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The 1969 Tulbagh earthquake occurred at 20:03:33 UTC on 29 September. It had a magnitude of 6.3 M w and a maximum felt intensity of VIII ( Severe ) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale . It caused widespread damage in the towns of Ceres , Tulbagh and Wolseley and led to 12 deaths. [ 1 ]
The 1969 Santa Rosa earthquakes caused 1 death and property damage. Costs were $8 million (1969 rate). 1: 17 [145] [146] Burma, Sagaing Region: 6.3: 135.0: VI 26 [147] [148] [149] Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina: 6.1: 15.0: VIII In the 1969 Banja Luka earthquake 23 people were killed in total. 14 in the first event and 9 in the second ...
29 September 1969 Near Tulbagh: Western Cape: 6.3 12 [2] The 1969 Tulbagh earthquake remains the most destructive earthquake in South African history. The earthquake occurred in the Tulbagh area and measured 6.3 on the Richter scale, stronger than that of the 1809 Cape Town earthquake which destroyed a local Milnerton farm. [3] [4] 14 April 1970
In September 1969 the Boland area was hit by an earthquake that caused considerable damage to the town of Tulbagh. Many of the Church Street buildings were destroyed. The extent of the damage was aptly described by the Journal Bulletin of the Simon van der Stel Foundation in 1973: "A street that somehow captured the essential spirit of a unique culture looked as if it was in the throes of a ...
Pages in category "Earthquakes in South Africa" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... 1620 Robben Island earthquake; 1969 Tulbagh earthquake;
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The Tulbagh earthquake, the most destructive earthquake in South Africa's history, [80] killed 12 people in the town of Tulbagh, located in the Boland section of the nation's Western Cape province. [81] Nine of the 12 dead were children at an orphanage in Tulbagh for South Africa's biracial coloured population. [82]
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck northern Chile near its border with Argentina late Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, shaking homes and causing power outages. There were no immediate ...