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A tsunami hitting a coastline. This article lists notable tsunamis, which are sorted by the date and location that they occurred.. Because of seismic and volcanic activity associated with tectonic plate boundaries along the Pacific Ring of Fire, tsunamis occur most frequently in the Pacific Ocean, [1] but are a worldwide natural phenomenon.
A 2021 map showing how a tsunami could impact San Francisco was thrust back into the spotlight after a 2024 earthquake. ... More than 150 tsunamis have hit California’s shore since 1800. Most ...
"World Bank's Hazard Risk Management". World Bank. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09 "Disaster News Network". Archived from the original on 2006-11-05 US news site focused on disaster-related news. "EM-DAT International Disaster Database". Archived from the original on 2008-08-11
List of hotel fires in the United States; List of nightclub fires; List of town and city fires; List of transportation fires; List of fireworks accidents and incidents; List of man-made mass poisoning incidents; List of orphan radioactive source incidents; List of crushes (almost all caused by failures of management) List of military disasters ...
The fault zone responsible for Thursday's 7.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast of California is not known to produce large tsunamis, but due to the size of the event, NOAA’s Tsunami Warning ...
Ningxia, Republic of China (now People's Republic of China) December 16, 1920: 5. 270,000 1303 Hongdong earthquake [45] Mongol Empire (now China) September 17, 1303: 6. 260,000 [46] 115 Antioch earthquake: Roman Empire (now Turkey) December 13, 115: 7. 230,000: 1138 Aleppo earthquake: Zengid dynasty (now Syria) October 11, 1138: 1139 Ganja ...
1985 forest fires burnt 105,000 hectares with the worst affected being around Kavala in eastern Macedonia and Thasos Island in the north Aegean. [11] 2000 forest fires were the worst forest fires to date and included the island of Samos in east Aegean and at Mount Mainalon and eastern Corinthia in the Peloponnese. The burnt area was 167,000 ...
This is an alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least US$100,000 in damage or at least one death.