|
1972 |
1972
5k
Deaths |
Iran
quake 7.0 |
A 7.0 earthquake
rocked the Ghir area of Iran on April 10th. 5,054 people, 1 fith
of the provincial population died. The death toll would have
been greater except that a majority of the people were working
in fields and escaped the collapse of the sun-dried adobe or mud
mortar buildings. |
1972
5k
Deaths |
Nicaragua
quake - 6.2 |
In Nicaragua on
December 23rd a 6.2 quake hits Managua with 3 low intensity
shocks. 5,000 people were killed, 20,000 injured and 250,000
left homeless. 53,000 homes, 4 hospitals and 750 classrooms were
destroyed.
This quake may have been the first worldwide exposure to the
generosity of American aid. Nicaragua, 47 years later still has
signs of the quake. Debri from the crumbled buildings had been
dumped into Xolotlan Lake. In cleanup efforts the debri is being
dredged up and piled onshore. The mounds are scavended by the
poor for scrap metal to sell to the scrap metals merchants. |
|
1973 |
1973
527
Deaths |
Mexico
quake - 6.8 |
Adobe buildings in
more than 50 towns and villages were destroyed in a 6.8
earthquake that strikes Puebla in MexicoOn August 28th. The
quake kills 527 people and injures 4,000. More than 200 churches
that dated to the colonial period were destroyed. |
|
1974 |
1974
65
Deaths |
Pakistan
quake |
One of south
Asia's worse quake disters in 40 years hits north Pakistan on
December 28th. 5,200 people died and 15,000 injured in 11
villages. The only road to the remote area was cut off by Snow
and landslides. |
|
1975 |
1975
10k
Deaths |
China
quake 7.0 |
10,000 are killed in the 7.0 quake of February
4th in Haicheng, China. |
1975
?
Deaths |
Burma
quake |
An earthquake
rocks Pagan in Burma on July 8th. News of the quake did not
reach western civilizations for three weeks. Half of the
Buddhist temples were damaged. |
|
1975 |
California
quake - 5.8 |
A 5.8 quake shakes Oroville, California on August
1st. |
1975
2.3k
Deaths |
Turkey
quake - 6.8 |
At Lice, Turkey on
September 6th a 6.8 earthquake strikes killing 2,300 people. The
kurdish and non-Arab Moslems blamed the Goverment for not
enforcing construction standards. This was the first shown
concern by a non-western country of interest in construction
techniques to reduce earthquake casualties. |
1975
2
Deaths |
Hawaii
quake - 7.2 |
2 die in the 7.2 earthquake of November 29th at
the south end of the island Kilauea in Hawaii. |
|
1976 |
1976
26k
Deaths |
Guatemala
2
quakes - 7.5 |
24,000 die in Guatemala on February 4th during a
7.5 earthquake. 50,000 people were injured and a million left
homeless. 2000+ people were killed in a series of shocks that
hit on February 6th. The U.S. contributed $10 million towards
the $3 billion in losses. |
1976
1k
Deaths |
Italy
quakes - 6.5 |
Northern Italy is
hit by a 6.5 earthquake on May 7th with aftershocks continuing
into the next day. 1000 people were killed and many villages and
towns destroyed. A few treasured art pieces were damaged. |
1976
9k
Deaths |
Indonesia
quakes - 7.2 |
A quake rocks the
West Irian Province of Indonesia. 9,000 people are killed and
several villages destroyed by the quake or buried under
landslides. |
1976
655k
Deaths |
China
quake - 7.8 |
A 7.8 earthquake hits Tangshan, China on July
27th. The official toll is 255,000 dead. A Mexican research team
discovered evidence that 655,000 had died and 780,000 were
injured. In the middle of Tangshan, an area the size of
Manhattan Island was destroyed by the 7.8 tremor. |
1976
8k
Deaths |
Philippeans
quake - 7.6 |
On
August 17th, a 7.6 earthquake hit Mindanao in the Philippines. 8,000 died,
most from tsunamis that were generated by the quake. |
1976
5k
Deaths |
Turkey
quake - 7.8 |
Muradiye, near
Mount Ararat in Turkey, was hit by an earthquake on November
24th that measured 7.8. 5,000 were killed. |
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1977 |
1977
1.5k
Deaths |
Romania
quake - 7.2 |
On March 5th a 7.2
earquake crumbled the city of Bucharest in Romania. 1,500 died
in the rubble. Rescuers
said it looked like a WWII bombed out city. The quake was also
felt in Moscow, Russia and Rome, Italy. |
|
1978 |
1978
20k Deaths |
Iran
quake - 7.8 |
A 7.7 quake hits
the area around Tabas Iran on
September 16th, In Tabas 15,000 people died leaving only 4,000
still living. 5,000 more had died in the destruction of several
other cities. |
|
1978 |
Greece
quake - 6.5 |
In 1978 a
magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits
Thessaloniki in Greece. |
|
1979 |
1979
200 Deaths |
Yugoslavia
quake - 7.5 |
Yugoslavian
history has the April 15 earthquake as the nation's strongest
quake. Having been between tourist seasons only 200 had died.
