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Mt. Tambora
Massive Volcano that caused the year w/o a sun
2011 Japan Tsunami
Massive Tsunami in recent years that caused a nuclear disaster
1958 Lake Lituya
Earthquake that caused a Rock Slide that caused a massive tsunami
1997 Northridge Earthquake
Earthquake in California that showed that earthquake building codes worked.
2003 Bam Earthquake
Earthquake in Iran that resulted in significant destruction and loss of life, showed the importance of building codes.
2010 River Flooding Pakistan
Impacted 20,000,00 People, Not talked about in the west.
2010 Haiti Quake
Top 5 Deadliest earthquake in last 100 Years
Myanmar Rupture
Earthquake caught on Camera
1971 San Farnado (California)
Facilitated new building codes (Alquist-Priolo Act)
1995 Mexico City Earthquake
Quake that showed the destructive power of resonance
2008 Wenchuan
Earthquake caused massive flooding, 7 feet per day.
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Showed the destructive power of tsunamis, especially with islands and bays.
2010 Chile Earthquake
Caused a massive tsunami that engulfed most of the south pacific.
1857 Forth Tejon Quake
Last major quake on the San Francisco Thrust, waiting for the next “big one”
1906 San Francisco Quake
Led to elastic rebound theory, caused the great fire
1960 Chile Quake
Largest Quake Ever Recorded (9.5)
1975 Haicheng, China and 1976 Tangshan, China
Showed that there is not any reliable precursors for quakes.
Kratatoa Eruption
This Volcano made the First Global News
Mt St. Helens
1985 Eruption in USA, the side of the mountain blew off, minimal casualties, caught on camera.
Yellow stone
Massive dormant super volcano in USA
1985 Nevado del Ruiz
Low VEI eruption that killed 22,000 people w/ lahars
1986 Lake Nyos
Lots of CO2 gas was released from an extinct volcano that raced into a valley and killed 1700 people
1991 Mt. Pinatubo
Example of volcanic eruption signs being seen, people the evacuated. Saved 17,000 people.
La Conchita 1995, 2005
Evidence the removing the toe of hills is stupid (landslide)
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