6 March 1740 5:40 UT
Mw5.6 earthquake hit the Garfagnana region, Lucca province, Tuscany, northern Italy, destroying houses and killing three people. Felt as far as Milan.
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Again in 1746, 1837 and 1920.
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6 March 1932 21:44 UT (4:44 of 7th LT)
Mw5.8 earthquake struck Kangding, Sichuan province, China, destroying many houses and killing 200 people. Not much is known about it.
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doi.org/10.1785/BSSA07
6 March 1895 8:35 UT
M7.3-7.5 earthquake struck the Trobriand islands, Papua New Guinea, producing a tsunami that killed at least 30 people. Puzzling event, as no other EQs of that size ever happened nearby.
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6 March 1719 7:00 UT
M6.8-7.6 destructive earthquake, subduction or maybe upper crustal, killed 7 people in San Salvador (El Salvador) and more in other towns. Occurrence of foreshocks reduced casualities.
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6 March 1719 5:30 UT
Damaging earthquake hit Portimão, Algarve (southern Portugal), killing three people. Felt at Lisbon, too. Uncertain epicenter. Magnitude estimates from 4.8 to 7.0.
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thegazette.co.uk
6 March 1987 4:11 UT (23:11 of 5th LT)
Mw7.2 earthquake, with a M6.4 foreshock, hit Napo province, Ecuador, near Colombia. Landslides killed 1000 people plus 4000 missing and 20,000 homeless. Also felt in Peru.
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6 March 2007 3:50-5:49 UT
Mw6.4-6.3 earthquake doublet partially ruptured Sumani and Sianok segments of Sumatran Fault, Indonesia, killing 67 people. Felt as far as Malaysia. Other doublets: 1822, 1926, 1943.
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doi.org/10.1785/0120...
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5 March 1823 16:37 UT
Mw5.8 earthquake and tsunami hit the northern coast of Sicily (Italy), already affected in 1818 and 1819, causing the death of 22 people, 19 in Palermo. Felt in the entire island.
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gallica.bnf.fr
5 March 1842 16:00 UT
Mw7.2 earthquake near the Uttarakhand (India) / Nepal border, causing minor damage as far as 230 km away. Felt as far as Delhi.
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The Association Between Exposure to Blue Spaces and Multidimensional Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
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4 March 2021 19:29 UT (8:29 of 5th LT)
Mw8.1 earthquake at the Kermandec-Tonga subduction, with a M7.4 foreshock 2h before, caused damage and landslides in Raoul is. (Kermandec) and a tsunami. Previous M8 EQs near in 1917 and 1976.
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4 March 1977 19:22 UT
Mw7.5 intermediate-depth Vrancea earthquake devastated Romania. Felt as far as Saint Petersburg, killed 1700 people, even in Bulgaria and Moldova. More Vrancea M7: 1790, 1802, 1829, 1838, 1894, 1940, 1986, 1990.
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4 March 1751 14:00 UT
Mw7.3 earthquake hit Comalapa and Antigua, the former capital of Guatemala, collapsing churches and many buildings.
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Much worse EQ in 1773
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4 March 1881 12:15 UT
Disastrous but just Mw4.1 earthquake killed 127 people at Casamicciola, in the north of the island of Ischia, Italy, near Naples. The area was hit by similar EQs in 1828, 1883 and 2017.
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doi.org/10.3389/fear...
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4 March 1924 10:08 UT
M7.0 earthquake at the Costa Rica Pacific coast, with M6.5 aftershock 96 minutes later. Landslides and heavy damage near Orotina, killing more than 70 people. Also felt in Nicaragua and Panama.
doi.org/10.1111/j.13...
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4 March 1952 1:23 UT
Mw8.1 earthquake and tsunami off Tokachi region, Hokkaido (Japan), causing massive destruction and killing 33 people. In the XVII century and in 2003, other M8 EQ.
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doi.org/10.1785/0120...
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3 March 1985 22:47 UT
Mw8.0 earthquake offshore Valparaíso, central Chile, causing 177 deaths and heavy damage. Big aftershocks in the next days. But a larger tsunamigenic EQ is still possible in that area...
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3 March 2002 12:08 UT
Mw7.4 deep earthquake at Badakhshan province, NE Afghanistan, caused landslides, killing 166 people. Also damaging in Pakistan, felt as far as Kazakhstan. Similar EQs in 1983 and 2015.
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cdnc.ucr.edu
3 March 1373 2:00 UT
Mw6.0 earthquake hit the region of Ribagorça, Catalonia, Spain, causing much damage and a number of casualties. Also felt throughout southern France. Followed by months of aftershocks.
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2 March 1893 22:51 UT (2:30 of 3rd LT)
M7.1 earthquake along the East Anatolian Fault struck south of Malatya, southeastern Turkey, killing 885 people. Part of the 1866-1905 EQ cluster.
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gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/
2 March 1933 17:31 UT (2:31 of 3rd LT)
Mw8.4 earthquake and tsunami hit the coast of Sanriku, northeastern Honshu (Japan), like in 869, 1611, 1896 and 2011. Casualties (3000 killed) mostly due to tsunami.
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trove.nla.gov.au
2 March 1825 10:10 UT
Mw7.0 earthquake destroyed Blida (northern Algeria), killing 7000 people, one of the Algeria's deadliest natural disasters.
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The area was hit again in 1867
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2 March 1878 6:40 UT
Mw6.8 earthquake at Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northern Pakistan. Damaging in the epicentral area and in Punjab, felt as far as Mussorie, India. Three people killed in Lahore.
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doi.org/10.1111/j.13...
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1 March 1354 17:00 UT
Mw7.1 earthquake at the Dardanelles, NW Turkey, destroyed Gallipoli and other towns, causing great loss of life along northern side of Sea of Marmara. Area hit again in 1659 and 1766.
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1 March 1941 3:53 UT
Mw6.2 earthquake near Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, destroyed hundreds of houses and killed 40 people. Felt throughout central Greece, the EQ aggravated the effects of the WWII aerial bombings.
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doi.org/10.1111/j.13...
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1 March 1925 2:19 UT (21:19 of Feb. 28 LT)
Mw6.3 earthquake hit Charlevoix, Saint Lawrence Valley, Quebec, Canada, damaging many buildings. Six people killed (heart attacks). Felt as far as Florida and Chicago.
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doi.org/10.1785/gssr...
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
1 March 1955 1:46 UT (22:46 LT of 28th Feb.)
M6.1 earthquake at South Atlantic Ocean, offshore Espírito Santo, Brazil, causing little damage but much panic. Felt also in Rio de Janeiro and Bahia.
One of the largest Brazilian EQs
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29 February 1960 23:40 UT
M5.7 earthquake razed Agadir, Morocco, killing 12,000 people, 40% of its population. Once again construction methods are to blame. Tragedy chocked the world.
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casacomum.org
29 February 1944 16:28 UT
Mw7.4 earthquake at the Indian Ocean, offshore Maldives. Also widely felt in Sri Lanka and through southern India. No damage, due to distance from epicenter.
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