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APPENDIX 23
MAJOR WORLD EARTHQUAKES: 1900-2004
Moon - Sun Finance
Appendix for the paper The
Number 56 & Earthquake/Volcanic Cycles
Kazuya
Fujita of the Michigan State University presented a listing of 45
biggest earthquakes occurring around the world between 1900 to 2004. Of this total
figure 15 happened within the 8.5 months to August 22 of those 9/56 years in
Table B this appendix (significant p < .01).
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Table
A MAGNITUDES OF THE LARGEST EVENTS: 1900 -
2004
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Rank |
Date |
Location |
Mw |
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1a |
1960.05.22 |
Chile Mainshock (a) |
9.6 |
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1b |
1960.05.22 |
Chile "Precursor" (a) |
9.5 |
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2 |
1964.03.28 |
Prince William Sound, Alaska |
9.2 |
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1c |
1960.05.22 |
Chile "Afterslip"(a) |
9 |
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3 |
2004.12.26 |
Northern Sumatra |
9 |
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4 |
1952.11.04 |
Kamchatka |
9 |
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5 |
1965.02.04 |
Aleutian Islands |
8.7 |
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6 |
1950.08.15 |
Assam, India |
8.7 |
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7 |
1933.03.02 |
Sanriku, Japan |
8.6 |
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8 |
1957.03.09 |
Aleutian Islands |
8.6 |
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9 |
1906.01.31 |
Ecuador-Colombia |
8.6 |
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10 |
1963.10.13 |
Etorofu, Kurile Islands |
8.5 |
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11 |
1938.02.01 |
Banda Sea |
8.5 |
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12 |
1906.08.17 |
Valparaiso, Chile |
8.5 |
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13 |
1923.02.03 |
Kamchatka |
8.5 |
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14 |
2001.06.23 |
Near coast of Peru |
8.4 |
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15 |
1958.11.06 |
Etorofu, Kurile Islands |
8.4 |
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16 |
1922.11.11 |
Atacama, Chile |
8.4 |
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17 |
1952.03.04 |
Tokachi-oki, Japan |
8.4 |
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18 |
1977.08.19 |
Sumbawa, Indonesia |
8.3 |
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19 |
2003.09.25 |
Hokkaido, Japan |
8.3 |
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20 |
1924.06.26 |
Macquarie Ridge |
8.3 |
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21 |
1920.12.16 |
Kansu, China |
8.3 |
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22 |
1994.10.04 |
Etorofu, Kuriles |
8.3 |
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23 |
1905.07.09 |
Mongolia |
8.3 |
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24 |
1905.07.23 |
Mongolia |
8.3 |
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25 |
1946.04.01 |
Aleutian Islands |
8.3 |
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26 |
1979.12.12 |
Colombia-Ecuador |
8.3 |
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27 |
1923.09.01 |
Kanto (Tokyo), Japan |
8.3 |
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28 |
1968.05.16 |
Tokachi-oki, Japan |
8.3 |
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29 |
1938.11.10 |
Alaska |
8.3 |
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30 |
1919.04.30 |
Tonga |
8.3 |
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31 |
1994.06.09 |
Bolivia |
8.3 |
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32 |
1950.12.09 |
Argentina |
8.3 |
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33 |
1959.05.04 |
Kamchatka |
8.2 |
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34 |
1940.05.24 |
Peru |
8.2 |
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35 |
1918.08.15 |
Mindanao, Philippines |
8.2 |
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36 |
1996.02.18 |
West Irian, Indonesia |
8.2 |
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37 |
1989.05.23 |
Macquarie Ridge |
8.2 |
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38 |
1949.08.22 |
Queen Charlotte Island |
8.2 |
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39 |
1928.06.17 |
Oaxaca, Mexico |
8.2 |
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40 |
1918.09.07 |
Urup, Kurile Islands |
8.2 |
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41 |
1969.08.11 |
Shikotan, Kurile Islands |
8.2 |
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42 |
1960.05.21 |
Chile Foreshock |
8.2 |
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43 |
1966.10.17 |
Northern Peru |
8.2 |
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44 |
1970.07.31 |
Columbia |
8.2 |
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45 |
1924.04.14 |
Philippines |
8.2 |
(a)
Taken as one event.
Years in bold contained major
worldwide
earthquakes in the 8.5 months ending August 22 of those years in
Table B.
Source: Kazuya
Fujita |
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Table B
MAJOR WORLD EARTHQUAKES & 9/56 YEAR CYCLES:
1900 - 2005
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Sq
52 |
Sq
05 |
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Sq
32 |
Sq
41 |
Sq
50 |
Sq
03 |
Sq
12 |
Sq
21 |
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1904 |
1913
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1922 |
1931
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1940
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1949
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1906
** |
1915 |
1924
** |
1933
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1942 |
1951 |
1960
** |
1969
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1978 |
1987
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1996
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2005 |
| 1962 |
1971 |
1980 |
1989
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1998 |
2007 |
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The
56 year sequences are separated by an interval of 9 years.
Years in bold contained major
worldwide earthquakes in the 8.5 months ending
August 22 of those years in the
table.
Source of Raw Data: Kazuya
Fujita
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