Marshfield Tornado – Missouri – April 18, 1880
A fast-moving category 4 tornado swept through downtown Marshfield, Missouri. Most of its buildings were
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Georgia/South Carolina Hurricane – August 1881
A category 2 hurricane struck the coastal and interior areas of Georgia and South Carolina.
Haiphong Typhoon – Vietnam – September 15, 1881
A monstrous typhoon struck Haiphong, Vietnam, killing 300,000. Haiphong, poorly prepared in 1881 for typhoons,
Port Royal Earthquake – Jamaica – June 7, 1692
Port Royal was a city on a sand spit in the harbor of Jamaica, Kingston.
Lisbon Earthquake and Tsunami – Portugal – November 1, 1755
An offshore earthquake of magnitude 9, followed by a tsunami destroyed Lisbon, Portugal. The combination
Cascadia Earthquake – January 26, 1700
An earthquake, estimated at magnitude greater than 9, and accompanied with an equally powerful tsunami
Massachusetts Offshore Earthquake – November 18, 1755
An earthquake of magnitude 8 occurred offshore from Gloucester and damaged coastal areas; it was
Fort Tejon Earthquake – California – January 9, 1857
California’s most powerful earthquake ever struck Fort Tejon, a place near the San Andreas Fault.
Kau Earthquake – Hawaii – April 3, 1868
An earthquake of magnitude 7.9, the biggest ever, hit the island of Hawaii. The earthquake
Calcutta Cyclone – India – October 5, 1864
Cyclones from the Bay of Bengal in the northeast of India frequently cause extensive damage.
Supervolcano Toba, Indonesia ca. 74,000 BC
The greatest volcanic eruption about which we know quite a lot Lake Toba is in
Pompeii Volcanic Eruption – August 25, 79
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and killed its residents – On the Bay of
Alexandria Tsunami, Egypt – 365 AD
A tsunami generated by an earthquake in Greece destroyed Alexandria – Harbor of Alexandria, Egypt
Corinth Earthquake – Greece – 856 AD
Corinth, a city well acquainted with earthquakes because of its many underground geological fault lines,
Damghan Earthquake – Persia – December 22, 856
An earthquake of magnitude 8 hit and destroyed the city of Damghan, Iran, in 856
Aleppo Earthquake – Syria – 1138 AD
The earthquake destroyed a vast area around Aleppo and killed 230,000 – Aleppo (modern name
Shaanxi Earthquake – China – 1556 AD
The light loess soils of Northwest China are easily shaken by an earthquake. In 1556,
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
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