In the Nyingchi-Qamdo-Zhamo (Rima, Zayu) region of eastern Tibet, at least 780 people were killed and several structures were destroyed. Large landslides, ground fractures, and sand blasts happened nearby. Yedong, a settlement in the Medog region, washed away when it sank into the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) River. Lhasa, as well as the Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan, felt the earthquake.

Additionally, the hills surrounding the Sibsagar-Sadiya region of Assam, India, sustained severe damage (X). In the Abor Hills, almost 70 settlements were destroyed, largely by landslides. The Subansiri River was blocked by huge landslides. A 7 m (23 ft) high tsunami that was caused by the natural dam breaking eight days later swamped many communities and claimed the lives of 536 people.

Damage from earthquakes is not typically covered by homeowner's insurance. Check the price of earthquake insurance in places like California, Seattle, Oklahoma, and other states.

Every day, earthquakes take place all around the planet.

While some of the earthquakes are not felt by us and can only be detected by seismogram recordings, others are felt but can cause significant damage and even fatalities. The challenging aspect about earthquakes is that you can never predict where, when, or how severe they will be. When an earthquake occurs, earthquake insurance is useful.

On June 23, 2001, M 8.4 earthquake near the coast of southern Peru occurred as the result of thrust faulting on the plate boundary interface between the Nazca and South America plates. At the location of the earthquake, the Nazca plate moves towards the east-northeast with respect to South America at a velocity of about 78 mm/yr, and begins its descent into the mantle at the Peru-Chile Trench, to the southwest of the June 23rd earthquake. This great-sized earthquake resulted in many casualties, the majority of which were associated with the subsequent tsunami and landsliding...

The greatest recorded earthquake was the Valdivia earthquake and tsunami of 1960, also known as the Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile), which occurred on May 22, 1960. It was rated between 9.4 and 9.6 on the moment magnitude scale by several researchers. It happened in the late afternoon (19:11 GMT, 15:11 local), and it lasted for around ten minutes. Southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian Islands were all impacted by the ensuing tsunamis.

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