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Proud husband and father. High school teacher (Chemistry-Physics). Variable star observer @AAVSO. Auroras. Researcher in Historical Seismology @SeismoSocietyAm. Esposende, PORTUGAL
2 March 1893 22:51 UT (2:30 of 3rd LT)
M7.1 earthquake along the East Anatolian Fault struck south of Malatya, southeastern Turkey, killing 885 people. Part of the 1866-1905 EQ cluster.
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2 March 1933 17:31 UT (2:31 of 3rd LT)
Mw8.4 earthquake and tsunami hit the coast of Sanriku, northeastern Honshu (Japan), like in 869, 1611, 1896 and 2011. Casualties (3000 killed) mostly due to tsunami.
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chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
trove.nla.gov.au
2 March 1825 10:10 UT
Mw7.0 earthquake destroyed Blida (northern Algeria), killing 7000 people, one of the Algeria's deadliest natural disasters.
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chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
The area was hit again in 1867
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2 March 1878 6:40 UT
Mw6.8 earthquake at Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northern Pakistan. Damaging in the epicentral area and in Punjab, felt as far as Mussorie, India. Three people killed in Lahore.
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Thank you very much for your appreciation.
It is good to know that old newspapers are still "refreshing" and valuable...
1 March 1354 17:00 UT
Mw7.1 earthquake at the Dardanelles, NW Turkey, destroyed Gallipoli and other towns, causing great loss of life along northern side of Sea of Marmara. Area hit again in 1659 and 1766.
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1 March 1941 3:53 UT
Mw6.2 earthquake near Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, destroyed hundreds of houses and killed 40 people. Felt throughout central Greece, the EQ aggravated the effects of the WWII aerial bombings.
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1 March 1925 2:19 UT (21:19 of Feb. 28 LT)
Mw6.3 earthquake hit Charlevoix, Saint Lawrence Valley, Quebec, Canada, damaging many buildings. Six people killed (heart attacks). Felt as far as Florida and Chicago.
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chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
1 March 1955 1:46 UT (22:46 LT of 28th Feb.)
M6.1 earthquake at South Atlantic Ocean, offshore Espírito Santo, Brazil, causing little damage but much panic. Felt also in Rio de Janeiro and Bahia.
One of the largest Brazilian EQs
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29 February 1960 23:40 UT
M5.7 earthquake razed Agadir, Morocco, killing 12,000 people, 40% of its population. Once again construction methods are to blame. Tragedy chocked the world.
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29 February 1944 16:28 UT
Mw7.4 earthquake at the Indian Ocean, offshore Maldives. Also widely felt in Sri Lanka and through southern India. No damage, due to distance from epicenter.
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28 February 1633 20:00 UT (5:00 March 1 LT)
M7.0-7.1 earthquake caused landslides and razed buildings in Odawara, Central Honshu, Japan, killing 150 - 230 people. Local tsunami. Repeated EQs in 1704, 1782, 1853 and 1923.
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28 February 2001 18:55 UT
Mw6.8 Nisqually earthquake at Puget Sound, Washington (USA). Much damage, one person killed and 400 injured. Also felt in Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia.
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28 February 1851 15:00 UT
Mw6.8 earthquake and maybe tsunami hit Fethyie (SW Turkey) and less severely Rhodes. Death toll 600. More than a year of aftershocks and another EQ in 1855.
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hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00299403
imuseum.im
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
28 February 1997 12:57 UT
Mw6.1 earthquake hit the region of Ardabil, Azerbaijan province (Iran), causing landslides, killing 1100 people and leaving 36,000 homeless. An area quite active, seismically speaking.
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28 February 1969 2:41 UT
M7.8 earthquake SW of Cape St. Vincent. Panic and much damage in the south of Portugal and Spain and coast of Morocco. Also felt in southern France, Madeira and Canaries. Death toll of 26, half in Portugal.
casadasciencias.org/recurso/7435
nyshistoricnewspapers.org
28 February 1855 1:30 UT
Mw7.0 earthquake destroyed Bursa and nearby villages, in northwestern Turkey, killing 1900 people. Damage also in Edirne and Istanbul. Felt as far as Athens.
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chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
27 February 1997 21:08 UT (2:08 of 28th LT)
Mw7.1 earthquake, plus 22 min later by a M6.4, hit Harnai, Baluchistan (Pakistan). causing 100 victims, not far from the 1935 Quetta EQ and a M5.9 in October 2021.
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nyshistoricnewspapers.org
eresources.nlb.gov.sg
27 February 2010 6:34 UT (3:34 LT)
Mw8.8 earthquake of Maule, central Chile, killed 550 people. It was the result of rupture of a segment of the South American subduction zone, like the 1960 and other EQs.
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doi.org/10.1785/0220...
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27 February 1903 0:43 UT
M7.3-7.9 earthquake near the Sunda Strait, between Sumatra and Java, Indonesia. Felt at the coasts and far inland in both islands. Doubtful epicenter...
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Two hours ago, Mw5.1 earthquake in Bangladesh, near border with India, half way between Khulna and Kolkata (former Calcutta).
Very shallow, widely felt and could cause damage, as happened in 1989 with a similar EQ relatively near.
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26 February 1713
Mw7.1 earthquake, along Xiaojiang fault, at NE of Yunnan (China), killed more than 2000 people and destroyed 90% of the buildings at Xundian and many in Yilong and Songming.
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gallica.bnf.fr
26 February 1697 4:40 UT (22:00 of 25th LT)
Mw6.4 subduction earthquake hit Acapulco in the coast of Guerrero, central Mexico, destroying many houses. Damage extended to Ciudad de Mexico. Strong aftershocks.
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25 February 1732
A M7.6 earthquake and a 3-4 meter height tsunami destroyed the port and the fortress of Acapulco (Guerrero), in the Pacific coast of Mexico, which is frequently hit by tsunamis generated in the Mexican subduction zone.
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gallica.bnf.fr
25 February 2018 17:45 UT (3:45 of 26th LT)
Mw7.5 earthquake (+ several deadly aftershocks during 40 days) at Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea, caused landslides, blocking roads and killing 200 people.
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25 February 1702 6:30 UT
Mw7.0 earthquake destroyed Denizli, western Turkey, killing 12,000 people. Felt as far as Chios. More EQs in 1651 and 1717. Near cities (Hierapolis, Laodicea) also razed in the past.
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25 February 1695 5:30 UT
Mw6.4 earthquake of Asolano, the strongest known in Veneto, northeastern Italy, destroyed thousands of houses and killed at least 150 people. Felt as far as Innsbruck, Turin and Livorno.
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gallica.bnf.fr
25 February 2022 1:39 UT
Mw6.1 earthquake at Panti, western Sumatra, Indonesia, causing landslides and killing at least 27 people. Also widely felt in Malaysia and Singapore. At the Sumpur segment of the Sumatran Fault, a seismic gap.
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doi.org/10.1785/0120...
24 February 1981 20:54 UT
Mw6.7 earthquake at the Gulf of Corinth, Greece, with two M6.4 aftershocks, caused great damage, killing 22 people. Felt in the whole Greece and in western Turkey.
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nyshistoricnewspapers.org
24 February 1892 7:20 UT (23:20 of 23th LT)
Mw7.2 earthquake along the Laguna Salada Fault, at the California-Mexico border, caused great damage near epicenter. Felt throughout Baja California, southern California and as far as Arizona.
doi.org/10.1785/0120...
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