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2009 Event - A magnitude 7.0 quake strikes off the coast of Indonesia, setting off a tsunami alert which is then withdrawn

1989 Event - California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios

1989 Event - 6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax)

1975 Event - 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey

1975 Event - Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated

1973 Event - 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527

1971 Event - Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 64 and causes over $ B damage

1970 Birthday - John Carmack, born in Roeland Park, Kansas, game programmer, co-founder of id Software, lead programmer for computer games, 'Quake', 'Doom', 'Commander Keen' series

1970 Event - 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)

1968 Event - 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran

1967 Birthday - John Romero, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, game designer, programmer, co-founder of id Software, games include 'Dangerous Dave', 'Quake', Wolfenstein 3D'

1967 Event - Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage

1964 Event - Quake strikes Niigata Japan

1959 Event - 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park

1946 Event - Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo, Hawaii

1939 Event - Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey)

1935 Event - Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan

1929 Event - Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places

1899 Event - 2nd quake in 7 days (8.6) hits Yakutat Bay Alaska

1897 Event - Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll)

1891 Event - Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300

1875 Event - Quake in Venezuela and Colombia kills 16,000

1868 Event - Quake destroyes Arica, Chile

1783 Event - Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)

1755 Event - Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report













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