The destruction included several small villages, historic
buildings and hotels. |
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1979 |
California
quake - 5.7 |
A 5.7 quake hits Coyote Lake, California on
August 6th. |
|
1979 |
California
quake - 6.4 |
On October 15th Imperial Valley, California is
rocked by a 6.4 earthquake. |
|
1980 |
|
1980 |
California
quake - 5.8 |
A 5.8 earthquake shook Livermore, California on
January 24th. |
|
1980 |
California
quake - 6.1 |
A 6.1 quake on May 25th shook up Mammoth Lakes,
California at 4:33 PM. |
|
1980 |
California
quake - 5.9 |
A second earthquake of 5.9 hits Mammoth Lakes
again on May 25th at 4:49 PM, just 16 minutes after the first
6.1 quake. |
|
1980 |
California
quake - 5.8 |
A Third earthquake of 5.8 hits Mammoth Lakes
again on May 25th at 7:44 PM, 3 hours and 11 minutes after the
first 6.1 quake and 2 hours and 55 minutes after the second 5.9
quake. |
|
1980 |
California
quake - 6.0 |
On May 27th, two days after 3 earthquakes the
same day, another quake shakes Mammoth Lakes with a 6.0 on the
Richter Scale. |
1980
3.5k Deaths |
Algeria
2
quakes - 7.2 - 6.5 |
Two quakes hit the
area of Al Asnam in Algeria on October 10th a little after noon
on the Muslem Sabbath. The first was a magnitude 7.2 and the
second quake measured at 6.5. 3,500 people were killed and
60.000 injured. The city of
Orléansville was destroyed much as it had been 25 years earlier.
