Lituya Bay Earthquake – Alaska – July 10, 1958
This was the largest earthquake in Alaska since the quake in Yakutat, near Lituya Bay,
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Fallon-Stillwater Earthquake – Nevada – July 6, 1954
The area hit, Fallon-Stillwater, is about one hundred miles southeast of Reno, largely deserted in
Flint Tornado – Michigan – June 8, 1953
The Flint tornado was the last in U.S. history to cause the deaths of more
Waco Tornado – Texas – May 11, 1953
The high death toll, 114, and the other high costs were partly due to the
Puget Sound Earthquake – Washington – April 13, 1949
An eighty-mile coastal strip from Seattle to Chehalis was severely damaged. On April 13, 1949,
Woodward Tornado – Oklahoma – April 9, 1947
Oklahoma’s worst ever tornado struck Woodward in 1947. This was a violent category 5 tornado,
Nankaido Earthquake – Japan – December 20, 1946
The Nankai Trough was frequently hit in the past by powerful earthquakes. Along a three
Vancouver Island Earthquake – Canada – June 23, 1946
This earthquake was not one of the subduction ones that are likely to hit this
West Yellowstone Earthquake – Montana – August 18, 1959
Yellowstone National Park is the site of a super volcano in times past, as evidenced
Price William Sound Earthquake – Alaska – March 27, 1964
The epicenter was close to the coast in Prince William Sound, halfway between Portage and
Aberfan Landslide – South Wales – Britain – October 21, 1966
Aberfan, in south Wales, Britain, was a coal mining area. Coal waste was stored on
Hurricane Betsy – September 9, 1965
Hurricane Betsy was, for its time, the costliest and deadliest hurricane in U.S. history. Hurricane
Netherlands Flood – January 31, 1953
A combination of high tide and severe wind storm raised the level of the North
Kamchatka Earthquake – Russia – November 4, 1952
Kamchatka, Russia, frequently experiences subduction earthquakes of the most powerful kind. This one had a
Kern County Earthquake – California – July 21, 1952
The largest Californian earthquake since 1906 struck Kern County in 1952. The epicenter was located
Assam Earthquake – India – August 15, 1950
The quake’s epicenter was in China but almost all the damage and death toll occurred
Queen Charlotte Islands Earthquake – Canada – August 22, 1949
This earthquake occurred on the boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates at
Galveston Hurricane – Texas – September 8, 1900
The worst natural disaster before Hurricane Katrina struck Galveston in 1900. This hurricane flooded the
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