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The following is a list of historical earthquakes with epicenters located within the boundaries of Oklahoma. Only earthquakes of greater than or equal to magnitude 4.5 are included. Information pertaining to time, magnitude, epicenter, and depth is retrieved from the United States Geological Survey or, when USGS information is unavailable, the ...
1938 Unazuki avalanche [8] Japan: 1938: 19 81: Pragelato: Italy: 1904: 20 79 (57 confirmed 22 presumed dead) 1954 Blons avalanches: Austria: 1954: 21 70: Frassino avalanche: Italy: 1885: 22 65: Palm Sunday Avalanche; deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail : United States: 1898: 23 62: 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche; deadliest avalanche in Canada ...
Experts did agree that torrential rains lasting two weeks before the mudslide were the tipping point that precipitated the disaster. Rainfall amounting to nearly 1,200 millimetres (47 in) over the period of February 4–14 [ 11 ] loosened the soil so much that the resulting sludge and rocks thundered down the slopes of nearby Mount Can-abag ...
This timeline looks at some of the notable events in state history. Historians and scholars say white supremacy is a bedrock of Oklahoma’s founding. This timeline looks at some of the notable ...
The history of Oklahoma refers to the history of the state of Oklahoma and the land that the state now occupies. Areas of Oklahoma east of its panhandle were acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, while the Panhandle was not acquired until the U.S. land acquisitions following the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Altogether, it constituted the greatest number of deaths caused by snow/ice debris from avalanches in history. When including all avalanche-related deaths (this includes mud and rock slides triggered subsequently by an avalanche), White Friday is the second-worst avalanche-related disaster recorded, after the 1970 Huascarán avalanche .
Avalanches and avalanche paths share common elements: a start zone where the avalanche originates, a track along which the avalanche flows, and a runout zone where the avalanche comes to rest. The debris deposit is the accumulated mass of the avalanched snow once it has come to rest in the run-out zone.