See 1955 |
|
1980 |
California
quake - 7.2 |
Gorda Plate, California is shaken by a 7.2
earthquake on November 8th. |
1980
3k Deaths |
Italy
2
quakes - 6.2 - 7.2 |
Two
earthquakes shake up southern Italy on November 23rd. The
tremors measured at 6.2 and 7.2. Over 3,000 people died in the
many villages that were destroyed. 300.000 people were left
homeless. Artifacts in the state museum were damaged and the
ruins of Pompeii was closed to tourists for safety reasons. |
|
1981 |
1981
300 Deaths |
Indonesia
quake |
An earthquake, on
January 30th, destroyed several villages in the Irian Jaya area
of Indonesia killing 300 people. |
1981
3k Deaths |
Iran
quake - 6.9 |
In a salt desert
near Kerman, the Capital of Iran, Kerman Province was rocked by
a 6.9 quake on June 11th.. Sketchy reports show at least 3,000 had died. |
1981
1.5k Deaths |
Iran
quake - 7.3 |
A 7.3 quake kills 15,000 people on
July 28th in southern Iran. |
|
1982 |
1982
2.8k Deaths |
Turkey
quake - 6.0 |
A 6.0 quake hits
the Western Arabian Penninsula on December 13th killing 2,800
people. |
|
1983 |
|
1983 |
California
quake - 6.5 |
Coaliinga, California is hit by a 6.5 earthquake
on May 2nd. |
1983
2
Deaths |
Idaho
quake - 7.0 |
2 die in a 7.0 earthquake on October 28th at
Borah Peak, Idaho. |
1983
1.3k
Deaths |
Turkey
quake - 6.9 |
A 6.9 quake hits Turkey on October
30th killing 1,342 people. |
|
1983 |
Hawaii
quake - 6.7 |
A 6.7 quake rocks Kaoiki, Hawaii on November
16th. |
|
1984 |
|
1984 |
California
quake - 6.2 |
A 6.2 earthquake shakes up Morgan Hill,
California on April 24th. |
|
1984 |
California
quake - 5.7 |
Round Valley, California is shaken on November
23rd by a 5.7 quake. |
|
1985 |
1985
30k
Deaths |
Mexico
3
quakes - 8.1 - 7.5 - 7.0 |
10,000 are killed in
Mexicao City in the Michoacan area of Mexico in an
intensity 8.1 earthquake on September 19th. Total deaths are
estimated at up to 30,000. Two large
aftershocks followed, one on the 20th at 7.5 and the third a 7.0
months later on April 30th, 1986.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
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1985 |
N.W.Territories
quake - 6.8 |
A 6.8 quake rocks Nahanni, Northwest Territories
in Canada on December 23rd. |
|
1986 |
|
1986 |
Alaska
quake - 8.0 |
A magnitude 8.0 quake shakes Andreanof Island in
Alaska on May 7th.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
|
1986 |
California
quake - 6.1 |
A 6.1 quake shake up northern Palm Springs,
California on July 8th. |
|
1986 |
California
quake - 6.2 |
On July 21st at Chalfant Valley, California
magnitude 6.2 earthquake shakes the valley. |
1986
1.5k
Deaths |
El Salvador
quake - 5.7 |
1500 die in a moderate 5.7 quake on
October 10th that hit San Salvador in El Salvador. |
|
1987 |
1987
1k
Deaths |
Columbia/Ecuador
quake - 7.0 |
A 7.0 quake rumbled both Columbia and
Ecuador killing 1000 people on March 6th. |
1987
8
Deaths |
California
quake - 5.9 |
Whittier Narrows, California is shaken by a 5.9
quake on October 1st killing 8 people. |
|
1987 |
Alaska
quake - 7.9 |
A 7.9 quake splashes the shore when it shakes in
the Gulf of Alaska on November 30th. |
|
1988 |
|
1988 |
Australia
quake - 6.3 |
The first of three quakes shake Tennant Creek, in
Australia on January 22nd with a magnitude of 6.3 at 12:35 AM. |
|
1988 |
Australia
quake - 6.4 |
3 hours 22 minutes after the first, a second
earthquake of 6.4 rumbles Tennant Creek, Australia on January
22nd at 3:57 AM. |
|
1988 |
Australia
quake - 6.6 |
After two early morning quakes a third occurs at
12:04 PM on January 22nd at Tennant Creek, Australia with a
magnitude of 6.6; greater than the first two. |
|
1988 |
Alaska
quake - 7.8 |
On March 6th in the Gulf of Alaska a 7.8 quake
shakes the ocean floor. |
1988
1.4k
Deaths |
Nepal / India
quake - 6.6 |
The border region of Nepal and India
is hit by a 6.6 earthquake on August 20th. 1,450 are
killed. |
|
1988 |
Quebec
quake - 5.9 |
Saguenay, Quebec in Canada is rocked by a 5.9
earthquake on November 25th. |
1988
25k
Deaths |
Armenia
quake - 7.0 |
25,000 are killed in
the border area of Turkey and Iran. Spitak, Armenia was rocked by a
7.0
earthquake on December 7th. |
|
1989 |
1989
100
Deaths |
California
quake - 6.9 |
A 6.9 quake kills
100 people on October 18th at Loma
Prieta, California. 3,000 were injured. Oakland received most of
the damage. San Francisco escaped except for the wood structure
on unstable land fill collapsed and burned. |
|
1989 |
Quebec
quake - 6.0 |
A magnitude 6.0 quake shakes Ungava, Quebec in
Canada on December 25th. |
|
1990 |
1990
Deadliest
50k Deaths |
Iran
quake - 7.4 |
50,000 people are killed in Iran by a
7.4 earthquake on June 20th. Entire villages wer destroyed.
