Archive category
Earthquakes, storms, eruptions, tsunamis, and other natural hazards.
3 mapped events
18–21 April 1906
San Francisco and the San Andreas Fault rupture zone, United States
At 5:12 a.m. on 18 April, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake ruptured hundreds of kilometers of the San Andreas Fault. Severe shaking damaged communities across northern California. In …
30 June 1908
Forest near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, Russia
A brilliant fireball and immense atmospheric explosion occurred over a remote part of central Siberia. The blast flattened trees across a vast area but left no obvious …
11 March 2011
Pacific coast of Tōhoku, northeastern Honshu, Japan
A magnitude 9.1 megathrust earthquake off northeastern Honshu generated a tsunami that reached the coast within about 30 minutes. The water overtopped defenses, destroyed communities, and caused …
