CET on 12 January 1956, a rather unusual earthquake measuring 5.8 on the moment magnitude scale struck just southeast of Budapest under Dunaharaszti...
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liquefaction occurred due to the earthquake. 1956 Budapest earthquake Geology of the Western Carpathians List of historical earthquakes National Geophysical Data...
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This is a list of earthquakes in 1956. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused...
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Figure Skating Championships. June: Budapest hosts the EuroBasket 1955. 1956 12 January – A magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes, killing two and injuring 38...
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Prime Minister by popular demand, but fighting continues. 1956 Nicaragua earthquake: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3, accompanied by a tsunami, causes...
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After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Lengyel often visited his home country and returned to live in Budapest in 1974. He died there shortly afterwards...
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dedicates the Statue of Liberty. 1891 – The Mino–Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, occurs. 1893 – Pyotr Tchaikovsky's...
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'Stalin's Baroque' . In 1956, the construction was hindered by an earthquake and a flood, and in October by the start of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution....
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Grace Kelly marries Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. The 5.0 Mw 1956 Atarfe-Albolote earthquake strikes southern Spain killing 12 and injuring dozens more...
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man-made disasters, such as the Kosovo War (1998–1999) and the 2003 Bam earthquake in Iran. Malteser International was created to replace ECOM as the worldwide...
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