Jan 1 1980 earthqake. The most affected island was Terceira https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Azores_Islands_earthquake
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2016, at 9:35 PM, Diana R G <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't think Terceria gets them like Sao Miguel and Faial, Pico and Sao > Jorge. Someone showed me the fault lines and there is one right through > Faial. In fact on the side of Pedro Miguel going into Horta there is a large > gash in the mountain. There is a strange looking empty space where the > terrain is totally different on each side of the gash. There are also many > ruins half standing on Faial from the 1998 earthquake. For all the damage and > loss of lives and injuries it was only Faial, Pico and San Jorge that was > hit. Terceria is known for mudslides more than earthquakes I think. When I > was staying in Porto Judeu last summer that's all people were talking about > all the damage the mudslides caused - houses slid off the land flooding etc. > They don't seem to have the earthquake issue like Faial Pico and even Sao > Miguel. I believe there is a list of all the natural disasters the Azores has > had on Wikipedia Azores earthquakes or Azores natural disasters I forget now. > When I lived in Calif Arleta, Burbank and Yucipia had tremors but we were > used to a little tremor life went on as usual. We had mudslides in February > in Calif that were awful though. > Anywhere we live there is always something at risk it seems. Carolina was > tornadoes and hurricanes. RI Mass snowstorms and hurricanes some floods as > well. We humans are resilient and learn to cope. :) I found the page - > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_disasters_in_the_Azores Looks like > 1980 was the last one in Terceria. > > >> On Wednesday, January 27, 2016, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >> I asked one of my students (an immigrant from Terceira) about earthquakes. >> She said she never felt one there! (She came to America a couple of years >> ago at the age of 11). I thought maybe they were really small and she didn't >> realize that they were earthquakes. Since I've grown up with earthquakes, I >> don't always feel them either. I've been teaching and saw half my students >> dive under the desk, and told them "Ha, ha, good one. Funny prank. Get up >> now." And they said, "No! No! Didn't you feel that earthquake Miss Mello?" >> Half my class is looking at the other half like they are crazy and the other >> half is looking back at them, completely freaked out wondering why they >> aren't under the desk. I just don't feel the small ones anymore. >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, >> Achada >> -- >> For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >> (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right >> that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
