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Today in Earthquake History

Today's Earthquake Fact:
Transform faults are found where plates slide past one another. The San Andreas fault, along the coast of California and northwestern Mexico, is an example of a transform-fault plate boundary. Earthquakes at transform faults tend to occur at shallow depths and form fairly straight linear patterns.

August   27

Note: All earthquake dates are UTC, not local time.


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1904 Fairbanks, Alaska

Epicenter
7.3 One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States.
1931 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma   Edward Flinn born.
1984 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia

Epicenter
5.2 One hundred twenty-three people injured and 405 buildings damaged in the Tarutung area. Felt at Kuala Lumpur and Pinang, Malaysia.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1984.

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