Variations of the Salic Law, generally understood in modern times to mean exclusion of women as hereditary monarchs, restricted succession to thrones and inheritance of fiefs or land to men in parts of medieval and later Europe.
8.8M. N.B: The magnitude for this earthquake has been recalculated since the following articles were written. Magnitude 8.8 is a better determination of the size of this earthquake. A catastrophic magnitude 8.2 earthquake off the coast of Ecuador and Colombia generated a strong tsunami that killed 500 to 1500 there.It was observed all along the coast of Central America and as far north as San Francisco and west to Japan.....The wave arrived in Hilo at about 12.5 hours after the earthquake..8M. N.B: The magnitude for this earthquake has been recalculated since the following articles were written. Magnitude 8.8 is a better determination of the size of this earthquake. A catastrophic magnitude 8.2 earthquake off the coast of Ecuador and Colombia generated a strong tsunami that killed 500 to 1500 there.
1 Off the coast of Ecuador, near Esmeraldas on January 31, 1906 with a magnitude of 8.8. 2  This earthquake produced a 5-m local tsunami that destroyed 49 houses and killed 500 people in Colombia. 3  It was recorded at San Diego and San Francisco, where an earthquake in April of the same year had a magnitude of 7.8. Off the coast of Ecuador, near Esmeraldas on January 31, 1906 with a magnitude of 8.8. 2  This earthquake produced a 5-m local tsunami that destroyed 49 houses and killed 500 people in Colombia. 3  It was recorded at San Diego and San Francisco, where an earthquake in April of the same year had a magnitude of 7.8.