José R. Ribeiro

12 March 1873 20:04 UT
Mw5.9 San Ginesio earthquake hit Macerata province, Marche, central Italy, destroying houses and villages, and injuring people. Felt through Italy, Dalmatia and Slovenia.
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Worse in 1799
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12 March 1934 15:06 UT
Mw6.6 Hansel Valley earthquake in Utah, USA, caused large rockslides and the death of two people (the area was sparsely populated). Also felt in Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Wyoming.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
doi.org/10.1785/BSSA...
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

12 March 1993 14:02 UT (2:02 of 13rd LT)
Mw6.4 earthquake and tsunami caused destruction in the Pacific islands of Wallis and Futuna. Three killed at Futuna.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/plei... persee.fr/doc/caoum_03...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...

Two hours ago, M5.2 earthquake near Balkanabat, in western Turkmenistan.
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Place of M7 earthquakes in 1895, 1946 and 2000.
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11 March 1817 21:10 UT
Mw5.4 earthquake hit near Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France, at the Mont Blanc massif. House collapse in Les Houches killed four people. Also felt in Switzerland and Italy and as far as Dijon, in France.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
emidius.mi.ingv.it/ASMI/event/1...
imuseum.im

11 March 1855 18:34 UT
M6.5 earthquake offshore Liberia, West Africa, was felt in several ships over a very wide area, although not reported on land. Originated at the Saint Paul's Fault zone, the same that produced a similar EQ in 1878.
angeo.copernicus.org/articles/
doi.org/10.1139/cjes...

11 March 1584 10:30 UT
Mw5.9 earthquake and aftershocks produced rockfalls that destroyed two villages and killed 328 people in Aigle (Vaud, Switzerland), near Geneva Lake. One of the largest Swiss EQs.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
doi.org/10.2110/jsr....
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

11 March 2011 5:46 UT
Mw9.1 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami at Japan Trench devastated NE Honshu coast, Japan, with 22,000 people killed/missing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%...
doi.org/10.1785/0220...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com
Devaluation of historical records was fatal!

11 March 1974 5:26 UT
M4.7 earthquake struck the central region of Mainland Portugal. Epicenter near Oliveira do Hospital.
casadasciencias.org/recurso/7435
doi.org/10.1785/0220...
acomarcadearganil.cm-arganil.pt
The source, Seia-Lousã Fault, produced a Mw6.0 in 1880.
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11 March 1933 1:54 UT (17:54 of 10th LT)
Mw6.4 Long Beach earthquake in southern California, USA, near Los Angeles, caused great destruction and killed 120 people. School construction codes were changed as a result.
earthquake.usgs.gov
conservation.ca.gov/cgs/earthqua...
cdnc.ucr.edu

11 March 1853 1:00 UT
M6.7 earthquake hit Odawara, central Honshu (Japan), killing 79 people and destroying 3300 houses. Felt over a very wide area. Might be a case of repeated EQs at more or less equal time intervals.
emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en...
earth-planets-space.springeropen.com/articles/10....

10 March 1989 21:50 UT
M6.2 earthquake hit central Malawi, near Salima, along the East African Rift. Nine people killed and 50,000 left homeless. Felt also in Zambia and Mozambique. Preceded by a M5.8 EQ and other foreshocks within days.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
doi.org/10.1785/gssr...

10 March 1922 11:21 UT
M6.5 earthquake at the Parkfield section of San Andreas Fault, near Oxnard, southern California, severely damaged houses. Felt from San Jose to San Diego. A famous EQ prediction experiment.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
doi.org/10.1029/JB08...
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

10 March 1951 10:38 UT
Mw5.2 earthquake near Jaén, Andalucia, Spain, causing damage and huge panic. Felt over a wide area of central and southern Spain and even in Portugal.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
ign.es/web/resource...
arquivo.cm-gaia.pt
Another M5 in May
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Now, seems certain it was a deep earthquake (h=375 km) below the Tyrrherian Sea. Not dangerous...

Just a few minutes ago, M6.0 earthquake in southern Italy.
Felt over a great area, location and depth are still somewhat (and strangely) uncertain...
www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_i...

