José R. Ribeiro

11 August 1903 4:33 UT
M6.6 earthquake hit island of Kythira, located at southeast of the Peloponnese, Greece, causing great destruction and killing two people. Felt in Greece, Albania, Malta, Southern Italy and Egypt.
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10 August 1742
M7.1 subduction #earthquake severely hit the Suchitepéquez and Retalhuleu departments in Guatemala, destroying several churches. Nothing was reported about human losses. M6 EQs nearby in 1937-9, 1973-8, 1998 and 2009.
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About 45 minutes ago, Mw6.1 #earthquake SSE of Balikesir, in Western Turkey.
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Felt throughout Western Turkey and also through Bulgaria and Greek Thrace.
Not very far from the disastrous M7 EQ that hit Soma in 1919
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10 August 1759 22:10 UT
Mw5.1 earthquake hit Bordeaux (largest known there) and was felt through southwest of France. Damage and lots of fear were the consequences. Aftershock on 16th.
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Smaller EQ in 1852.

10 August 1931 21:19 UT (5:19 of 11th LT)
Mw8.0 earthquake devastated Fuyun county, Northern Sinkiang, China, near border with Mongolia. Death toll reached 10,000. Other M8 EQs hit the area in 1905 and 1957.
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10 August 1893 20:52 UT
Mw5.4 #earthquake at Gargano peninsula, Foggia, southern Italy, collapsing buildings and killing four people in Mattinata. Felt as far as Potenza.
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Much worse in 1627
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10 August 1838 19:30 UT
Mw5.2 earthquake at Krk island, coast of Croatia, damaged houses there and also in Rijeka (formerly Fiume). Felt as far as Trieste, it was similar to the 1750 and 1904 EQs.
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doi.org/10.1785/0220...
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anno.onb.ac.at

10 August 1884 19:07 UT
M5.25 #earthquake hit New York City, USA. The largest known EQ in the city, damaging houses and causing much panic. Felt throughout New England over 270,000 Km2. doi.org/10.1785/BSSA... doi.org/10.1785/0120... ajsonline.org/article/65497 nyshistoricnewspapers.org

10 August 1590 19:00 UT
M5.7-6.7 earthquake in the Carpathians, Romania, collapsed many houses and part of Brasov's cathedral. Felt over a very wide area, including Bratislava, Vienna and Ljubljana.
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biodiversitylibrary.org/item/108054
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10 August 1986 15:12 UT
M3.7 earthquake in 25-day sequence near V. N. Foz Coa, Portugal, at Manteigas-Vilariça-Bragança Fault, caused small damage in epicentral area. Felt in Porto, more than 100 km away.
casadasciencias.org/recurso/8712
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observador.pt/2018/11/10/a...

9 August 1903 22:47 UT
M5.5 earthquake offshore Sesimbra (Portugal) caused damage and much panic in Lisbon and its outskirts. Felt throughout Mainland Portugal and southwestern Spain, reminded many the 1858 EQ.
casadasciencias.org/recurso/7321
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9 August 1828 16:00 UT
M5.7 earthquake hit Shamakhi (Azerbaijan), destroying hundreds of houses and causing landslides, killing at least four people.
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Even more disastrous EQs here in 1667, 1859 and 1902.
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9 August 1901 13:01 UT (0:01 of 10th LT)
Mw7.9 earthquake near Vanuatu, caused a tsunami that killed several people. Many M7-M8 EQs in this plate boundary...
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9 August 1901 9:24-18:34 UT
Mw7.2-7.5 earthquake doublet offshore Hachinohe, Northern Honshu, Japan, did damage and killed 18 people in prefectures of Aomori, Akita and Iwate. Other EQs in 1931 and 1968.
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9 August 1792 9:00 UT
M7.1 earthquake hit the area of Yunlin, SW Taiwan, killing 617 people and destroying 24,621 houses. Damage and casualties even in Fujian, China. Other EQs close in 1736, 1848 and 1906.
doi.org/10.36956/eps...
doi.org/10.1111/j.13...
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9 August 1912 1:29 UT
Mw7.2 earthquake hit Murefte (Turkey), at the NW coast of the Marmara Sea, destroying 25,000 homes and killing 2800 people. Happened at the western end of the North Anatolian Fault.
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8 August 1951 19:56 UT
Mw5.3 earthquake hit the area of Gran Sasso, Central Italy, causing damage in the L' Aquila and Teramo provinces and killing two people. Felt all over Central Italy and even in Florence.
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8 August 1987 14:59 UT
Mw7.2-7.5 earthquake at the Northern Chile subduction, hit near Arica, killing six people and destroying 1000 homes. Felt as far as Lima (Peru).
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8 August 2017 13:20 UT
Mw6.5 earthquake in the Longmenshan belt hit Jiuzhaigou county, Northern Sichuan (China), near Gansu border, causing 1883 landslides, 31 people killed/missing and 31,500 displaced. Felt in several provinces.
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8 August 1894 5:16 UT
Mw4.6 earthquake in the southeast slope of the Etna, Sicily (Italy), collapsing houses in several villages, killing 16 people. Felt in a quite restricted area. An Etna eruption was feared, but didn't happen...
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8 August 1303 3:30 UT
Mw8.3 giant earthquake and tsunami in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, near Crete, spread destruction through a huge area, including Egypt, Israel and Syria. Death toll 4000 just in Crete, many more in Egypt and Rhodes.
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7 August 1414 15:00 UT
Mw5.7 earthquake at the Colline Metallifere, Tuscany, Northern Italy, caused great damage throughout Siena province and also in Florence, killing at least one person. Felt as far as Bologna and Pisa. Largest EQ so far in the area...
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7 August 1847 6:10 UT
M5.8 earthquake struck Egypt, south of the Delta. Widely felt in the country, caused great damage in Cairo and killed 185 people. The deadly 1992 EQ struck near.
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6 August 1384 (or 1383)
Mw6.6-6.8 earthquake devastated Mytilene, Lesbos is., Aegean Greece, killing 500 people.
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The area was also severely hit in 1636, 1845, 1865, 1867, 1889 and more recently in 2017.
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6 August 1942 23:37 UT
Mw7.7 subduction earthquake off Guatemala Pacific coast collapsed adobe houses and killed 38 people in Tecpan area, West Guatemala. Felt in Veracruz.
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6 August 1913 22:15 UT
Mw7.7 earthquake offshore Southern Peru hit Caravelí and Chuquibamba, Arequipa province, killing 57 people. Felt in Iquique. Epicenter not far from the 2001 M8.4 EQ.
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6 August 1845 17:30 UT
Mw7.1 earthquake in Assam, NE India, near border with Meghalaya, causing damage in Guwahati, Cherrapunji and Sylhet. Also strongly felt in Bangladesh and as far as Calcutta.
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doi.org/10.1785/0120...
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6 August 1185 JD 2:00-4:00 UT
M7.4 earthquake at Shiga prefecture, southern Honshu, Japan, caused great destruction in the city of Kyoto, killing many people.
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Another destructive EQ not far in 1662
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6 August 1975 1:33 UT
M3.5 earthquake NW of Vila Verde, NW Portugal, felt in the entire Minho prov. In the middle of Portuguese Revolution (Braga will have a clerical demonstration four days later) the EQ was almost unreported.
casadasciencias.org/recurso/7435
arquivo.mun-planhoso.pt/details?id=131

6 August 1988 0:36 UT
Mw7.3 earthquake at the India-Myanmar border, where Indian and Eurasian plates collide, caused damage also in Bangladesh. Death toll 5. Felt as far as Kathmandu. Allegedly predicted...
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