Rome Fire, Italy, July 19 – 64 AD
Most of Rome, the Capital of the Roman Empire, was destroyed by fire in 64 On July 19, 64, the…
Pompeii Volcanic Eruption – August 25, 79
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and killed its residents - On the Bay of Naples in Southern Italy In…
Alexandria Tsunami, Egypt – 365 AD
A tsunami generated by an earthquake in Greece destroyed Alexandria - Harbor of Alexandria, Egypt In the summer of 365,…
Black Death Plague – Constantinople – Byzantine Empire – 542 AD
Bubonic Plague from Asia arrived via Africa at Constantinople in 542 In 542, Roman Emperor Justinian was actively rebuilding the…
Corinth Earthquake – Greece – 856 AD
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
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
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
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
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
In 1986, the Nuclear Control Institute, in cooperation with the Institute for Studies in International Terrorism of the State University…