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Major Earthquakes around the World, 2006
DateLocationMagnitude1Jan. 2East of the South Sandwich Islands7.4Jan. 2Fiji Region7.2Jan. 27Banda Sea7.6Feb. 22Mozambique7.0April 20Koryakia, Russia7.6May 3Tonga7.9May 16Kermadec Islands Region7.…Estimated Deaths from Earthquakes, 2013
The following table gives the number of people who died in major earthquakes in 2013. The magnitude of each earthquake is also shown. Magnitudes listed are moment…Estimated Deaths from Earthquakes, 2014
The following table gives the number of people who died in major earthquakes in 2014. The magnitude of each earthquake is also shown. Magnitudes listed are moment…The Ten Deadliest Tsunamis
Below is a list of the deadliest tsunamis on record in the world. Magnitude, date, and location are also given. Location DateMagnitude350,00020049.0Indian Ocean100,0001410 b.c. Crete-…Kingston, city, Jamaica
(Encyclopedia) Kingston, city (1991 pop. 97,424), capital and largest city of Jamaica, SE Jamaica. The country's chief port, it has one of the finest harbors in the West Indies and exports sugar, rum…Zacatecoluca
(Encyclopedia) ZacatecolucaZacatecolucasäkätākōl&oomacr;ˈkä [key], city (1993 pop. 28,192), S central El Salvador. The city was heavily damaged by an earthquake in 1932.Isparta
(Encyclopedia) Isparta Isparta ĭspärˈtä [key], city, capital of Isparta prov., W central Turkey. It is a…Bagan
(Encyclopedia) Bagan or PaganPaganpəgänˈ [key], ruined city, Mandalay region, central Myanmar, on the Ayeyarwady River. Covering an area c.40 sq mi (100 sq km), it is one of the great archaeological…Anchorage
(Encyclopedia) Anchorage Anchorage ăngˈkərĭj [key], city (2020 pop. 291,247), Anchorage census div., S central Alaska, a port at the head of Cook Inlet; inc. 1920. It is…Ann, Cape
(Encyclopedia) Ann, Cape, NE Mass., N of Massachusetts Bay. It includes Gloucester and Rockport with their fishing fleets, resorts, and artists' colonies. The cape was the epicenter of the 1755…Trending
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