José R. Ribeiro

About 45 minutes ago, a Mw6.7 #earthquake very close.
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In 1992, there were a Mw7.1 and a Mw7.2 EQs separated by less than half an hour.
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10 October 1986 17:49 UT
Mw5.7 upper-crustal earthquake devastated San Salvador (El Salvador), killing 1500 people in the middle of the civil war... Strongly felt also in parts of Guatemala and Honduras.
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10 October 1980 12:25 UT
Mw7.1 earthquake destroyed Chlef/El Asnam, NW Algeria, killing 5000 people. Felt as far as southern Spain. The city suffered another devastating EQ in 1954.
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10 October 2002 10:50 UT
Mw7.6 earthquake along Ranski Fault, at Bird's Head microplate, struck south of Manokwari, West Papua province (Indonesia), causing landslides and a local tsunami, killing 8 people.
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10 October 1446 (N.S.) 4:00 UT
Mw7.5 earthquake, possibly a intermediate-depth EQ originated from the Vrancea region, Romania.
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Felt as far as Moscow, like other similar M7 EQs
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In the last hours, Mw7.4 earthquake off the eastern coast of Mindanao, Philippines.
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Felt in great part of the country, caused damage and killed at least two persons. Tsunami?
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EQs near in 1924 and 1992
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Repeated historical earthquakes in Sousse, Monastir and El-Jem (Tunisia)—an archaeoseismological study - Arabian Journal of Geosciences Tunisia is known of sparse and moderate earthquakes. However, there are seismically damaged historical buildings in the eastern Sahel region. The Roman amphitheatre of Thysdrus (modern El-Jem), various Islamic religious and secular buildings in Sousse and Monastir testify to seismic events with intensity up to IX (EMS98 scale). We raise the hypothesis that their destruction was caused by the nearby east-west Cherichira-Abaieh Fault and the north-south Monastir Fault. Simultaneity of the 859 AD Kairouan earthquake and extensive restoration works in Sousse 50 km to the east allow assessing magnitude up to 7.2 based on segment length. The city was hit both by the 859 AD and a post-1575 earthquake. Being nearby two active faults, seismic hazard in Sousse is higher than either in Kairouan or in Monastir.

9 October 859
M~6 earthquake caused great destruction (intensity IX-X) and deaths at the city of Kairouan and neighbouring villages, Tunisia
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9 October 1871 2:15 UT
M6.4 earthquake destroyed the city of Oran, Salta province, NW of Argentina, near border with Bolivia, killing 20 people. Also felt in the Jujuy province. Oran had destructive EQs in 1874 and 1974, too.
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9 October 1790 1:15 UT
Mw7.0 earthquake destroyed Oran, Northern Algeria, killing 2000 people. Felt along the Spanish Mediterranean coast and as far as Malta.
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doi.org/10.1785/0220...
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catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/0005420

8 October 1941 15:24 UT
Mw5.8 earthquake hit Heishui and Mao counties, northern Sichuan, China, collapsing many houses and killing 15 people.
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Not far from 1933 deadly Diexi EQ
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8 October 1411 11:00 UT (N.S.)
Mw7.7 earthquake struck Danxung county, SE Tibet (China), destroying entire towns and villages and killing a great number of people. Preceded by a destructive foreshock.
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doi.org/10.1111/j.13...

