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The New Madrid Earthquake in Missouri, USA: The Mississippi River and the Earthquake of 1811

By: Diane Evans

Twenty-Year Anniversary of Loma Prieta Quake: Santa Cruz Mountain Winemakers Recount Events of October '89 Tremor

By: June Smith

Santa Cruz Wineries Remember 1989 Earthquake: Epicenter Cuvee Chardonnay and Pinot Noir Benefits Relief Efforts

By: June Smith

Sumatra Indonesia Earthquake September 30, 2009: Magnitude 7.6 Quake With Epicenter 30 Miles From Padang Indonesia

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

Great California ShakeOut October 15, 2009: Millions of People Registered for World’s Largest Earthquake Drill

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

Java Indonesia Earthquake September 2, 2009: Death Toll Over 57 From a Magnitude 7.0 Quake

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

L'Aquila Italy Earthquake 2009: Central Italian Region of Abruzzo Destroyed by Tremors

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

The Long Beach Earthquake 1933: Widespread Damage to Buildings and Schools in Southern California

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

Southern Leyte Philippines Landslide 2006: Heavy Rains and a Minor Earthquake Buried a Village

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

Of Aqueducts and Earthquakes: Could the Fountains of Rome Ever Run Dry?

By: Julia Purdy

Earthquakes Impossible to Predict Accurately: An Italian Scientist Claims Radon Gas Foretold of Quake

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

Great Sichuan Earthquake May 2008: Thousands of People Killed and Millions Left Homeless in China

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

Vancouver Island Earthquake 1946: Canada's Largest Recorded Seismic Event on Land

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

Mexico Earthquake September 1985: Thousands of Mexicans Killed and Left Homeless

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

The Frank Slide in Alberta, Canada: The Collapse of Turtle Mountain in 1903

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

Top Ten Earthquakes in the U.S. Earth Tremors from 7.9 to 9.2 on the Richter Scale

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

Los Angeles Earthquake of July 29, 2008: Southern California was Hit by a Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake

By: Feature Writer Alexandra Matiella Novak

1923 Tokyo Earthquake: One of the World’s Worst Disasters of the 20th Century

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

New Madrid Earthquake USA 1811-1812: Central Mississippi Valley Damaged by Four Powerful Earthquakes

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

How Earthquakes Lead to Flooding: An Example from the Great China Quake of 2008

By: Feature Writer Kelly Whitt

Deadly Earthquake in China: Earthquake Felt Throughout Asia

By: Feature Writer Alexandra Matiella Novak

National Seismic Hazard Maps: U.S. Geological Survey Updates Earthquake Rate Information

By: Feature Writer Alan Sorum

1989 San Francisco Earthquake: Also Known as the Loma Prieta or World Series Quake

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

The Hope Slide in Canada, 1965: The Collapse of Johnson Peak in British Columbia

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

World's Strongest Earthquake: Disaster Struck Valdivia Chile on May 22 1960

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

Worst Avalanche in US History: Two Snowbound Trains Tumble in Washington's Cascade Mountains

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

Earthquake Strikes United Kingdom: Largest Tremor in over Twenty Years hits parts of England and Wales

By: John O'Connor

The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake: Quake in Bay Area Among Worst Natural Disasters Recorded in the U.S.

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

The Great Alaskan Earthquake 1964: The Largest Earthquake Ever Recorded in North America

By: Feature Writer Maureen K. Fleury

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