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José R. Ribeiro

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Proud husband and father. High school teacher (Chemistry-Physics). Variable star observer @AAVSO. Auroras. Researcher in Historical Seismology @SeismoSocietyAm. Esposende, PORTUGAL

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · Feb 2

2 February 1816 1:15 UT
Mw8.6 earthquake at Gloria Fault, North Atlantic Ocean. Violently felt in Azores, Madeira, Iberian Pen. (14 Portuguese killed) and by many ships. Maybe the largest of AGFZ.
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...
en.wikipedia.org?curid=69084847
britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 39m

15 October 1883 15:30 UT
Mw6.7 earthquake hit Cesme (Turkey) and Chios (Greece), causing destruction and killing 120 people. Felt from Thira and Athens to the Dardanelles.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
newspapers.library.wales
Two years before, an even worse EQ.
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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 46m

15 October 1848 14:10 UT (1:40 of 16th LT)
M7.5 earthquake hit Marlborough district on the NE of South Island, NZ, causing great damage. Aftershock killed 3 people, the first known deaths in NZ's EQ history.
geonet.org.nz/earthquake/
doi.org/10.1177/8755...
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 3h

15 October 2006 17:08 UT
Mw6.7 earthquake followed by a Mw6.0 aftershock six minutes later hit the NW side of Hawaii island, USA. Felt in the entire archipelago, damaged more than 1000 buildings and caused minor injuries in people.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
nyshistoricnewspapers.org

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 10h

15 October 1911 8:52 UT
Mw4.6 earthquake in the eastern slope of the Etna (Sicily, Italy) severely hit Fondo Macchia and other villages, killing 13 people.
emidius.mi.ingv.it/ASMI/event/1...
nyshistoricnewspapers.org
Area previously hit in 1865 by a very similar EQ
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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 10h

15 October 1834 6:30 UT
Mw6.0 earthquake in the Érmellék area, NW Romania, near Hungarian border, collapsing buildings. Also felt in Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
imuseum.im anno.onb.ac.at/pdfs/ONB_vdv...
Mw5.4 EQ near in 1829
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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 10h

15 October 1997 1:04 UT (22:04 of 14th LT)
Mw7.1 subduction earthquake killed 8 people at the Punitaqui area, Coquimbo region, Chile, where M8 EQs hit in 1943 and 2015. Felt as far as Concepcion and Peru.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
doi.org/10.1016/S004...
cdnc.ucr.edu

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 12h

15 October 2013 0:13 UT
Mw7.2 earthquake, at a previously unmaped fault, devastated Bohol is., Philippines, killing 230 people and destroying 14,500 structures. Felt from Masbate to Mindanao.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
e-newspaperarchives.ch

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 1d

14 October 1816
Mw7.0 earthquake, the greatest in a 3-months sequence, hit Banda Neira and near, Banda Sea, Indonesia, severely damaging almost all buildings and killing several people.
emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en...
doi.org/10.1144/SP44...
Much bigger in 1852
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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 1d

14 October 1892 4:54 UT
Mw5.8 earthquake hit Isperich, northern Bulgaria, causing damage in a wide area. Felt in whole Bulgaria and in Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Serbia and Turkey.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
emidius.mi.ingv.it/RHISE/ii_19g...
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 1d

14 October 1968 2:59 UT
Mw6.5 earthquake struck Meckering, Southern Australia, causing lots of damage even in Perth and injuring more than 20 people. One of the most damaging Australian EQs.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
d28rz98at9flks.cloudfront.net/38/Bull_214....
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 1d

14 October 1709 0:00-2:00 UT
Mw7.5 earthquake hit Zhongwei, Ningxia, northern China, destroying thousands of buildings and killing >2000 people. Felt as far as Shandong.
ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/h...
doi.org/10.1002/2015...
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
Near in 1920
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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 2d

13 October 1877
Mw6.3 earthquake at the western end of North Anatolian Fault caused great destruction in Marmara island, Sea of Marmara, NW Turkey. Felt throughout the Turkish Thrace. Aftershocks until November.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
nature.com/articles/350...
newspapers.library.wales/view/

