Another Massive Earthquake

[mstangmom]

[edit] Earthquakes
Main article: List of earthquakes
Rank Death Toll Event Location Date
1. 830,000 1556 Shaanxi earthquake China 01556-01-23 January 23, 1556
2. 300,000 526 Antioch earthquake Antioch, Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) 00526-05 May 526
3. 255,000 1976 Tangshan earthquake China 01976-07-28 July 28, 1976
4. 234,117 1920 Haiyuan earthquake China 01920-12-16 December 16, 1920
5. 233,000 2010 Haiti earthquake Haiti 02010-01-12 January 12, 2010
6. 230,210 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Indonesia 02004-12-26 December 26, 2004
7. 230,000 1138 Aleppo earthquake Syria 01138-10-11 October 11, 1138
8. 200,000 856 Damghan earthquake Iran 00856-12-22 December 22, 856
9. 150,000 893 Ardabil earthquake Iran 00893-03-23 March 23, 893
10. 142,000 1923 Great Kanto earthquake Japan 01923-09-01 September 1, 1923


Largest earthquakes by magnitude
Pos. Date Location Article Magnitude
1 01960-05-22May 22, 1960 Valdivia, Chile 1960 Valdivia earthquake 9.5
2 02004-12-26December 26, 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake 9.3
3 01964-03-27March 27, 1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA 1964 Alaska earthquake 9.2
4 01952-11-04November 4, 1952 Kamchatka, USSR Kamchatka earthquakes 9.0 [1][2]
4 01868-08-13August 13, 1868 Arica, Chile 1868 Arica earthquake 9.0 [3]
4 01700-01-26January 26, 1700 Cascadia subduction zone, Canada and USA 1700 Cascadia earthquake 9.0
5 01833-11-25November 25, 1833 Sumatra, Indonesia 1833 Sumatra earthquake 8.8
5 02010-02-27February 27, 2010 Maule, Chile 2010 Chile earthquake 8.8
5 01906-01-31January 31, 1906 Ecuador–Colombia 8.8
6 01965-02-04February 4, 1965 Rat Islands, Alaska, USA 8.7
6 01755-11-01November 1, 1755 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal 1755 Lisbon earthquake 8.7 [4]
6 01730-07-08July 8, 1730 Valparaiso, Chile 8.7 [5]
7 02005-03-28March 28, 2005 Sumatra, Indonesia 8.6
7 01957-03-09March 9, 1957 Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake 8.6
7 01950-08-15August 15, 1950 Assam, India – Tibet, China 1950 Medog earthquake 8.6
8 01922-11-11November 11, 1922 Atacama Region, Chile 8.5 [6]
8 01575-12-16December 16, 1575 Valdivia, Kingdom of Chile 1575 Valdivia earthquake 8.5
8 02007-09-12September 12, 2007 Sumatra, Indonesia September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes 8.5

[mstangmom]

Floods and landslides
Main articles: Flood and Landslide
Rank Death Toll Event Location Date
1. 2,500,000–3,700,000[16] 1931 China floods China 1931
2. 900,000–2,000,000 1887 Yellow River (Huang He) flood China 1887
3. 500,000–700,000 1938 Yellow River (Huang He) flood China 1938
4. 231,000 Banqiao Dam failure, result of Typhoon Nina. Approximately 86,000 people died from flooding and another 145,000 died during subsequent disease. China 1975
5. 145,000 1935 Yangtze river flood China 1935
6. more than 100,000 St. Felix's Flood, storm surge Netherlands 1530
7. 100,000 Hanoi and Red River Delta flood North Vietnam 1971
7. 100,000 1911 Yangtze river flood China 1911
9. 50,000–80,000 St. Lucia's flood, storm surge Netherlands 1287
10. 60,000 North Sea flood, storm surge Netherlands 1212

[mstangmom]

Storms (non-cyclone)
Main article: Storm
Rank Death Toll Event Location Date
1. 15,100 Torrential rains and mudslides Venezuela 1999
2. 500 Lofoten, Heavy storm Norway 1849
3. ? 250 Great Lakes Storm of 1913 United States and Canada (Great Lakes region) 1913
4. 242 1996 Amarnath Yatra tragedy India 1996
5. 210 Trøndelag, storm ("Follastormen") Norway 1625
6. 189 Eyemouth, Scotland, storm ("Black Friday") United Kingdom 1881
7. 140 Trøndelag, storm ("Titran disaster") Norway 1899
8. 96 Lofoten, storm Norway 1868
9. 46 Columbus Day Storm United States 1962
10. 30 Haugesund, storm ("Røvær disaster") Norway 1899

