[情報] 史上最大規模地震排行 - 地球科學討論

※ 引述《Tectonics (Coastal Range)》之銘言：
: 美國地質調查局(USGS)更新資料：
: 南亞地震規模修改為芮氏規模9.0
: http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/10maps_world.html

這裡是這些強震的敘述：
Ten strongest quakes of 20th and 21st centuries
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6759188

May 22, 1960 -- Chile
An earthquake measuring 9.5 struck Santiago and
Concepcion, triggering tidal waves and volcanic
eruptions. Some 5,000 people were killed and
2 million made homeless.

March 28, 1964 -- Alaska
An earthquake and ensuing tsunami claimed 125
lives and caused about $311 million in property loss.
The quake, measuring 9.2, was felt over a large
area of Alaska and in parts of western Yukon Territory
and British Columbia, Canada.

March 9, 1957 -- Alaska
An earthquake measuring 9.1 hit the Andreanof Islands.
On Umnak Island, Mount Vsevidof erupted after being
dormant for 200 years, generating a 15-meter high tsunami
that continued to Hawaii.

Dec 26, 2004 -- Indonesia
A quake measuring 9.0 struck the coast of Aceh province
on the northern Indonesian island of Sumatra and triggered
a tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people in
Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, India and elsewhere in Asia.

Nov 4, 1952 -- Russia
An earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 generated a tsunami
which struck the Hawaiian islands. No lives were lost.

Jan 31, 1906 -- Ecuador
An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 struck near the
coast of Ecuador and Colombia, generating a strong
tsunami that killed up to 1,000. It was felt all along
the coast of Central America and as far north as
San Francisco and west to Japan.

Feb 4, 1965 -- Alaska
Measuring 8.7, the quake generated a tsunami reported to
be about 10.7 metres high on Shemya Island.

Aug 15, 1950 -- Tibet/India
Two thousand homes, temples and mosques were destroyed in
a quake measuring 8.6. Hardest hit was the Brahmaputra Basin
in northeast India. At least 1,500 people were killed.

Feb 3, 1923 -- Russia
Kamchatka was struck by a quake with a magnitude of 8.5.

Feb 1, 1938 -- Indonesia
An 8.5 magnitude earthquake in the Banda Sea generated
tsunamis causing great damage on Banda and Kai, volcanic
islands in eastern Indonesia.


Source: Reuters/U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake
Web site -http:/earthquake.usgs.gov/

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