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Seiches were again observed in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal in India as well as in many locations in Bangladesh during the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. [18] The 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake is known to have generated seiches as far away as Norway and southern England.
Seiches from this earthquake were observed in two lakes and three fjords in western Norway. [3] Field observations in the 1980s found 237 km (147 mi) of surface rupture along the Haiyuan Fault with a maximum horizontal offset of 6.5 m (21 ft) in the middle section of the rupture zone. The earthquake ruptured the section of the Haiyuan Fault ...
The earthquake occurred at 11:37 p.m. (MST) with a magnitude of 7.2 M w . [1] The U.S. Weather Bureau reported that the quake lasted 30–40 seconds. [7] During the quake, the surrounding landscape dropped as much as 20 feet (6.1 m) and shockwaves caused numerous seiches to surge across Hebgen Lake for 12 hours.
The 1856 Heraklion earthquake, also known as the Crete earthquake or Rhodes earthquake, occurred on the morning of October 12 at 02:45 am local time. [1] This extremely catastrophic earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.7 to 8.3 at a depth of approximately 61 to 100 km. [2] The earthquake was felt over a very wide area extending from Sicily, Italy to the Levant and North Africa. [3]
When seiches occur during the winter, they add heavy snow and ice into the mix on top of the flood threat. Lake Erie residents may experience rare 'seiche' from powerful storm Skip to main content
Seiches observed in Sognefjorden, Norway were attributed to distant S waves and Love waves generated by the earthquake. These seiches began to occur roughly half an hour after the main shock hit Japan, and continued to occur for 3 hours, during which waves of up to 1.5 meters high were observed. [101]
Moderately damaging earthquakes strike between New York and Wilmington, Delaware, about twice a century, the USGS said, and smaller earthquakes are felt in the region roughly every two to three years.
Some damage reported. Seiches in Issyk-Kul. [7] 1985-08-23: Ulugqat, Xinjiang 7.0 M w VII 71 US$5 million in damages. [8] 1987-01-24 Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region 6.2 M w VII 0 More than 417 homes in Uqturpan County damaged. [9] 1992-05-15 eastern Uzbekistan 6.2 M s VII 3 At least 5,500 homes destroyed and another 4,000 over damaged. [10 ...