Yakutat Earthquake – Alaska – September 10, 1899

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A series of earthquakes, all of them of magnitude 7 or more, struck the Yakut region of Alaska. The main…

Humboldt Earthquake – California – January 22, 1923

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This whole coastal area experiences greater damage from earthquakes and tsunamis than anywhere else on the Californian coast because of…

Lompoc Earthquake – California – November 4, 1927

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All places within fifty miles of Lompoc suffered damage and a tsunami from the earthquake was recorded on the tidal…

Labor Day Hurricane – September 2, 1935

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This storm’s extremely high winds, high storm surge, record low pressure, and high fatalities earned it the name of the…

Hindenburg Crash – May 6, 1937

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As the Hindenburg came in to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey, it caught fire and, with hydrogen tanks in use,…

Omaha Tornado – Nebraska – March 23, 1913

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This tornado took the lives of ninety-six people, destroyed six hundred homes, and damaged more than 1,100 others. On the…

Ecuador Offshore Earthquake – December 31, 1906

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An earthquake of this extraordinary size is capable of great damage. It created a huge tsunami that killed a thousand…

Amite Tornado – Louisiana – April 24, 1908

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A series of tornadoes was triggered by thunderstorms. Amite was the strongest of these and it was responsible for the…

Halifax Explosion – Nova Scotia – Canada – December 6, 1917

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The explosion that ensued was one of the world’s greatest prior to the arrival of atomic bombs. It shattered the…

World-wide Flu Pandemic – 1918–1919

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The disease spread from places where there were high concentrations of soldiers. It spread all over the world and took…