60,000 people were injured. |
1990
Largest
1.6k
Deaths |
Philippine Islands
quake - 7.7 |
Luzon in the Philippine Islands is
hit by a 7.7 earthquake on July 16th. 1,621 people are killed. |
|
1991 |
1991
Largest
1 of 2 |
Costa Rica
quake - 7.6 |
On April 22nd a 7.6 earthquake rocks
Costa Rica. |
|
1991 |
California
quake - 5.6 |
Sierra Madre, California is shaken on June 28th
by a 5.6 quake. |
|
1991 |
California
quake - 7.1 |
Honeydew, California is rocked by a 7.1
earthquake on August 17th. |
1991
Deadliest
2k
Deaths |
India
quake - 6.8 |
2,000 people are killed by a 6.8
quake in northern India on October 19th. |
1991
Largest
2 of 2 |
Russia
quake - 7.6 |
In Russia's Kuril Islands a 7.6
earthquake hits on December 22nd. |
|
1992 |
|
1992 |
California
quake - 6.1 |
A 6.1 quake rocks Joshua Tree, California on
April 23rd. |
|
1992 |
California
quake - 7.2 |
Cape Mendocino, California is shaken by a 7.2
quake on April 25th. |
|
1992 |
California
quake - 6.5 |
Cape Mendocino, California is shaken by the first
of an offshore quake of 6.5 on April 26th at 7:41 AM. |
|
1992 |
California
quake - 6.7 |
A second quake (6.7) offshore Cape Mendocino at
11:18 occurs on April 26th 3 hours 37 minutes after the first. |
|
1992 |
California
quake - 7.3 |
3 are killed at Landers, California on June 28th
in a 7.3 earthquake. |
|
1992 |
Nevada
quake - 5.7 |
A 5.7 quake rattles Little Skull Mountain in
Nevada on June 29th. |
|
1992 |
Nicaragua
quake - 7.7 |
A 7.7 quake on September 2nd kills 116 in
Nicaragua. |
1992
Largest
&
Deadliest
2.5k
Deaths |
Indonesia
quake -
7.8 |
A 7.8 earthquake kills 2,519 people
in the Flores area of Indonesia on December 12th. |
|
1993 |
1993
Largest |
Mariana Islands
quake
7.8 |
On August 8th a 7.8 earthquake hits
south of the Mariana Islands. |
1993
Deadliest
9.7k
Deaths |
India
quake 6.3 |
9.748 are killed in an earthquake of 6.3 on
September 29th at Latur-Killari, India. |
|
1994 |
1994
60
Deaths |
California
quake - 6.7 |
The 6.7 Northridge quake on January 17th kills
only 60 but many more are injured. |
1994
5
Deaths |
Bolivia
quake - 6.7 |
5 are killed in the 6.7, June 9th earthquake in
Bolivia. |
1994
Deadliest
795
Deaths |
Columbia
quake - 6.8 |
In Colombia an earthquake strikes on
June 20th with a magnitude of 6.8. 795 people are killed. |
|
1994 |
California
quake - 7.1 |
Cape Mendocino, California is shaken on September
1st in a 7.1 earthquake. |
1994
Largest
11
Deaths |
Russia
quake - 8.3 |
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes
the Kuril Islands on October 4th. 11 people are killed.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
|
1995 |
1995
Deadliest
6.4k
Deaths |
Japan
quake - 7.2 |
6,434 are killed in the,
7.2, Great Hanshin
earthquake on January 16th at Kobe, Japan. Damages totaled
$102.5 billion.
