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The Koyna earthquake, a few hundred miles west of Latur in 1967 was the most recent one. [12] Latur area is near the eastern end of Deccan Traps formed by flood basalt. The basalt flows in the area are estimated to be 450 meters thick with the terrain generally flat. [13]
1993 Finisterre earthquakes: This earthquake was the first and the largest in an earthquake sequence that affected the Ramu-Markham Valley that affected the area over the month of October. 60 people were killed and 200 were injured, mostly due to landslides triggered by the shocks. Many villages near the epicenter were severely damaged.
Pages in category "1993 earthquakes" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... 1993 Latur earthquake; S. 1993 Scotts Mills earthquake;
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The earthquakes in this area primarily occur on buried faults between the Amarillo Uplift and the Anadarko Basin. [3]: 24 An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5–6.0 is expected to occur every 50–100 years in the Texas Panhandle, while an earthquake with a magnitude greater than 6.0 is expected to occur every 300 years. [5]
Since 1950, there have been more than 9,700 tornadoes in Texas, killing hundreds and leaving behind billions of dollars worth of damage. On March 21, 2022, a tornado tore through Round Rock ...
A rare strong earthquake struck near Midland, Texas, on Monday evening, triggering more than 1,000 reports of shaking, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Magnitude-5.1 earthquake strikes near ...
On 30 September 1993, at 3:53 a.m. local time, Latur was almost completely destroyed by a devastating intraplate earthquake that affected the southern Marathwada region of Maharashtra state in central-western part of India—including Latur, Beed, Osmanabad, and adjoining districts about 400 kilometres (250 mi) south-east of Mumbai—and ...