Corinth Earthquake – Greece – 856 AD

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Corinth, a city well acquainted with earthquakes because of its many underground geological fault lines, experienced an earthquake of magnitude…

Damghan Earthquake – Persia – December 22, 856

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An earthquake of magnitude 8 hit and destroyed the city of Damghan, Iran, in 856 AD. Damghan is in the…

Aleppo Earthquake – Syria – 1138 AD

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The earthquake destroyed a vast area around Aleppo and killed 230,000 - Aleppo (modern name Halab) In 1138, a deadly…

Shaanxi Earthquake – China – 1556 AD

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The light loess soils of Northwest China are easily shaken by an earthquake. In 1556, a huge population lived there…

Arequipa Volcanic Eruption – Peru – February 19, 1600

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A volcanic eruption of VEI strength 6 from a 13,000-foot-high mountain near Arequipa On February 19, 1600, South America’s biggest…

Preventing Nuclear Terrorism

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In 1986, the Nuclear Control Institute, in cooperation with the Institute for Studies in International Terrorism of the State University…

Terrorism

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The role of terrorists in the history of disasters is different from all others in that it is a sustained…

Preventing Bioterrorism

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The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) discusses with the U.S. Congress issues related to the adequacy of federal law relating…

Sayano-Shushenskaya Power Station Disaster – 2009

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The Yenisei River runs 5,494 km (3,534 mi) northwards from Mongolia to the Arctic Ocean, dividing west from east Siberia.…

Can Tho Bridge Collapse – 2007

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Can Tho, 170 km (105 mi) southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, is both a province and the biggest city…