9 March 1845 20:00 UT
Mw7.5 earthquake hit Oaxaca, Mexico, collapsing houses and severely damaging the remaining, and kiling several people. Also felt in Mexico City, Puebla and Veracruz. Many aftershocks.
doi.org/10.1785/BSSA...
hndm.unam.mx
Doubtful epicentral location...

9 March 1875 16:00 UT
M7.4 subduction earthquake hit the coast of Colima, Mexico, damaging houses. Also felt in the states of Naharit, Jalisco, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Mexico and DF. A tsunami could have happened too...
doi.org/10.1785/0220...
doi.org/10.1785/0120...
hndm.iib.unam.mx/consulta/

9 March 1957 14:23 UT
Mw8.6 megathrust earthquake in Aleutian Arc hit Andreanof Is., Alaska, causing destruction and a 15m tsunami reaching Hawaii, Japan and California. Two (indirect) deaths.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
earthweb.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/gene...
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9 March 1830 11:22 UT
M6.3-6.8 earthquake hit Dagestan, northern Caucasus (Russia) destroying villages and causing landslides, killing 500 people. Panic as far as Kizlyar.
bgr.bund.de/EN/Themen/Se...
anno.onb.ac.at
Another deadly EQ near in 1970
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9 March 1929 10:51 UT
Mw7.0 Arthur's Pass earthquake at Poulter Fault, on a sparsely populated area (no casualties) of South Is., New Zealand, producing some damage and great landslides. One of the biggest NZ EQs.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
doi.org/10.1080/0028...
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

9 March 1630 9:00 UT
Mw7.3 earthquake offshore Crete (Greece), destroying houses and burying people in Heraclio. Also felt in Kythira.
A tsunami flooded coasts and wrecked ships, killing many people. Formerly wrongly dated as 1629.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
doi.org/10.1142/S179...

9 March 1866 1:20 UT
Mw5.7-5.8 earthquake offshore Molde, Norway, causing damage in many houses. Felt from central Sweden to northern Scotland and also in boats, it was one of the largest Norwegian EQs.
doi.org/10.1002/eqe....
doi.org/10.1016/0040...
newspapers.library.wales

8 March 1812
Mw8.0 earthquake at the Tian Shan range, hit Nilka county, northern Sinkiang (China), near border with Kazakhstan. The EQ produced 80 km surface ruptures and killed 58 people.
doi.org/10.1029/2020...
doi.org/10.1029/2021...
Another M8.0 EQ near in 1906
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8 March 1832 18:30 UT
Mw6.6 earthquake hit the Crotone area, Calabria (southern Italy), killing 234 people. A tsunami produced inundation of coastal areas. In 1638 and 1744 there were other M>6 EQs nearby.
emidius.mi.ingv.it/ASMI/event/1...
doi.org/10.1111/j.13...
anno.onb.ac.at

8 March 1913 16:05 UT
M6.4 earthquake caused destruction of many houses, landslides and rock falls in the area of Cuilapa, capital of the Santa Rosa department (Guatemala). At least 60 people were killed. Also felt in El Salvador.
doi.org/10.1111/j.13...
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

8 March 1800 15:30 UT
M7.0 earthquake possibly centered in the state of Puebla, central Mexico. Damage extended to Ciudad de Mexico, Morelos, Oaxaca and Veracruz. Felt as far as Guanajuato.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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During the night, Mw5.5 earthquake and Mw4.8 aftershock, near Ioannina, Epirus, northwestern Greece. Felt through central Greece, Albania, North Macedonia and Apulia (Italy), no major damage reported.
Similar EQs happened in October 1969 and October 2016.
www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_i...

8 March 1715 3:00 UT
M6.6 earthquake hit the Lake Van area, southeastern Turkey, near Iranian border, destroying villages and killing many people, 37 of them in Ercis. Not far from deadly 1648 and 2011 Van EQs.
doi.org/10.1785/0220...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
doi.org/10.1111/j.13...

8 March 1931 1:50 UT
M6.7 earthquake severely hit the southeastern corner of North Macedonia (then Yugoslavia). Death toll was 35. Felt in the neighbouring Greece and Bulgaria. Many aftershocks followed...
isc.ac.uk/iscgem/
iisee.kenken.go.jp/net/hara/mac...
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