Javascript must be enabled to use all features of this site and to avoid misfunctions
1934 Nepal-India earthquake vs. 1877 Cotopaxi -...
HOME
Select category:
Disasters
Select category
NEW

Advertising

Cancel

Search in
Close

1934 Nepal-India earthquake vs 1877 Cotopaxi

1934 Nepal-India earthquake
1877 Cotopaxi
Change

1934 Nepal-India earthquake

Total costsN/A
Deaths 12000

Informations

The 1934 Nepal–India earthquake or 1934 Bihar–Nepal earthquake was one of the worst earthquakes in India's history. The towns of Munger and Muzaffarpur were completely destroyed. This 8.0 magnitude earthquake occurred on 15 January 1934 at around 2:13 pm IST (08:43 UTC) and caused widespread damage in northern Bihar and in Nepal.

Source: Wikipedia
Change

1877 Cotopaxi

Total costsN/A
Deaths 1000

Informations

Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located in Latacunga city of Cotopaxi Province, about 50 km (31 mi) south of Quito, and 31 km (19 mi) northeast of the city of Latacunga, Ecuador, in South America. It is the second highest summit in Ecuador, reaching a height of 5,897 m (19,347 ft). Cotopaxi is among the highest active volcanoes in the world. Its most recent eruption began on 14 August 2015, and ended on 24 January 2016.Since 1738, Cotopaxi has erupted more than 50 times, resulting in the creation of numerous valleys formed by lahars (mudflows) around the volcano. The last eruption lasted from August 2015 to January 2016. Cotopaxi was officially closed by the authorities to climbing until it reopened on October 7, 2017.

Source: Wikipedia

More intresting stuff