1902 Tori-Shima | |
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| Total costs | N/A |
| Deaths | 150 |
Tori-shima (Japanese: 鳥島, Hepburn: Tori-shima) 'Bird Island', or Izu-Torishima (Japanese: 伊豆鳥島, Hepburn: Izu-Torishima) 'Bird Island of Izu Province' is an uninhabited Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean. The volcanic island is part of the Izu Islands.
Source: Wikipedia 1786 Dadu river landslide dam | |
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| Total costs | N/A |
| Deaths | 100000 |
An earthquake occurred on 1 June 1786 in and around Kangding, in what is now China's Sichuan province. It had an estimated magnitude of about 7.75 and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The initial quake killed 435 people. After an aftershock ten days later, a further 100,000 died when a landslide dam collapsed across the Dadu river.
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Present day Bangladesh, due to its unique geographic location, suffers from devastating tropical...
An earthquake occurred on 1 June 1786 in and around Kangding, in what is now China's Sichuan...
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