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April 4, 1904
On April 4, 1904, two Ms ~7.1 earthquakes, among the largest in Europe, strike Bulgaria, killing over 200 people and causing destruction.
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Featured · April 4, 1904
Two Ms ~7.1 earthquakes, among the largest in Europe, strike Bulgaria, killing over 200 people and causing destruction.
The 1904 Kresna earthquakes occurred on the same day of April 4 in the Kresna region of Bulgaria. 2 on the surface wave magnitude scale, and were assigned the respective Modified Mercalli intensity scale ratings of X (Extreme) and XI (Extreme). More than 200 people were killed in the two earthquakes.
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The year in brief
1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1904th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 904th year of the 2nd millennium, the 4th year of the 20th…
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On April 4, 1904
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1904 Two Ms ~7.1 earthquakes, among the largest in Europe, strike Bulgaria, killing over 200 people and causing destruction. Earthquakes in Bulgaria
The 1904 Kresna earthquakes occurred on the same day of April 4 in the Kresna region of Bulgaria. 2 on the surface wave magnitude scale, and were assigned the respective Modified Mercalli intensity scale ratings of X (Extreme) and XI (Extreme). More than 200 people were killed in the two earthquakes.
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Other moments from 1904
- April 8 The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
- August 10 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
- August 23 The automobile tire chain is patented.
- August 25 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Liaoyang begins.
- December 3 The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
- December 6 Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
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