Friday, March 11, 2011

Japan earthquake

The largest earthquake in Japan since records push north east coast today, causing a tsunami 10 meters, which flooded everything in its path.
Here are 10 facts strong earthquakes recorded since 1900, by order of size.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 9.5 Santiago and Concepción, triggering tidal waves and volcanic eruptions - May 22, 1960 - Chile. And killed about 5000 people and displaced two million people.
Killed earthquake and tsunami that followed 125 people and caused about $ 310,000,000 ($ 414,290,000) in the loss of property - March 28, 1964 - Alaska. Size 9.2 earthquake hit a large area of ​​Alaska and parts of western Yukon territory and British Columbia in Canada.
December 26, 2004 - Indonesia - Earthquake measuring 9.1 struck off the coast of Aceh province on Sumatra island of Indonesia, the tsunami killed more than 226,000 people in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, India and nine other countries.
November 4, 1952 - Russia - was born earthquake was magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami reached the Hawaiian Islands.
No lives were lost.
March 11, 2011 - An earthquake measuring 8.9 Japan, causing many casualties. Q. U.S. Geological review of the quake is located at a depth of 15.1 kilometers and 81 kilometers east of Sendai, the main island of Honshu.
- Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia all issued tsunami alerts, memories of young massive tsunami that hit Asia in 2004. Warning Center issued a tsunami warnings to Pacific countries as far away as Columbia and Peru.
A magnitude of 8.8 and subsequent tsunami in Chile more than 500 people and caused about $ 30 billion in damage, and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes, roads and bridges and to change the name - February 27, 2010 - Chile.
January 31, 1906 - Ecuador - An earthquake magnitude-8.8 coast of Ecuador and Colombia, a tsunami that killed up to 1000 people. He felt along the coast of Central America, north of San Francisco and west to Japan.
February 4, 1965 - Alaska - Born earthquake was magnitude 8.7 earthquake tsunami is reported to be about 35 feet (10.7 meters) on the island of Shemya.
March 28, 2005 - The estimated 8.7-magnitude earthquake off Sumatra killed 1300 people, including many on the island of Nias off the west coast of the island of Sumatra.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.6 Islands Andreanof - 9 March 1957 - Alaska. On the island of Umnak, Mount Vsevidof exploded after lying dormant for 200 years, a tsunami 50 feet (15 feet) that continued to Hawaii.
August 15, 1950 - Tibet / India - Two thousand homes, temples and mosques were destroyed in an earthquake measuring 8.6 degrees. Was most striking in the basin of the Brahmaputra River in northeastern India. At least 1500 people.

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