[mstangmom]

[edit] Tornadoes
Main article: Tornado
Rank Death Toll Event Location Date
1. 1,300 The Saturia-Manikganj Sadar Tornado Manikganj, Bangladesh April 26, 1989
2. 923 1969 East Pakistan Tornado East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Bangladesh) 1969
3. 695 The Tri-State Tornado United States (Missouri–Illinois–Indiana) March 18, 1925
4. 681 1973 Dhaka Tornado Bangladesh 1973
5. 600 The Malta Tornado Malta 1551
6. 500 The Sicily Tornado Sicily, Two Sicilies (now Italy) 1851
6. 500 The Narail-Magura Tornadoes Jessore, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Bangladesh) 1964
6. 500 The Comoro Tornado Comoro 1951
9. 440 The Tangail Tornado Bangladesh 1996
10. 400 Ivanovo, Yaroslavl Tornado Soviet Union (now Russia) 1984

[mstangmom]

Tsunami
See also: Historic tsunami
Rank Death Toll Event Location Date
1. 295,600 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami Indian Ocean 2004
2. 100,000 1755 Lisbon earthquake/tsunami/fire Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Ireland, and the United Kingdom (Cornwall) 1755
3. 100,000 1908 Messina earthquake/tsunami Messina, Italy 1908
4. 36,000 Caused by 1883 eruption of Krakatoa Indonesia 1883
5. 30,000 Tōkaidō/Nankaido, Japan 1707
6. 27,000 Japan 1826
7. 25,674 1868 Arica earthquake/tsunami Arica, Chile 1868
8. 22,070 1896 Meiji-Sanriku earthquake Sanriku, Japan 1896
9. 15,030 1792 Mount Unzen eruption in southwest Kyūshū Kyūshū, Japan 1792

[mstangmom]

Could someone put up the top ten most powerful and the top ten that killed the most people?

It seems like the most powerful doesn't always come out to where the most lives are lost.

Does any of that answer your question Noreply??????????

[mstangmom]

FAQs - Common Myths about Earthquakes


Q: Why are we having so many earthquakes? Has earthquake activity been increasing? Does this mean a big one is going to hit? OR We haven't had any earthquakes in a long time; does this mean that the pressure is building up?

A: Although it may seem that we are having more earthquakes, earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have remained fairly constant throughout this century and, according to our records, have actually seemed to decrease in recent years.

There are several reasons for the perception that the number of earthquakes, in general, and particularly destructive earthquakes is increasing.

1) A partial explanation may lie in the fact that in the last twenty years, we have definitely had an increase in the number of earthquakes we have been able to locate each year. This is because of the tremendous increase in the number of seismograph stations in the world and the many improvements in global communications.

In 1931, there were about 350 stations operating in the world; today, there are more that 4,000 stations and the data now comes in rapidly from these stations by telex, computer and satellite. This increase in the number of stations and the more timely receipt of data has allowed us and other seismological centers to locate many small earthquakes which were undetected in earlier years, and we are able to locate earthquakes more rapidly.

The NEIC now locates about 12,000 to 14,000 earthquakes each year or approximately 50 per day. Also, because of the improvements in communications and the increased interest in natural disasters, the public now learns about more earthquakes. According to long-term records (since about 1900), we expect about 18 major earthquakes (7.0 - 7.9) and one great earthquake (8.0 or above) in any given year. However, let's take a look at what has happened in the past 32 years, from 1969 through 2001, so far. Our records show that 1992, and 1995-1997 were the only years that we have reached or exceeded the long-term average number of major earthquakes since 1971. In 1970 and in 1971 we had 20 and 19 major earthquakes, respectively, but in other years the total was in many cases well below the 18 per year which we may expect based on the long-term average.

2) The population at risk is increasing. While the number of large earthquakes is fairly constant, population density in earthquake-prone areas is constantly increasing. In some countries, the new construction that comes with population growth has better earthquake resistance; but in many it does not. So we are now seeing increasing casualties from the same sized earthquakes.

3) Better global communication. Just a few decades ago, if several hundred people were killed by an earthquake in Indonesia or eastern China, for example, the media in the rest of the world would not know about it until several days, to weeks, later, long after such an event would be deemed “newsworthy”. So by the time this information was available, it would probably be relegated to the back pages of the newspaper, if at all. And the public Internet didn't even exist. We are now getting this information almost immediately.

