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~8.0
830,000 dead; many homes in loess collapsed |
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8.7
interplate; 70,000 dead (earthquake, fire, tsunami) |
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7.5
interplate; rang church bells in Boston, formed 2 lakes |
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7.9
last time San Andreas fault broke near Los Angelis |
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7.3
interplate; 60 dead; 90% of buildings damaged |
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7.8
4 square miles burned; 3000 dead; Last time San Andreas broke near San Francisco |
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8.2
143,000 dead; great fire; 43,000 died near bridge |
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9.5
2,000 dead (most saved by foreshock warning) Tsunami at Hilo; Tsunami Killed 120 in Japan 1st most powerful quake ever recorded |
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9.2
131 dead; $300 million ($1.8 billion today) 2nd most powerful quake every recorded |
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6.7
65 dead; $500 million; damaged many hospitals |
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7.3
first earthquake to be predicted |
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7.6
250,000 dead; earthquake prediction failed |
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8.1
+10,000 dead; built on sedimentary basin |
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7.1
62 dead; $6-8 billion collapse of Cypress St. Viaduct on Nimitz Freeway |
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6.7
61 dead; $15.2 billion; blind thrust fault; raised Santa Susana Mts. 40 cm |
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7.2
5,000 dead; $355 billion in property damage |
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7.4
30,000 dead (part of earthquake storm) |
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9.1
283,000 dead from tsunami; 3rd most powerful quake ever recorded |
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7.0
230,000 dead; poor country; poor construction |
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9.0
15,000 dead; $300 billion damage; 133' tsunami (max); Level 7 meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant |
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