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Waverly J. Person

Publications and source records attributed to Waverly J. Person.

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USGS1992

Earthquakes March-April 1992

The months of March and April were quite active seismically speaking. There was one major earthquake (7.0<M<8.0), a magnitude 7.1 shock on April 25 in northern California. Earthquake-related deaths were reported in Iran, Costa Rica, Turkey, and Germany.

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USGS1992

Earthquakes, May-June, 1992

The months of May and June were very active in terms of earthquake occurrence. Six major earthquakes (7.0<M<8.0) occurred during this reporting period. These earthquakes included a magnitude 7.1 in Papua New Guinea on May 15, a magnitude 7.1 followed by a magnitude 7.5 in the Philippine Islands on May 17, a magnitude 7.0 in the Cuba region on May 25, and a magnitude 7.3 in the Santa Cruz Islands of the Pacific on May 27. In the United States, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck in southern California on June 28 followed by a magnitude 6.7 quake about three hours later.

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