4) Earthquake clustering and human psychology. While the average number of large earthquakes per year is fairly constant, earthquakes occur in clusters. This is predicted by various statistical models, and does not imply that earthquakes that are distant in location, but close in time, are causally related. But when such clusters occur, especially when they are widely reported in the media, they are noticed. However, during the equally anomalous periods during which no destructive earthquakes occur, no one deems this as remarkable.

A temporal increase in earthquake activity does not mean that a large earthquake is about to happen. Similarly, quiescence, or the lack of seismicity, does not mean a large earthquake is going to happen. A temporary increase or decrease in the seismicity rate is usually just part of the natural variation in the seismicity. There is no way for us to know whether or not this time it will lead to a larger earthquake. Swarms of small events, especially in geothermal areas, are common, and moderate-large magnitude earthquakes will typically have an aftershock sequence that follows. All that is normal and expected earthquake activity.

Q: Can the ground open up during an earthquake?
A: Shallow crevasses can form during earthquake-induced landslides, lateral spreads, or other types of ground failures. Faults, however, do not open up during an earthquake. Movement occurs along the plane of a fault, not perpendicular to it. If faults opened up, no earthquake would occur because there would be no friction to lock them together

People can cause earthquakes.
PARTIALLY FACT: Earthquakes induced by human activity have been documented in a few locations in the United States, Japan, and Canada. The cause was injection of fluids into deep wells for waste disposal and secondary recovery of oil, and the filling of large reservoirs for water supplies. Most of these earthquakes were minor. Deep mining can cause small to moderate quakes and nuclear testing has caused small earthquakes in the immediate area surrounding the test site, but other human activities have not been shown to trigger subsequent earthquakes. Earthquakes are part of a global tectonic process that generally occurs well beyond the influence or control of humans. The focus (point of origin) of an earthquake is typically tens to hundreds of miles underground, and the scale and force necessary to produce earthquakes are well beyond our daily lives.

Earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings and their contents do.
FACT: The greatest risk in an earthquake is the severity of the shaking it causes to manmade and natural structures and the contents within these that may fail or fall and injure or kill people. There have been large earthquakes with very little damage because they caused little shaking and/or buildings were built to withstand that shaking. In other cases, smaller earthquakes have caused great shaking and/or buildings collapsed that were never designed or built to survive shaking. Much depends on two variables: geology and engineering. From place to place, there are great differences in the geology at and below the ground surface. Different kinds of geology will do different things in earthquakes. For example, shaking at a site with soft sediments can last 3 times as long as shaking at a stable bedrock site such as one composed of granite. Local soil conditions also play a role, as certain soils greatly amplify the shaking in an earthquake. Seismic waves travel at different speeds in different types of rocks. Passing from rock to soil, the waves slow down but get bigger. A soft, loose soil will shake more intensely than hard rock at the same distance from the same earthquake. The looser and thicker the soil is, the greater the energy movement will be. Fires are another major risk during earthquakes as gas lines may be damaged and particularly hazardous.

[kantuckyII]

True, earthquakes aren't becoming more numerous but...the large one's lately have been and they're clustered. As I have pointed out over and over, there have been a very large percentage of the largest earthquakes of the last 105 years during the last five years.

There were well over a a quarter of a million people killed by the earth quake just a few years ago..killed by Tidal Waves. Many have been killed by landslides caused by earthquakes. Saying that earth quakes don't kill people but falling buildings do is absolutely absurd. It's like saying guns don't kill people, bullets do. Or for that matter, maybe we shouldn't say that bullets kill people either, it's the bleeding that does. It just doesn't make sense.

[noreply66]

Could someone put up the top ten most powerful and the top ten that killed the most people?

It seems like the most powerful doesn't always come out to where the most lives are lost.

Does any of that answer your question Noreply??????????

Thanks that is a great help

So out of the top quakes with the magnitude of 8.5 to 9.5--[18] only the quake of 2004 with a magnitude of 9.3 ranks in the top ten for deaths-[230,210]--to me the worst quakes would be the ones with the most deaths not with the highest magnitude.

[mstangmom]

True, earthquakes aren't becoming more numerous but...the large one's lately have been and they're clustered. As I have pointed out over and over, there have been a very large percentage of the largest earthquakes of the last 105 years during the last five years.

