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74 BCE
Mount Vesuvius
•The eruption cause 1,000 to lose their lives. Mount Vesuvius is the only volcano in the European mainland that has erupted in the last hundred years -
Valdivia earthquake
The Valdivia is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Studies show it was a 9.4- 9.6 on the magnitude scale. -
Great Alaskan earthquake
The damage to structures are 311 million dollars. The 9.2 magnitude was the most powerful earthquake in north American history. -
Indian Ocean earthquake
The scale of the earthquake was 9.1-9.3. 230,000- 280,000 dead. -
Hurricane Katrina
The hurricane cost 108 billion in damages. The storm killed 1,245- 1,836. -
Haiti earthquake
An estimated of 3 million were affected. It was measured to be 7.0 on the magnitude. -
Chile earthquake
It had the magnitude of 8.8 being fifth ranked ever recorded by a seismograph. It could be strongly felt in the Chilean region -
Pakistan flood
The flood affect the Indus river basin and four other region in Pakistan. Damages to structures were estimated 4 billion dollars -
Tohoku Tsunami
The earthquake triggered a tsunami that was 133FT. 15,849 dead, 6,152 injured. 2,562 missing. -
Hurricane Sandy
The hurricane killed 285. It was the deadliest hurricane in the 2012 hurricane season.
