Nevada Earthquake – December 21, 1932

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There were no casualties from this quake but complicated faulting occurred along a stretch of forty miles. A major earthquake…

Ukraine Catastrophe – November 1932

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Stalin’s systematic slaughter by famine and control of movement of more than ten million people was the worst mass atrocity…

Grand Banks Earthquake – Nova Scotia – November 18, 1929

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The slump was triggered by an earthquake of magnitude 7.3, 150 miles south of the Island of Newfoundland, Canada, at…

Stock Market Collapse – October 24, 1929

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Black Thursday received its name because it was on that day that the Stock Market began to crash. Investment in…

Kamchatka Earthquake – Russia – February 3, 1923

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This region of Russia is well known as a source of powerful earthquakes and equally powerful tsunamis. In the case…

Clarkson Valley Earthquake – Montana – June 27, 1925

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People fled in panic when the quake struck. They had never experienced anything of this strength before. There were no…

Lake Okeechobee Hurricane – September 16, 1928

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This deadly hurricane with its 150 mph winds and wall of water caused the deaths of 2,500 in Florida and…

St. Francis Dam Failure – March 12, 1928

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This dam, part of the Los Angeles aqueduct system, was constructed on a fault. The dam failure caused the deaths…

Santa Barbara Earthquake – California – June 29, 1925

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Damage was extensive and fortunately casualties were few, thirteen in all, because people were still at home when the quake…

Illinois/Indiana/Missouri Tornado – March 18, 1925

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The main locations hit in the course of the three-state rampage were Ellington, Missouri, southern Illinois, and Princeton, Indiana. Widely…