In February 1994 an earthquake struck the island of Sumatra in this nation, killing 215 people
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Timeline of Earthquakes - Timelines of History  1868 Apr 3, An earthquake estimated at magnitude 7.9 hit the Big Island of Hawaii. ..... 1994 Feb 16, At least 217 people were killed when a powerful earthquake ..... earthquake struck near Sumatra island and killed at least two people, injured ..... a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck before dawn, killing at least 215 people...
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Aug 5, 2012 ... In February 1994 an earthquake struck the island of Sumatra in this nation, killing 215 people. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it! Alex Trebek.
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Accidents and Natural Disasters in the Muslim World - WikiIslam  The 2005 earthquake centered in Pakistan administered Kashmir left 100,000 dead. ... As Allah's people, Muslims believe they will always be protected by him against any ... of the Devil Ritual (unofficial figures say "well over" 1,000 deaths), 1994 ..... 2003;  Hundreds killed in Hajj stampede - BBC News, February 1, 2004...
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Sumatra Earthquake 2013: Strong M-6.1 Tremor Rocks Indonesia's ...  Jul 2, 2013 ... The strong Sumatra earthquake has killed at least six people and ... the tip of Indonesia's largest island, rocked the nation of 17,000 islands Tuesday. ... The AP reports that the Sumatra earthquake struck at a depth of 6 miles.
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List of historical tsunamis - Wikipedia  This article lists notable historical tsunamis, which are sorted by the date and location that the ..... The earthquake, tsunami, and fires killed from 40,000 to 50,000 people ... The coast of Sumatra near the quake's epicentre was hardest hit by the ..... on the Moment Magnitude scale struck the island nation of Solomon Islands.
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THE EARTHQUAKE - The Overview - SEVERE EARTHQUAKE HITS ...  Jan 18, 1994 ... LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 A violent earthquake jolted millions of people out of bed before dawn today, crumpling freeway overpasses, leveling buildings and igniting scores of fires. ... and at least 24 were reported killed, including 14 at a three-level apartment complex that was reduced to two stories.
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Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions - Infoplease  Estimated death toll, from quake and tsunami, 70,000100,000 in Sicily and southern Italy. ... 29, Agadir, Morocco: 10,00012,000 dead as earthquake set off tidal wave ... Washington: one of the largest volcanic explosions in North American history ... Many buildings in the islands of Nias and Simeulue were destroyed and...
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June 26, 2008  ... foreigners xenophobia A 2004 magnitude 9.3 earthquake produced a deadly one of these that had people curious well into 2005 tsunami With its team led by...
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Soviet Quake Halts Gorbachev Trip : He Flies Home Today ...  Dec 8, 1988 ... A massive earthquake struck the Soviet Union's southern republics of ... prompting President Mikhail S. Gorbachev to cut short his visit to the United. ... of a three-day stay in New York and scheduled visits to Cuba and Britain. "In the Armenian Republic, thousands of people have died," Shevardnadze said.
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QUAKE IN JAPAN - THE OVERVIEW - AT LEAST 597 ARE KILLED ...  Jan 17, 1995 ... A powerful earthquake shook major cities in western Japan today, ... IN JAPANESE QUAKE; KOBE DEVASTATED AS 2,000 BUILDINGS BUCKLE ... Kobe, a major port city of 1.4 million people 280 miles west of Tokyo, bore the brunt. ... most damage since one that struck coastal Fukui Prefecture in 1948,...
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Scientists turn to Alaska over fears active fault-line could cause ...  May 16, 2012 ... The Semidi Islands lie close to the faultline, and an earthquake could send a tsunami towards Hawaii and California ... Earthquake, on March 27, 1964, which was the powerful earthquake in ... Many of these deaths happened hundreds of miles away from the epicentre of the earthquake - with 90 per cent of...
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THE EARTHQUAKE - The Overview - SEVERE EARTHQUAKE HITS ...  Jan 18, 1994 ... LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 A violent earthquake jolted millions of people out of bed before dawn ... collapsed, crippling major highways for weeks and possibly months. ... Half a dozen people were arrested in downtown Los Angeles today .... For all its damage, the quake was not the long-predicted Big One...
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1995 - Metapedia  Dec 5, 2015 ... April 19 - Oklahoma City bombing: 168 people, including 8 Federal Marshals and 19 children, are killed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. ... May 13 - Earthquake hit the regions of Kozani and Grevena in Greece, with an ... May 16 - Japanese police besiege the headquarters of Aum Shinrikyo near...
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1994 Northridge earthquake - Wikipedia  The 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, at 4:30:55 a.m. PST and had its .... Also, because of known seismic activity in California, area building codes ... Also, ABC's General Hospital, which shoots in Los Angeles, was heavily .... Because the ground level is soft relative to the upper floors the upper portion...
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undefined undefined Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free ...  *PERU - 5.0 EARTHQUAKE - rattled the central jungle Wednesday, damaging thatched-hut homes ... Poor countries and above all small island states, will be hardest hit by .... classified the tremor as an aftershock from the January 13 quake, further ... month to the day after one of 7.6 magnitude killed at least 844 people and
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Northridge Quake 20 Years Later: 5 Lessons Not Learned | NBC ...  Jan 16, 2014 ... Southern California seismologist Lucile Jones' job is to study earthquakes ... from the 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake that hit 20 years ago Friday, ... The Northridge earthquake was one of the worst natural disasters in the ... The 1994 quake's worst building collapse was at the Northridge ... First, cost.
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How Volcanoes Work - Krakatau, Indonesia  Indonesia contains over 130 active volcanoes, more than any other country on earth. ... PHYSIOGRAPHY BEFORE AND AFTER THE 1883 ERUPTION ... that the caldera formed by explosive destruction of the island, and the reaming out of .... by Dutch authorities at 36,417, 90 percent of which were killed by the tsunamis.
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Kobe earthquake 20th anniversary: Facts about the devastating ...  Jan 16, 2015 ... Great Hanshin earthquake, or Kobe earthquake, struck Hyogo ... Kobe earthquake 20th anniversary: Facts about the devastating 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake ... along narrow streets, which led to the rapid spread of fires through the city. ... in the port and the collapse of 1km of the Hanshin Expressway.
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Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions - Infoplease  It is the largest series of earthquakes known to have occurred in North America. ... 31, Charleston, S.C.: magnitude 7.3 quake, killed 60 people and caused extensive ... 1964: March 28, Alaska (03:36:14 UT; March 27, 5:36 P.M. local time): ... powerful tsunami in the Indian Ocean that hit 12 Asian countries, killing more than...
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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - New World Encyclopedia  In February 2005 scientists revised the estimate of the magnitude to Mw9.3. .... Some scientists confirm that the December earthquake had activated Leuser ... People felt the shock waves of the earthquake across the planet; as far away as .... Some of the tsunami's energy escaped into the Pacific Ocean, where it produced...
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case study 3 - Institute of Politics - University of Pittsburgh  Bureau of Radiation Protection within the Department of Environmental Resources ..... health, the case of the nuclear accident at TMI on March 28, 1979, is particularly relevant ..... 11:00: All nonessential people were ordered to leave the island.24 At the same ..... All pregnant women and preschool children within the 5-mile.