8 October 1974 9:51 UT
M7.5 earthquake offshore Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles, caused damage there and also in St. Kitts. One of the major EQs in the area...
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doi.org/10.1029/2011...
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8 October 1935 9:19 UT
Mw6.3 earthquake hit Tojikobod, Northern Tajikistan, near border with Kyrgyzstan, destroying houses and bridges: 112 people killed.
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This area of Pamir saw a even bigger EQ in 1949
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8 October 1877 5:12 UT
Mw5.3 earthquake at Faucigny, Haute-Savoie, SE France, causing damage in houses near epicenter and even in Geneva (Switzerland). Felt as far as Strasbourg, Montepellier and Piedmont.
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8 October 2005 3:51 UT
Mw7.6 earthquake along Himalayan Thrust devastated the region of Kashmir, killing 86,000 people in Pakistan and also in India, many of them children trapped in schools. A huge tragedy!
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8 October 1901 2:16 UT (20:16 of 7th LT)
Mw7.0 subduction earthquake triggered a tsunami that flooded Pacific coast of Nicaragua. Also felt in Costa Rica. Maybe it helped decide the location of the Canal...
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7 October 1270
M7.1 earthquake at the Binalud Mountains. destroyed Nishapur and vicinity, in northeastern Iran, killing 10,000 people just in Nishapur itself. Nishapur was also destroyed by EQs in 1209, 1389, 1405 and 1673.
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7 October 1900 21:04 UT (5:04 of 8th LT)
M6.9-7.8 earthquake hit Cenderawasih Bay, western New Guinea (Indonesia), causing a tsunami that killed five people and reached New Britain/PNG.
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In 1864 it was much worse
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7 October 2023 6:41-7:13 UT
Two Mw6.3 earthquakes, plus 2 M6.3 on 11 and 15, destroyed entire villages (mud houses) in Herat prov., west Afghanistan, killing 1489 people. Also felt in Iran and Turkmenistan.
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7 October 1639 0:35 UT
Mw6.2 earthquake (in a sequence) hit Amatrice, Rieti prov., Central Italy, killing about 500 people.
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The same area was severely hit by EQs in 1298, 1599, 1703 and recently in 2016.
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7 October 2018 0:12 UT (20:12 of 6th LT)
Mw5.9 earthquake at the Septentrional Fault, between Port-de-Paix and Tortuga island, Haiti, destroyed 2108 houses and killed at least 18 people.
Also felt in the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Inagua (Bahamas).
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6 October 1762 12:10 UT
Mw5.5-6.0 earthquake near L'Aquila, central Italy, severely hit Castelnuovo, Poggio Picenze and nearby villages, killing ten people.
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Greater EQs hit the area in 1461, 1703 and 2009.

6 October 1944 2:35 UT
Mw6.7 earthquake struck Ayvacik, at the Gulf of Edremit, Aegean coast of Turkey, and Lesbos island (Greece), causing great damage and killing 50 people. Felt throughout western Turkey.
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5 October 1948 20:12 UT (1:12 of 6th LT)
Mw7.2 earthquake at Kopet Dagh destroyed Ashgabat, Turkmenistan killing at least 35,000 people. Also deadly in NE Iran. Censorship + post-war effects hampered aid.
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5 October 2008 15:53 UT
Mw6.7 earthquake destroyed Nura, Kyrgyzstan, at the border with Sinkiang (China), causing landslides. Death toll was 74. Felt as far as Islamabad (Pakistan). In 1974 and 2016, other EQs near.
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5 October 1859 13:00 UT
M7.6-8.0 earthquake hit the coast of North Central Chile, near Copiapó, destroying houses and killing 44 people.
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Similar EQs happened in 1918, 1946 and 1983.
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5 October 1891 12:00 UT
Mw7.0 earthquake at the Savu Sea, off the northern coast of Indonesian Timor. Strongly felt in the Timor, Flores and Boleng islands, triggered a tsunami that reached Atapupu.
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doi.org/10.1785/0120...
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5 October 1871 7:00 UT
Mw7.4 earthquake hit the Tarapacá region, northern Chile, destroying several villages and killing at least a child. Felt as far as Copiapó and abord ships. A tsunami also?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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4 October 1740
Mw6.6 destructive earthquake hit Lamia, Molos and other towns, in the Thermopyles region, Central Greece. Felt as far as the Meteora monastery in Thessaly.
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4 October 1527
Mw5.3 earthquake severely hit Pistoia, Tuscany, northern Italy, destroying buildings and killing many people.
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An even greater EQ hit the town in 1293.