List of earthquakes in 1978

This is a list of earthquakes in 1978. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Maximum intensities are indicated on the Mercalli intensity scale.

By death toll
Rank Death toll Injures Magnitude Location MMI Depth (km) Article Ref Date
1 15,000 25,000 7.4 Tabas IX 33 1978 Tabas earthquake [1] 16 September
2 50 220 6.2 Thessaloniki IX 16 1978 Thessaloniki earthquake [2] 20 June

By magnitude
Rank Magnitude Location Article Ref Date
1 7.6 Oaxaca 1978 Oaxaca earthquake [3] 29 November
2 7.4 Honshu 1978 Honshu earthquake [4] 12 June
3 7.4 Tabas 1978 Tabas earthquake [1] 16 September
4 6.2 Thessaloniki 1978 Thessaloniki earthquake [2] 20 June
gollark: As far as I'm aware the basic principle is just that a force is exerted on current-carrying wires in magnetic fields because the fields interact or something.
gollark: For the first one, the half life is 30 years and the time is 90 years. So it's 3 half lives (90/30) so its mass halves 3 times, so the mass at the end is 1\*(1/2)\*(1/2)\*(1/2)=1\*(1/2)³=0.125.
gollark: It's how long it takes for half of the atoms in a thing of radioactive isotope to decay.
gollark: Just work out how many half lives the given time is, then divide the starting mass by 2 to the power of however many half lives it is.
gollark: Sounds more like physics.

References
  1. MANSOUR N1Az1 AND Hrnoo KANAMORI. "SOURCE PARAMETERS OF 1978 TABAS AND 1979 QAINAT, IRAN" (PDF). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  2. "1978 Earthquake". 16ECEE. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. Gordon S. Stewart,Eric P. Chael,Karen C. McNally (1981). "The November 29, 1978, Oaxaca, Mexico, earthquake: A large simple event". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 86: 5053–5060. doi:10.1029/JB086iB06p05053.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. http://www.pari.go.jp/search-pdf/no0319.pdf
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