There were well over a a quarter of a million people killed by the earth quake just a few years ago..killed by Tidal Waves. Many have been killed by landslides caused by earthquakes. Saying that earth quakes don't kill people but falling buildings do is absolutely absurd. It's like saying guns don't kill people, bullets do. Or for that matter, maybe we shouldn't say that bullets kill people either, it's the bleeding that does. It just doesn't make sense.

Not really Tuck, For starters strong quakes have happened all the time all over the world. we are just now getting (as in the last 20-30 years) getting the equipment out there all over the world to measure them. in fact I read where with the amount of quakes that happen a year it averages out to 35 quakes per DAY yet we only hear about the ones that happen in populated areas.
Why? because that is where the deaths are.
during quakes people run to the streets, why? because of building colapse.

Earthquakes in populated areas = death

BTW it's Guns don't kill people, people do. and thats a fact

[my2cents]

Mstgmom has been busy! Thanks for backing up what I have been trying to say to KII. The problem is, if you look at these events with a religious agenda, facts and figures don't mean anything. He is trying to make fact fit fiction, by trying to prove that the greatest quakes have come in the past decade, he can tie it in to the Jews returning to Israel and then say it is a sign of the last days (see original post).

Why are some people so keen on trying to predict the last days? My guess, and it's only a guess, is that they have spent their whole lives devoted to a belief and are hoping for proof that they were right before they die.

[mstangmom]

Some people spend so much time looking for the end that they miss the life right before their eyes.

Continually looking at the doom and gloom blocks out the beauty of world.

Do I believe in God? yes

Do I believe the world is coming to an end? Who knows, but I am not going to be sitting around wondering if everything that happens is going to be "2012"


Earthquakes have happened for many many years why all of a sudden should they "mean" the end of the world.
we can all stand, and depending on the strength of an earthquake fall on shakey ground, so long as nothing is around to falls/colapse (buildings, trees) on us other than the possiblity of a sprain or bruise we should be fine.
so long as we are not on the oceanfront when there is an eathquake that triggers a tsunami we will be fine.

Left alone the earth wold just go through cycles with natural earthquakes that would more than likely be as predictable as the seasons with human interaction (drilling and such) they become unpredictable.

[kantuckyII]

First of all, you're wrong mustangmom, they always knew when these strong earth quakes took place. The extra monitors only pick up the faint ones around the world that previously went undetected. All that you posted...doesn't pertain to what I was saying.

My2cents, I wasn't saying that there was a religious implication to these latest strong and tightly clustered large earthquakes other than to make one pause to think that there 'could be'. That was all. I DO know though that Israel has been reborn and that is for sure is something that points to the Second Coming. That is indisputable. Also, those who are not ready when Christ shouts and the Last Trumpet sounds will be left behind to face the most horrible times this world has ever faced.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

[mstangmom]

Funny your the only one who thinks it does not pertain to this conversation. MUST BE BECAUSE IT PROVES ALL YOUR THEORY WRONG.
so far it has proven everyones point but yours so of course you would disagree

BTW, guess the USGS and the NEIC are wrong cause thats where all MY FACTS came from.

[kantuckyII]

It did not prove anything. First, I simply pointed out how such a large % of strong earthquakes had occurred in the last few years. My statements were correct, you're also misunderstanding the intention. It was made to make people think, to be encouraged. Christians all look very forward to the rapture of the church, I know I sure do!

[mstangmom]

So what you are saying is that you don't facts about earthquakes, you only want people to see YOUR diluted perspective that because of the 2 most recent earthquakes the world is coming to an end and everyone needs to believe like you do so it won't happen.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM doesn't work that way

[kantuckyII]

I do know facts. What makes you spin, who knows? Anywho, I took a chart of the strongest earthquakes since 1900 on CNN's website and then posted that here.

[TheMalteseFalcon]

I dunno... but I'm in the process of building a huge fireproof ark and filling it with 82,000 cans of Beanie-Weenies and 8,000 gallons of water.............and my dog.

[kantuckyII]

After you eat those 82,000 cans of Beanie-Weenies, you better not allow any source of ignition within 100 yards of you! Poor dog!

[my2cents]

Might be wasting your time with an ark. The story, as I remember it, ended with a promise that there would not be another great flood. How ever, the beanie-weenies aren't a bad idea. I think they have a 100 year shelf life.

Mstgmom, you're arguing science with a person who thinks the Earth in 6,000 years old and dinosaurs walked with man.