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José R. Ribeiro
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Proud husband and father. High school teacher (Chemistry-Physics). Variable star observer @AAVSO. Auroras. Researcher in Historical Seismology @SeismoSocietyAm.
Esposende, PORTUGAL
29 November 1406
M7.0 earthquake hit the Zangezur area, Syunik prov., Armenia, destroying the Vorotnavank and damaging the Tatev monasteries and killing thousands of people.
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In 1931, a deadly EQ hit near
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November 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
29 November 1114 at night
M6.5-7.7 earthquake along East Anatolian Fault (EAF) destroyed Kahramanmaras, SE Turkey, damage extending to Latakia. Thousands of deaths.
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In 2023, the tragedy happened again...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
29 November 1978 19:53 UT
Mw7.8 subduction earthquake at Middle America Trench hit the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico, killing nine people, most in Mexico City.
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A case of EQ "prediction":
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November 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
29 November 1975 14:48 UT
Mw7.7 Kalapana earthquake hit the Hawaii island (USA), triggering a destructive tsunami that killed two people. Felt in all the islands. Largest Hawaiian EQ in more than a century.
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doi.org/10.3133/b2006
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November 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
29 November 1998 14:11 UT
Mw7.7 earthquake hit offshore Taliabu is., North Maluku province (Indonesia), destroying houses and killing 41 people, both in Taliabu and Sulawesi. A 3-meter wave tsunami was formed.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
29 November 2007 19:00 UT
Mw7.4 intermediate-depth earthquake hit offshore Martinique, Caribbean, killing one person in Martinique and causing damage also in Barbados, St Lucia and St Vincent. Felt from Dominican Rep. to Venezuela.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
29 November 1887 13:30 UT
Mw6.4 #earthquake hit the region of Mascara, NW Algeria, destroying 80 houses and killing 20 people.
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It was worse in 1994.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
29 November 1918 10:41 UT
Mw6.2 earthquake hit the area of Ghazni, eastern Afghanistan, collapsing houses and killing many people. Not much is known about the EQ, partly due to political unrest: Third Anglo-Afghan War was coming.
doi.org/10.1785/gssr...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
29 November 1732 7:40 UT
Mw6.7 earthquake devastated the region of Irpinia, southern Italy, destroying many villages and killing 1942 people.
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Irpinia has been whipped by deadly EQs, the last one in 1980.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
28 November 2021 10:52 UT
Mw7.5 intermediate-depth earthquake near Barranca, Loreto depart., Northern Peru. Houses damaged even in Ecuador, one person killed. Felt as far as Colombia.
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e-newspaperarchives.ch
M7 intermediate-depth EQs common there
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November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
28 November 1836 2:30 UT
Mw7.5 earthquake at the Flores Thrust (Indonesia) triggered a tsunami and caused much damage and rockfalls in Bima (Sumbawa). Felt as far as Makassar (Sulawesi). Many aftershocks.
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delpher.nl
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
27 November 1945 21:57 UT (3:27 of 28th LT)
Mw8.2 earthquake at Makran Trench offshore Balochistan (Pakistan). A tsunami killed people as far as Bombay. Death toll maybe 300. A M9.0 EQ is also possible.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
27 November 1461 21:05 UT
Mw6.5 earthquake hit near L'Aquila, central Italy, destroying many buildings and killing at least 140 people. Months of aftershocks.
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Even worse in 1703.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
27 November 1979 17:11 UT
Mw7.2 Koli-Boniabad earthquake near Qaen, South Khorasan province, NE Iran, destroyed villages, killing 17 people. Part of a sequence lasting one month.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
27 November 1914 14:40 UT
Mw6.3 earthquake hit Lefkada, Ionian is. (Greece), destroying several villages and killing 23 people. Local tsunami. Felt throughout western Greece.
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Near the 1704 EQ epicenter.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
27 November 2005 10:22 UT
Mw5.0 earthquake at the island of Qeshm, southern Iran, Strait of Hormuz, destroying villages and killing 13 people. Also felt in UAE and Oman.
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Qeshm had other deadly EQs in the past
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November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
27 November 1886 8:05 UT
Mw6.0 earthquake hit the island of Chios (Greece) and Karaburun peninsula (Aegean Turkey), destroying houses and injuring people. Felt from the Lesbos to the Kos islands.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
26 November 1943 22:21 UT (1:21 of 27th LT)
Mw7.5 Ilgaz-Ladik earthquake in the North Anatolian Fault, Turkey, killed 4020 people. The 3rd in the sequence initiated by the 1939 EQ.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
26 November 1999 13:21 UT (0:21 of 27th LT)
Mw7.5 earthquake near Ambrym island, Vanuatu, caused the collapse of buildings and landslides in several islands, besides local tsunami. Death toll of 10 at least, in the Pentecost island.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
26 November 1920 11:38 UT
M5.2 earthquake at Pontevedra (Galicia, Spain) caused damage and panic near epicenter: people slightly injured. Felt in the whole Galicia and also in Asturias and northern Portugal.
casadasciencias.org/recurso/7321
biblioteca.galiciana.gal/gl/publicaci...
arquivo.cm-gaia.pt
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
26 November 1920 8:51 UT
Mw6.2 earthquake destroyed Tepelenë and surrounding villages, southern Albania, killing 200 people. Also felt in NW Greece.
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Other EQs near in 1930 and 1969.
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
26 November 1873 4:24 UT
Mw5.5 earthquake at Bagnères-de-Bigorre, southwestern France, near the Pyrenees, damaging buildings. Felt in south France and also in Spain, as far as Madrid.
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Much worse in 1660
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November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
26 November 1614 4:00 UT
M7.7 earthquake at Sea of Japan, offshore Central Honshu, Japan, generated a tsunami that killed many people. Felt in Tokyo.
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Another location, further from coast, was suggested
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November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
26 November 2019 2:54 UT
Mw6.4 earthquake hit Durrës and Thumanë, in the northwest of Albania, collapsing buldings and killing 51 people. Felt as far as Slovenia and northern Italy.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
26 November 1987 1:43 UT
Mw6.5 earthquake along Wetar Thrust hit northern coast of Pantar island, Alor archipelago, Indonesia, causing landslides and killing 83 people.
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At nearby Alor is. EQs are frequent
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November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM