Another Major Earthquake

In my post of January 19, 2010, in the aftermath of the Port-au-Prince 7.0 earthquake I posted a blog entry with a chart that I constructed of major earthquakes and the devastation that they caused.

It seems appropriate to amend that list with the latest quake information on the 8.8 earthquake outside Concepcion Chile on 2/27/2010.

LOCATION DATE MAG. DAMAGE

Lituya Bay, Alaska 7/9/1958 NA Tsunami 1720 ft.

Upper Egypt 7/5/1201 NA 1,100,000 killed

Offshore Chile 5/22/1960 9.5 1655 killed

Anchorage, Alaska 3/27/1964 9.2 9 killed

Andreanof Islands,

Alaska 3/9/1957 9.1

Kamchatka,USSR 11/4/1952 9 no deaths

Offshore Sumatra,

Indonesia 12/26/2004 9.1 227,898 killed

Offshore Equador 1/31/1906 8.8 500-1500 killed

Concepcion, Chile 2/27/2010 8.8 700+ so far

Rat Islands, Alaska 2/4/1965 8.7 none reported

Northern Sumatra,

Indonesia 3/28/2005 8.7 1300 killed

Lisbon, Portugal 11/1/1755 8.6 60,000 killed

India/China Border

Tibet 8/15/1950 8.6 780 killed

Alaska 1957 8.6 none reported

Kamchatka,USSR 2/3/1923 8.5

South Sumatra 2007 8.5 21 killed

Kansu, China 12/16/1920 8.5 200,000 killed

Offshore Samoa 9/29/2009 8.3 34? killed

San Francisco,

California 4/18/1906 8.3 700 killed

Tokyo-Yokohama,

Japan 9/1/1923 8.3 143,000 killed

Mexico City, Mexico 9/19/1985 8.1 9,500 killed

Tangshan, China 7/27/1976 8 255,000 killed

Chile 3/3/1985 8

Chile 7/30/1995 8

BengKulu, Indonesia 6/4/2000 7.9 N/A

India/Pakistan

Border 1/26/2001 7.9 20,000+ killed

Gölcük, Turkey 8/17/1999 7.6 17,000 killed

Nantou, Taiwan 9/20/1999 7.6 1,800 killed

New Britain, PNG 11/16/2000 7.3 N/A

Loma Prieta,

California 10/17/1989 7 62 killed

Port-au-Prince,

Haiti 1/11/2010 7 200,000+ est.

Armenia, USSR 12/7/1988 6.8 25,000 killed

Northridge,

California 1/17/1994 6.8 60 killed

Kobe, Japan 1/16/1995 6.8 5,530 killed

Managua, Nicaragua 12/23/1972 6.2 9,800 killed

Agadir, Morocco 1/13/1960 5.9 12,500 killed

I can only reiterate the same comments as I made in my prior blog on this subject: that there is much that can be done in the name of humanity to improve responsiveness to natural disasters such as this. Please read my prior blog on this subject. Comments appreciated.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Suggests Approach to Make Joseph Priestley House a National Historic Site

In a correspondence received on February 16, 2010, from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as a response to my correspondence about the Joseph Priestley House, Reid has suggested that parties interested in having the Joseph Priestley House and Museum considered as a National Historic Site within the National Park Service contact the Senators within whose district the site is located. In this case, interested parties should contact Senators Casey and Specter of Pennsylvania. He has also forwarded my correspondence to the two Senators.

I include the addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of the two Senators below:

Senator Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-PA)

393 Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20510

Phone: (202) 224-6324

Toll Free: (866) 802-2833

Fax: (202) 228-0604

http://casey.senate.gov/

Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA)

711 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington , DC 20510

Main: 202-224-4254

Fax: 202-228-1229

http://specter.senate.gov/public/