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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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27 October 1913 4:29 UT Mw4.9 #earthquake located northeast of Famalicão, NW Portugal, awakened many people from Coimbra to Santiago de Compostela (Galicia). casadasciencias.org/recurso/7321 arquivo.cm-estarreja.pt biblioteca.galiciana.gal/es/ Larger EQ near in 1948 👇 x.com/JoseRodRibeiro…

27 October 1913 4:29 UT
Mw4.9 #earthquake located northeast of Famalicão, NW Portugal, awakened many people from Coimbra to Santiago de Compostela (Galicia).
casadasciencias.org/recurso/7321
arquivo.cm-estarreja.pt
biblioteca.galiciana.gal/es/
Larger EQ near in 1948
👇
x.com/JoseRodRibeiro…
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27 October 1849 7:00 UT Mw7.4 #earthquake near Estelí, northern Nicaragua, causing damage in the epicentral area and at León. Also widely felt in Honduras and El Salvador. Subduction? emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en=1… doi.org/10.1785/BSSA06… doi.org/10.1785/BSSA07… chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn8304578…

27 October 1849 7:00 UT
Mw7.4 #earthquake near Estelí, northern Nicaragua, causing damage in the epicentral area and at León. Also widely felt in Honduras and El Salvador. Subduction?
emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en=1…
doi.org/10.1785/BSSA06…
doi.org/10.1785/BSSA07…
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn8304578…
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27 October 1806 12:40 UT Mw5.2-5.3 #earthquake struck Pinos Puente, province of Granada, Andalucia, southern Spain, causing destruction and killing 13 people. A M6 EQ hit near in 1431. emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/18… ign.es/web/ign/portal… chroniclingamerica.loc.gov plair.univ-rouen.fr/plair/jdr/

27 October 1806 12:40 UT
Mw5.2-5.3 #earthquake struck Pinos Puente, province of Granada, Andalucia, southern Spain, causing destruction and killing 13 people. A M6 EQ hit near in 1431.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/18…
ign.es/web/ign/portal…
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
plair.univ-rouen.fr/plair/jdr/
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27 October 1894 19:30 UT M7.5-8.0 #earthquake devastated San Juan, Argentina, killing 60 people. Strongly felt in Mendoza and slightly in Cordoba and Buenos Aires. An even worse EQ destroyed the city in 1944. emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en=1… sismo.conicet.gov.ar/investigadores/ nyshistoricnewspapers.org

27 October 1894 19:30 UT
M7.5-8.0 #earthquake devastated San Juan, Argentina, killing 60 people. Strongly felt in Mendoza and slightly in Cordoba and Buenos Aires. An even worse EQ destroyed the city in 1944.
emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en=1…
sismo.conicet.gov.ar/investigadores/
nyshistoricnewspapers.org
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27 October 1891 21:38 UT (6:38 UT of 28th LT) Mw7.5 Mino-Owari or Nobi #earthquake hit Gifu pref., central Honshu (Japan), killing 7269 people. The largest recorded EQ in inland Japan. emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en=1… iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R1000000… doi.org/10.2307/1775216 nyshistoricnewspapers.org

27 October 1891 21:38 UT (6:38 UT of 28th LT)
Mw7.5 Mino-Owari or Nobi #earthquake hit Gifu pref., central Honshu (Japan), killing 7269 people. The largest recorded EQ in inland Japan.
emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en=1…
iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R1000000…
doi.org/10.2307/1775216
nyshistoricnewspapers.org
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Insider Paper 🚨Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Bears Down on Jamaica, Threatening Catastrophic Mass Destruction: Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a monstrous Category 5 storm, setting a perilous course toward Jamaica and raising fears of unprecedented destruction across the island.

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28 October 1707 4:00 UT Mw8.4-8.7 Hoei #earthquake offshore Kii pen., Honshu (Japan) ruptured the Nankai Trough and triggered a devastating #tsunami. Death toll surpassed 5000. Felt in the most part of Japan. doi.org/10.4401/ag-3305 cais.gsi.go.jp/KAIHOU/report/… dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dat/nenpo/no48…

28 October 1707 4:00 UT
Mw8.4-8.7 Hoei #earthquake offshore Kii pen., Honshu (Japan) ruptured the Nankai Trough and triggered a devastating #tsunami. Death toll surpassed 5000. Felt in the most part of Japan.
doi.org/10.4401/ag-3305
cais.gsi.go.jp/KAIHOU/report/…
dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dat/nenpo/no48…
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28 October 1983 14:06 UT Mw6.9 #earthquake hit the area of Borah Peak, Southern Idaho (Idaho's largest EQ), causing lots of damage and killing two school children. Felt in 7 states and in parts of Canada. One year of aftershocks. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev… nyshistoricnewspapers.org

