WAB Learns: G07: I&amp;S Forces of Nature: Earthquake investigation

San Fransisco Earthquake of 1906

Time Machine (1906): Earthquake and fire leave San Francisco in ruins
This article was originally published on April 19, 1906, in a combined edition of the San Francisco Call, Examiner and Chronicle.
San Francisco earthquake and fire, April 18, 1906
Shows the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, and the devastation resulting from the subsequent three-day fire.
Scenes in San Francisco
Views and pans among the ruins of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire.

May 22, 1960 CE: Valdivia Earthquake Strikes Chile
The earthquake that struck near Valdivia, Chile, in 1960 was the most powerful temblor in recorded history. The quake left about 2 million people homeless.

1960 Valdivia Earthquake or Great Chilean Earthquake
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean Earthquake of Sunday, 22 May 1960 is to date the most powerful megathrust earthquake ever recorded on Earth, rating 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale.

Tangshan earthquake of 1976
Tangshan earthquake of 1976, also called Great Tangshan Earthquake, earthquake on July 28, 1976, with a magnitude of 7.5, which nearly razed the Chinese coal-mining and industrial city of Tangshan, located about 68 miles (110 km) east of Beijing.
Catastrophic Scope of 1976 China Earthquake Is Revealed
Details of the greatest natural disaster of recent centuries—the earthquake that struck Tangshan, China, on July 28, 1976 —have become available, and they paint a picture of devastation and suffering without parallel in modern times
One of the worst earthquakes in modern history destroys Chinese city
At 3:42 a.m., an earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 magnitude on the Richter scale flattens Tangshan, a Chinese industrial city with a population of about one million people.

Indian Ocean tsunami: Then and now
About 228,000 people were killed as a result of the 9.1 magnitude quake and the giant waves that slammed into coastlines on 26 December 2004.