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("...the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Various studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale.")
 
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*Zeeland (1953)
*Zeeland (1953)
*Katrina (2004)
*Katrina (2004)
*Valdivia earthquake (1960) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Valdivia_earthquake]


==Man-made==
==Man-made==
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*Pinto
*Pinto
*TWA Flight 800
*TWA Flight 800
*Titantic
*Titanic


===Industrial===
===Industrial===

Latest revision as of 05:01, 6 September 2018

Natural[edit | edit source]

  • Armero (1985)
  • Bam (2003)
  • Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004)
  • Krakatoa
  • Pompeii
  • San Francisco (1906)
  • Zeeland (1953)
  • Katrina (2004)
  • Valdivia earthquake (1960) [1]

Man-made[edit | edit source]

Fighting[edit | edit source]

  • Beslan
  • Colombine
  • Maginot Line
  • Nord-Ost
  • Rwanda
  • Sherman's March
  • Stalingrad
  • Tenerife
  • Verdun
  • World Trade Center

Transportation[edit | edit source]

  • Challenger
  • Columbia
  • Hindenburg
  • Kaprun
  • Lockerbie
  • Lusitania
  • Pinto
  • TWA Flight 800
  • Titanic

Industrial[edit | edit source]

  • Bhopal
  • Chelyabinsk
  • Chernobyl
  • Love Canal
  • Three Mile Island

Accidental[edit | edit source]

  • Hillsborough
  • Tacoma
  • Volendam

Mythical[edit | edit source]

  • Atlantis