Fascination with disasters seems to be widespread as evidenced by the rapidity with which Hollywood picks up on so many,…
The greatest volcanic eruption about which we know quite a lot Lake Toba is in the middle of Northern Sumatra.…
Most of Rome, the Capital of the Roman Empire, was destroyed by fire in 64 On July 19, 64, the…
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and killed its residents - On the Bay of Naples in Southern Italy In…
A tsunami generated by an earthquake in Greece destroyed Alexandria - Harbor of Alexandria, Egypt In the summer of 365,…
Bubonic Plague from Asia arrived via Africa at Constantinople in 542 In 542, Roman Emperor Justinian was actively rebuilding the…
Corinth, a city well acquainted with earthquakes because of its many underground geological fault lines, experienced an earthquake of magnitude…
An earthquake of magnitude 8 hit and destroyed the city of Damghan, Iran, in 856 AD. Damghan is in the…
The earthquake destroyed a vast area around Aleppo and killed 230,000 - Aleppo (modern name Halab) In 1138, a deadly…
The light loess soils of Northwest China are easily shaken by an earthquake. In 1556, a huge population lived there…