|
|
|
OUR
SHAKING PLANET |
| |
| FREQUENCY
OF RICHTER SCALE MAGNITUDES |
| |
Magnitude
|
Description |
Average
frequency per year |
|
8
or more |
Great
|
1 |
7-7.9
|
Major
|
18 |
6-6.9
|
Strong
|
120 |
5-5.9
|
Moderate |
800 |
4-4.9
|
Light |
6200 |
3-3.9
|
Minor |
49,000 |
2-2.9
|
Very
minor |
52,000 |
1-1.9
|
Very
minor |
416,000 |
| |
| -
Source: US Geological Survey |
| |
| SUPER
"9+" EARTHQUAKES |
| |
| IN
THE LAST 100 YEARS |
| |
1908
|
Italy
|
9.0
|
1952 |
Russia
|
9.0 |
1957 |
Alaska
|
9.1 |
1960
|
Chile
|
9.5
|
1964 |
Alaska
|
9.2 |
2004 |
Indonesia
|
9.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
SOME OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST QUAKES |
|
|
|
856
|
GREECE
|
killed
45,000 |
|
1556
|
CHINA |
killed
830,000 |
|
1737 |
CALCUTTA
|
killed
300,000 |
|
1755
|
LISBON
|
killed
60,000 |
|
1819
|
GUJARAT
8.0 |
killed
2,000 |
|
1883
|
DUTCH
INDIES |
killed
36,000 |
|
1897
|
SHILLONG
Plateau 8.7 |
killed
542 |
|
1902
|
MARTINIQUE |
killed
40,000 |
|
1905 |
HIMALAYAS 8.0 |
killed
20,000 |
|
1906 |
SAN
FRANCISCO 8.3 |
killed 3000? |
|
1908 |
ITALY
9.0
|
killed
100,000 |
|
1915 |
ITALY
|
killed
29,900 |
|
1920 |
CHINA
|
killed
180,000 |
|
1922 |
JAPAN
7.9 |
killed
143,000 |
|
1923 |
JAPAN
8.3 |
killed
140,000 |
|
1927
|
CHINA
|
killed
200,000 |
|
1932 |
CHINA
|
killed
70,000 |
|
1933 |
JAPAN
8.1 |
killed
3,064 |
|
1934 |
INDO-NEPAL 8.3 |
killed
10,000 |
|
1935
|
QUETTA,
India 7.5 |
killed
50,000 |
|
1939
|
CHILE
8.3 |
killed
28,000 |
|
1939 |
TURKEY
7.9 |
killed
33,000 |
|
1950 |
ASSAM
8.5 |
killed
532 |
|
1952
|
RUSSIA
9.0
|
killed
??? |
|
1957
|
ALASKA
9.1
|
killed
??? |
|
1960 |
MOROCCO
5.7 |
killed
12,000 |
|
1960 |
CHILE
9.5
(30ft tsunami) |
killed
5,700 |
|
1962 |
IRAN
|
killed
10,000 |
|
1963 |
MACEDONIA 6.9 |
killed 1,000 |
|
1964
|
ALASKA
9.2
|
killed
114 |
|
1968
|
IRAN
|
killed
11,500 |
|
1970 |
PERU
|
killed
66,700 |
|
1972 |
IRAN 7.9
|
killed
5,000 |
|
1972 |
NICARAGUA 6.5 |
killed10,000 |
|
1976
|
GUATEMALA 7.5 |
killed
22,778 |
|
1976
|
Tangshan,
CHINA 8.2 |
killed
240,000 |
|
1978
|
IRAN 7.7
|
killed
25,000 |
|
1980
|
ALGERIA
7.5 |
killed
20,000 |
|
1985
|
MEXICO
8.1 |
killed
9,500 |
|
1988 |
ARMENIA
6.9 |
killed
25,000 |
|
1990 |
IRAN 7.7
|
killed
50,000 |
|
1993 |
LATUR,
India 6.4 |
killed
10,000 |
|
1995 |
KOBE,
Japan 7.2 |
killed
6,000 |
|
1995 |
SAKHALIN, E. RUSSIA 7.5 |
killed 2,000 |
|
1998
|
AFGHAN &
TAJIK 6.9 |
killed
5,000 |
|
1999 |
COLOMBIA
6.0 |
killed
1,171 |
|
1999
|
TURKEY
7.4 |
killed
17,000 |
|
1999
|
TAIWAN
7.6 |
killed
2400 |
|
2001
|
GUJARAT
7.9 |
killed
30,000 |
|
2002
|
AFGHANISTAN 5.8 |
killed
1000 |
|
2003
|
ALGERIA
6.8 |
killed
2300 |
|
2003
|
BAM,
IRAN 6.5 |
killed
41,000 |
|
2003
|
JAPAN
8.3 |
killed
??? |
|
2004 |
INDONESIA 9.0
|
killed
150,000+ |
|
2005 |
PAKISTAN/KASHMIR 7.6 |
killed
74,000 |
|
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