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Valdivia earthquake
Great Chilean was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, rating 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale.Hundreds of people were already reported dead by the time the tsunami struck.Affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian Islands. -
San Francisco earthquake
The quake lasted 10–15 seconds and measured 6.9 on both the moment magnitude scale. The quake killed 63 people throughout Northern California, injured 3,757 and left some 3,000–12,000 people homeless. -
hurricane Marilyn
The fifteenth tropical depression and thirteenth named storm of the unusually busy 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. Was the most powerful storm to hit the Virgin Islands since Hurricane Hugo of 1989. Responsible for thirteen deaths, most due to drowning on boats or offshore. 11 000 people were left homeless. -
hurricane charley
Was the third named storm, The second hurricane, and the second major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season.Lasted from August 9 to August 15,Throughout the United States, it caused 10 deaths and $15.4 billion in damage, making this the second costliest hurricane in United States history. -
hurrican katrina
The storm itself did a great deal of damage, But its aftermath was catastrophic. Levee breaches led to massive flooding, and many people charged that the federal government was slow to meet the needs of the people affected by the storm.