This was the first quake in Japan where equiptment was used to
measure the tremors. It would only measure up to 7.0 Adjustments
to the magnitude brought the measurment form 6.8 (Moment
Measurement) to 6.9 to 7.0 then estimated to 7.2 |
1995
2k
Deaths |
Russia? Japan?
quake - 7.5 |
On May 27th Sakhalin Island is rocked
by a 7.5 quake that killed 1,989 people. |
1995
Largest
1 of 2
3
Deaths |
Chile
quake - 8.0 |
An 8.0 earthquake kills 3 near the
coast of northern Chile on July 30th.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1920,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
1995
Largest
2 of 2
49
Deaths |
Mexico
quake - 8.0 |
On October 9th an 8.0 quake hits near
the coast of Jalisco in Mexico killing 49 people.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
|
1996 |
1996
Deadliest
322
Deaths |
China
quake - 6.6 |
A 6.6 earthquake hits Yunnan in China
killing 322 people on February 3rd. This is the deadliest
recorded quake of the year. |
1996
Largest
166
Deaths |
Indonesia
quake - 8.2 |
On February 17th an 8.2 earthquake
kills 166 people in the Irian Jaya region of Indonesia.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
|
1997 |
1997
1
Death |
Mexico
quake - 7.2 |
A 7.2 earthquake hits
Mexico's Arteaga area on January 11th. Extensive damage and one
death occured. |
1997
12
Deaths |
China
quake - 5.9 |
A 5.9 earthquake hits
Southern Xinjiang in China on January 21st.. 12 people died and
40 were injured. 2,500 familes were left homeless. 31,000 homes
were destroyed or damaged. |
1997
100
Deaths |
Iran
quake - 6.5 |
A 6.5 quake rocked
at 6.5 in the Iran-Turkmenistan border area on February 4th. 100
people were killed and 2,000 injured. Damages amounted to $30
million. |
1997
57
Deaths |
Pakistan
quake - 7.0 |
A 7.0 quake hit
Pakistan on February 27th. 57 people were killed, hundreds
injured and thousands were made homeless. |
1997
Deadliest
1.5k
Deaths |
Iran
quake - 7.3 |
1,572 people are killed in Northern
Iran on May 10th by a 7.3 earthquake. 4,460 were injured, 60,000
homeless and 10,533 homes destroyed and 5,474 homes damaged. |
1997
34
Deaths |
Japan
quake - 6.1 |
A 6.1 quake hit
Kyushu, Japan on May 13th. 34 people were killed, and five
housed damaged. |
1997
38
Deaths |
India
quake - 5.8 |
38 are killed in the 5.8 earthquake on May 21st
at Jabalpur, India. More than 1,000 were injured and thousands
left homeless. |
1997
81
Deaths |
Venezuela
quake - 6.9 |
Off the coast of
Venezuela on July 19th a 6.9 quake causes the deaths of at
least 81 people. 522 people were injured and 3,000 left homeless |
1997
11
Deaths |
Italy
quake - 6.0 |
On September 26th
in central Italy a 6.0 quake rumble the Marche and Umbria
regions. 11 people are killed and over 100 injured. 80,000 homes
damaged or destroyed. |
1997
Largest
1 of 2 |
Fiji
quake - 7.8 |
South of the Fiji Islands a 7.8 quake
is recorded on October 14th. Vibrations were also felt in New
Zealand. |
1997
8
Deaths |
Chile
quake - 7.1 |
On October 15th a
7.1 quake rumbles the coast of Chile. 8 people are killed and
more than 300 injured. 5,000 homes are destroyed with 15,700
houses damaged. |
|
1997 |
Peru
quake - 7.1 |
On October 28th a
7.1 quake rocks northern Peru. |
1997
23
Deaths |
Chile
quake - 7.1 |
An Earthquake of
6.1 hits the India-Bangladesh border area. 23 peolple were
killed and 200 injured. |
1997
Largest
2of 2 |
Russia
