Ten Biggest Earthquakes since 1900

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February 28, 2010

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110 years in seismic-geological history is almost nothing. A blink of an eye as it were. See the CNN Listing of Ten Biggest Earthquakes since 1900

You will notice that California isn't even on the list. Those in the Aleutian Islands are of significant concern to West Coast states due to their proximity and the chances for a tsunami to impact mainland USA.

If they had gone back several hundred years the New Madrid fault and Cascadia subduction fault (1700) would have shown up on the list.

Thanks to Bill Cumming for sharing the link!

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