José R. Ribeiro
@joserodribeiro
Proud husband and father. High school teacher Chemistry-Physics. Variable star observer @AAVSO. Research in Historical Seismology @SeismoSocietyAm and Auroras.
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11 September 1921 4:02 UT Mw7.6 intraplate #earthquake off southern coast of Java, Indonesia, triggering a small #tsunami. Felt from southern Sumatra to Sumbawa. Damage, no casualties. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev… doi.org/10.1111/j.1365… doi.org/10.1029/JB092i… eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/
11 September 1275 7:00-9:00 UT Mw5.1 #earthquake hit near Glastonbury, Somerset, SW England, UK. Widely felt in south England, including London. Sources tell of destruction and deaths. emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/12… earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/historical/dat… sisfrance.net/seismes/detail… books.googleusercontent.com
11 September 1927 22:16 UT Mw6.7 #earthquake offshore Crimea preceded in June by a M6 foreshock. Houses collapsed killing 60 people and leaving 10,000 homeless. Felt as far as Kiev and Odessa. Small #tsunami. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev… agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
12 September 1979 5:18 UT M7.9 #earthquake at Sorong Fault hit Yapen is., New Guinea (Indonesia). EQ and #tsunami killed 115 people. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev… link.springer.com/article/10.100… ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/haz… nyshistoricnewspapers.org Other EQ near in 1914. 👇 x.com/JoseRodRibeiro…
12 September 2007 11:10-23:49 UT Mw8.4-7.9 #earthquake doublet off Bengkulu, South Sumatra, ruptured part of Sunda megathrust that produced the 2004 EQ. Small #tsunami. Death toll 25. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev… earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev… doi.org/10.1007/s00024… nyshistoricnewspapers.org
12 September 1946 15:17-15:20 UT Two #earthquakes Mw7.3 and Mw7.7, separated by just three minutes, ruptured parts of Sagaing Fault, in the Tagaung region, northern Myanmar. Little is known about the effects. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Saga… researchgate.net/publication/27… chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
13 September 1924 14:34 UT Mw6.9 #earthquake at Korasan fault hit Pasinler, Erzurum prov., Eastern Turkey, ruining 60 villages and killing 161 people. Also felt in Armenia and Georgia. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev… doi.org/10.1002/eqe.42… link.springer.com/article/10.100… nyshistoricnewspapers.org
13 September 1692 15:00 UT M7.0 #earthquake hit Salta prov. (NW Argentina), destroying Talavera del Esteco and killing 11 people. emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en=1… contenidos.inpres.gob.ar/sismologia/his… Salta suffered much less due to a "miracle". turismo.perfil.com/8093-salta-ven… Other EQs in 1844, 1930 and 1948.
13 September 1986 17:25 UT Mw6.0 #earthquake struck Kalamata, Southern Peloponnese (Greece), destroying 1500 buildings and killing 20 people. Felt as far as Lefkada, Athens and Crete. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev… annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/anna… nyshistoricnewspapers.org trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/