28 October 1983 14:06 UT
Mw6.9 #earthquake hit the area of Borah Peak, Southern Idaho (Idaho's largest EQ), causing lots of damage and killing two school children. Felt in 7 states and in parts of Canada. One year of aftershocks.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…
nyshistoricnewspapers.org
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28-29 October 2008 23:10-11:33 UT Mw6.4-6.4 #earthquake doublet hit Ziarat, near Quetta, Balochistan, SW Pakistan, destroying hundreds of mud houses, killing 215 people. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev… lavanguardia.com/hemeroteca A devastating EQ happened in 1935 👇 x.com/JoseRodRibeiro…

28-29 October 2008 23:10-11:33 UT
Mw6.4-6.4 #earthquake doublet hit Ziarat, near Quetta, Balochistan, SW Pakistan, destroying hundreds of mud houses, killing 215 people.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…
lavanguardia.com/hemeroteca
A devastating EQ happened in 1935
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x.com/JoseRodRibeiro…
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29 October 2019 1:05 UT Mw6.6 #earthquake, largest in a 15-day sequence (with also Mw6.4 and Mw6.5), hit Cotabato province, Mindanao, Philippines, causing landslides, destroying houses and killing 40 people. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Cota… manilastandard.net/dailypdf

29 October 2019 1:05 UT
Mw6.6 #earthquake, largest in a 15-day sequence (with also Mw6.4 and Mw6.5), hit Cotabato province, Mindanao, Philippines, causing landslides, destroying houses and killing 40 people.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Cota…
manilastandard.net/dailypdf
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29 October 1976 2:51 UT Mw7.1 #earthquake hit Jayapura Mts., New Guinea (Indonesia), causing landslides and killing 133 people. ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/haz… trove.nla.gov.au Another M7.1 near, four months before, but with much worse consequences... 👇 x.com/JoseRodRibeiro…

29 October 1976 2:51 UT
Mw7.1 #earthquake hit Jayapura Mts., New Guinea (Indonesia), causing landslides and killing 133 people.
ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/haz…
trove.nla.gov.au
Another M7.1 near, four months before, but with much worse consequences...
👇
x.com/JoseRodRibeiro…
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29 October 1746 3:30 UT (22:30 of 28th LT) Mw8.6-8.8 #earthquake ruptured 350 km of the Peru-Chile Trench, destroying Callao and Lima and generating a #tsunami. Death toll reached 6000. Also felt in Ecuador. repositorio.igp.gob.pe/handle/20.500.… doi.org/10.1785/BSSA08… babel.hathitrust.org

29 October 1746 3:30 UT (22:30 of 28th LT)
Mw8.6-8.8 #earthquake ruptured 350 km of the Peru-Chile Trench, destroying Callao and Lima and generating a #tsunami. Death toll reached 6000. Also felt in Ecuador.
repositorio.igp.gob.pe/handle/20.500.…
doi.org/10.1785/BSSA08…
babel.hathitrust.org
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29 October 1900 9:11 UT Mw7.5 #earthquake, located offshore, struck northern Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, caused landslides and destroyed buildings, killing 25 to 140 people, namely in Miranda state. repositorio.cuc.edu.co/handle/11323/6… researchgate.net/publication/32… nyshistoricnewspapers.org

29 October 1900 9:11 UT
Mw7.5 #earthquake, located offshore, struck northern Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, caused landslides and destroyed buildings, killing 25 to 140 people, namely in Miranda state.
repositorio.cuc.edu.co/handle/11323/6…
researchgate.net/publication/32…
nyshistoricnewspapers.org
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29 October 1725 17:40 UT Mw5.7 #earthquake at the border of the Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany regions, Italy, collapsed buildings in several towns, killing a number of people at Marradi. Also felt at Florence and Bologna. emidius.mi.ingv.it/ASMI/event/172… gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb3…

29 October 1725 17:40 UT
Mw5.7 #earthquake at the border of the Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany regions, Italy, collapsed buildings in several towns, killing a number of people at Marradi. Also felt at Florence and Bologna.
emidius.mi.ingv.it/ASMI/event/172…
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb3…
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29 October 1989 19:09-19:22 UT Mw6.0-5.6 #earthquake doublet hit the region of Cherchell-Tipaza, in northern Algeria, causing landslides and killing 35 people. Felt as far as the Balearic Islands, Spain. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev… doi.org/10.1111/j.1365… nyshistoricnewspapers.org

29 October 1989 19:09-19:22 UT
Mw6.0-5.6 #earthquake doublet hit the region of Cherchell-Tipaza, in northern Algeria, causing landslides and killing 35 people. Felt as far as the Balearic Islands, Spain.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…
doi.org/10.1111/j.1365…
nyshistoricnewspapers.org