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 2d

13 October 1985 16:00 UT
Mw5.8 earthquake near Kairakum, northern Tajikistan, causing landslides, destroying hundred of buildings, killing at least 29 people and leaving 8000 homeless. Felt as far as Khorog.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
nyshistoricnewspapers.org
e-newspaperarchives.ch

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 2d

13 October 1815 13-15:00 UT
M7.7 earthquake offshore Hualien, eastern Taiwan, collapsed 243 houses and killed 113 people. Felt in the entire island and in Fujian (China).
earth.sinica.edu.tw/storage/Bull...
doi.org/10.1029/2008...
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
In 1951
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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 2d

13 October 1963 5:18 UT
Mw8.5 earthquake hit South Kurils (Russia) and Hokkaido (Japan), generating a tsunami through Pacific Ocean. One of the largest XX century EQs produced by the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
e-newspaperarchives.ch

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 2d

13 October 1993 2:06-3:07-5:51 UT
Mw6.9-6.5-6.0 earthquake triplet, at the border of the Australian and Pacific plates, hit Upper Markham Valley, Papua New Guinea, causing landslides and killing 60 people. Other big EQs on October 25.
cidbimena.desastres.hn/pdf/eng/doc8...
nyshistoricnewspapers.org

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 2d

13 October 1791 1:20 UT
Mw6.1 earthquake hit central Calabria, southern Italy, destroying houses among thirty villages and killing 15 people.
emidius.mi.ingv.it/ASMI/event/1...
thegazette.co.uk/London/issue...
The region was already struck eight years before by great EQs
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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 3d

12 October 1835 22:35 UT
Mw5.9 earthquake hit the region of Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy, destroying several villages and killing 115 people. Other deadly EQs in this area in 1184, 1767, 1854 and 1870.
emidius.mi.ingv.it/ASMI/event/1...
doi.org/10.4401/ag-3...
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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 3d

12 October 1769 18:00 UT
Mw5.8 earthquake hit Lefkada (Greece) and was felt in the other Ionian Is. and along the Gulf of Corinth. Caused the collapse of many houses and the death of 7 people. Along the Cephalonia-Lefkada Fault.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
emidius.mi.ingv.it/RHISE/ii_3ma...

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 3d

12 October 1992 13:10 UT
Mw5.8 earthquake hit Cairo (Egypt), causing great destruction and killing 552 people. Felt from Aswan to Tel Aviv. Deadly aftershock ten days later. The major EQ in Egypt since 1847.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
doi.org/10.1785/gssr...
nyshistoricnewspapers.org

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 3d

12 October 1851 6:00 UT
Mw6.8 earthquake at Vlorë, Albania, caused great destruction and killed at least 200 people. Local tsunami flooded coasts. Also felt in Apulia (Southen Italy).
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
researchgate.net/publication/...
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
newspapers.library.wales

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 3d

12 October 1885 4:30 UT (21:33 of 11th LT)
Mw7.0 earthquake struck the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, being destructive in Leon, Chinandega and Manágua. Six persons were killed.
doi.org/10.1785/BSSA...
doi.org/10.1130/0016...
sinabi.go.cr

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 3d

12 October 1724 2:05 UT
Mw7.0 earthquake at the North Atlantic Ocean, offshore Portugal, felt throughout the country and also on board ships very far from the coast.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
hemerotecadigital.cm-lisboa.pt/Periodicos/G...

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 3d

12 October 1856 0:45 UT
Mw7.7 earthquake along Hellenic Arc, hit near Crete (Greece), where it destroyed 20,000 houses. Severe damage also in Egypt. Death toll about 600. Felt from the Adriatic to Israel.
daveboore.com/pubs_online/...
doi.org/10.1785/0120...
newspapers.library.wales

José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 4d

11 October 1138 afternoon
M6.0-7.4 earthquake, at the northern end of Dead Sea Fault, devastated Atharib, NW Syria, killing at least 600 people, also causing great damage in Aleppo. Felt as far as Damascus. Months of aftershocks.
doi.org/10.1785/0220...
annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/an...