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Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by seismotomography imaging technique, [1] observations using space satellites from outer space, [2] artificial intelligence (AI)-based earthquake warning systems [3] — they rely mainly ...
A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.
The 1756 Düren earthquake occurred on the morning at 8 a.m. near the town of Düren with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale. It was one of the strongest earthquakes in Central Europe, and the strongest in Germany's recorded history. [1] The depth of the hypocenter is estimated at 14–16 kilometres (8.7–9.9 mi). [2]
The 1802 Vrancea earthquake occurred in the Vrancea Mountains of today's Romania (then Moldavia) on 26 October [O.S. 14 October] 1802, on St. Paraskeva's Day. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] With an estimated intensity of 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale , it is the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Romania [ 6 ] and one of the strongest in European history.
The 1692 Verviers earthquake, also known as the 1692 Ardennes earthquake, occurred in the east of Belgium on 18 September 1692 measuring around 6.2 [1] on the Richter scale. Parish records and historical accounts strongly indicate the earthquake's epicenter was northwest of Verviers , and the event was widely felt across Western Europe in ...
At the beginning of November there were, however, several earthquakes over 4.0 at about 140–150 km depth. [10] On 8 November, at about 14:00, less than two days before the catastrophic earthquake, there was another earthquake of magnitude 5.5 at a depth of 145 km, which was also felt in Bucharest. [11]
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southern Haiti, killing more than 2,200 people and destroying or damaging about 13,000 homes. Follow the latest on the aftermath of the Turkey earthquake here 28 ...
1693 Sicily earthquake; 1738 Vrancea earthquake; 1743 Salento earthquake; 1756 Düren earthquake; 1763 Komárom earthquake; 1856 Heraklion earthquake; 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami; 1956 Budapest earthquake; 1963 Skopje earthquake; 1983 Kopaonik earthquake; 1992 Roermond earthquake; 1998 Mionica earthquake; 2002 Kosovo earthquake ...