quake - 7.8 |
On December 5th near the east coast
of Kamchatka a 7.8 earthquake is recorded. |
|
1998 |
1998
Largest ~8.1 |
Balleny Islands
quake - 8.1 |
On March 25th the
largest of the year, an 8.1 earthquake hits the uninhabited
Balleny Islands.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
1998
Deadliest
4k
Deaths |
Afghanistan
quake - 6.6 |
On May 30th along
the border of Afghanistan and Tajikistan a 6.6 quake kills 4,000
people. |
1998
2.1k
Deaths |
New
Guinea
quake - 7.0 |
2,183 people are killed in New Guinea by a 7.0
earthquake on July 17th. |
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1999 |
1999
1.1k
Deaths |
Colombia
quake - 6.2 |
A 6.2 quake kills 1,185 in Colombia on January
25th. |
1999
Deadliest
17.1k
Deaths |
Turkey
quake - 7.6 |
Izmit, Turkey is hit by a 7.6 quake on August 17
killing 17,118 people. |
1999
Largest ~7.7
2.4k
Deaths |
Taiwan
quake - 7.7 |
Chi-Chi, Taiwan is rocked by a 7.7 earthquake on
September 20th killing over 2,400 people. |
1999
100
Deaths |
Ultar Pradesh, India
6.8 |
A 6.8 quaked roced the Himalayas in
Northern India on March 29th. 100 people were killed and
thousands left homeless in 500 villiages. |
|
1999 |
California
quake - 7.2 |
A 7.2 earthquake shakes Hector Mine, California
on October 16th. |
1999
894
Deaths |
Turkey
quake - 7.2 |
In Duzce, Turkey 894 people are killed on
November 12th by a 7.2 earthquake. |
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2000 |
2000
43 Deaths |
Indonesia
quake - 7.4 |
An earthquake
rumbles on March 4th in Sulawesi, Indonesia with a magnituce of
7.4. 46 people are killed, 264 are injured, and 30,000 are left
homeless. |
2000
Deadliest
103 Deaths |
Indonesia
quake - 7.9 |
On June
4th in Sounthern Sumatera in Indonesia a 7.9 earthquake hits
killing 103 persons. 2,174 people were injured. |
|
2000 |
Japan
quake |
In Japan Volcanologists detect an undersea
eruption that occurred off Miyakejima on June 27th. |
2000
1 Death |
Japan
quake - 6.4 |
One man is killed on July 1st in a landslide
caused by a 6.4 quake near the island of Kozushima in Japan. |
|
2000 |
Japan
quake |
Among the series of volcanic eruptions of Mt.
Oyama the area has had earthquakes numbering in the tens of 1000s
with nearly 12,000 quakes strong enough to be felt. |
|
2000 |
Japan
2 quakes - 5.7 |
Japan's Izu islands were hit by two earthquakes
on August 12th. The first
measured 5.7 on the Richter scale that caused a small landslide
on Nijjima island. The second hitting the Island chain measured
4.9. |
|
2000 |
Japan
quake - 5.4 |
Japan's eastern seaboard is jolted by an
earthquake on August 20th. The 5.4 quake was centered off the
coast of Obaraki northeast of Tokyo, 20 miles below the seabed.
|
|
2000 |
California
quake - 5.2 |
A 5.2 quake shakes Napa Valley in California on
September 3rd. Napa had substantial damage with 41 people
injured. |
2000
Largest |
Papua.New.Guinea
quake - 8.0 |
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake hits New Ireland in
Papua New Guinea on November 16th.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
2000
11 Deaths |
Turkey
quake - 7.0 |
A 7.0 quake shook
Turkmenistan. 11 people were killed and several injured. |
2000
6 Deaths |
Turkey
quake - 5.9 |
A 5,9 quake
kills at least 6 people in Turkmenistan on December
15th. 41 people were injured. |
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