Jan Kozak Collection: Historical Earthquakes

Calabria, 1783

Calabria, 1783

Boston

19th Century Japan

Siena, 1467

Pompeii, Italy earthquake, Feb. 5, 62(63?) A.D.
Rostov-Velikii, Russia, 1130
Kiev, Ukraine earthquake, May 3, 1230
Rimini, Italy earthquake, Jan. 25, 1308
Commenda, Italy earthquake, May 28, 1320
Villach, Austria earthquake, Jan. 25, 1348
Basel, Switzerland earthquake, Oct. 21, 1356
Siena, Italy earthquake, Sept. 3, 1467
Rhodes, Greece earthquake, May 3, 1481
Sea of Marmara, Turkey earthquake, Sept. 10(?), 1509
Udine (Friuli), Italy earthquake, Mar. 26, 1511
Almeria, Spain earthquake, Sept. 22, 1522
Pozzuoli, Italy earthquake, Sept. 26, 1538
Mugello (Tuscany), Italy earthquake, June 13, 1542
Istanbul, Turkey earthquake, May 10, 1556
Kotor, Adriatic Coast earthquake, June 13, 1563
Nice, France earthquake, July 20, 1564
Ferrara, Italy earthquake, Nov. 17, 1570
Lausanne, Switzerland earthquake, Mar. 1, 1584
Quito, Peru (now Ecuador) earthquake, Aug. 30, 1587
Neulengbach, Austria earthquake, Sep 15, 1590
Osnabruck, Germany earthquake, Oct. 1, 1612
Piuro, Italy landslide, Aug. 25, 1618
San Severo (Apulia), Italy earthquake, July 30, 1627
Vesuvius (Naples, Italy) eruption, Dec. 17, 1631
Nicastro (Calabria), Italy earthquake, Mar. 27, 1638
Nikko-Shirane (Japan) volcanic eruption, 1649
Dubrovnik, Croatia earthquake, Apr. 6, 1667
Rimini, Italy earthquake, Apr. 14, 1672
Benvenuto (Campania), Italy earthquake, June 5, 1688
Tienen, Belgium earthquake, Sep 18, 1692
Val di Noto, Sicily earthquake, Jan. 11, 1693
Mount Etna (Sicily) eruption, 1669
Basilicata-Campania, Italy earthquake, Sept. 8, 1694
Norcia-L'Aquila (Abruzzi), Italy earthquake, Jan.-Feb., 1703
Mount Fuji (Japan) eruption, Dec. 16 and 31, 1707
Aix en Provence, France earthquake, 1708
Palermo, Sicily earthquake, Sept. 1, 1726
Lisbon, Portugal earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755
Alhama, Spain earthquake, Dec. 25, 1884
Istanbul, Turkey earthquake, Feb. 26(?), 1755
Duren, the Netherlands earthquake, Feb 18, 1756
Komarno, Slovakia earthquake, June 25, 1763
Bagnoregio, Italy landslide, Mar. 1764
Villa S. Giovanni (Calabria) Italy, March 18-29, 1785
Oran, Algeria earthquake, Oct. 9, 1790
Calabria, Italy earthquakes, Feb.-Mar., 1783
Baranello, Italy earthquake, July 26, 1805
Kutch, India earthquake, June 16, 1819
Aleppo, Syria earthquake, Aug. 13, 1822
Murcia, Spain earthquake, Mar. 21, 1829
Namur, Belgium earthquake, Apr. 5, 1833
Wugang, China earthquake, June 28, 1834
Gansu, China earthquake, Sept. 10, 1837
Jaffa, Syria (now Israel) earthquake, Jan. 1, 1837
Hydra, Greece earthquake, Mar. 20, 1837
Marlborough, New Zealand earthquake, Oct. 15, 1848
Valparaiso, Chile earthquake, Aug. 16, 1906
Vrancea, Romania earthquake, Jan. 23, 1838
Santa Luce (Tuscany), Italy earthquake, Aug. 14, 1846
Valona, Albania earthquake, Oct. 12, 1851
Rhodes, Greece earthquake, Feb. 28, 1851
Valais, Switzerland earthquake, July 25, 1855
Ansei Edo, Japan earthquake, Nov. 11, 1855
Jijel, Algeria earthquake, Aug. 22, 1856
Pozzuoli, Italy earthquake, Oct. 12, 1856
Corinth, Greece earthquake, Dec. 26, 1861
Siberian earthquake, 1865
Mitylene, Greece earthquake, Mar 8, 1867
Kachar (Bengal) India earthquake, Jan. 10, 1869
Basilicata, Italy earthquake, Dec. 16, 1857
Antioch, Syria (now Turkey) earthquake, 1759
Luzon, Philippines earthquake, July 18, 1880
Luzon, Philippines earthquake, Mar.16, 1892
Zagreb, Croatia earthquake, Nov. 9, 1880
Ischia (Campania), Italy earthquake, Mar. 4, 1881
Chios, Greece earthquake, Apr. 3, 1881
Casamicciola, Italy earthquake, July 28, 1883
Chios, Greece earthquake, Oct. 15, 1883
Colchester, England earthquake, Apr. 22, 1884
M'sila, Algeria earthquake, Dec. 3, 1885
Mount Bandai (Japan) eruption, July 15, 1888
Liguria, Italy earthquake, Feb. 23, 1887
Torre del Greco (Campania) Italy earthquake, Dec. 9, 1861
Mino-Owari, Japan earthquake, Oct. 28, 1891
Zakinthos, Greece earthquake, Feb. 1, 1893
Atalanti, Greece earthquake, Apr. 27, 1894
Acireale, Sicily earthquake, Aug. 8, 1894
Istanbul, Turkey earthquake, July 10, 1894
Bagnara Calabra (Calabria), Italy earthquake, Nov. 16, 1894
Impruneta (Tuscany) Italy earthquake, May 18, 1895
Ljubljana, Slovenia earthquake, April 14, 1895
Assam, India earthquake, June 12, 1897
Akhalkalak, Georgia earthquake, Dec. 31, 1899
Inverness, Scotland earthquake, Sept. 18, 1901
Shemakha, Azerbaijan earthquake, Feb 13, 1902
Kangra, India earthquake, Apr. 4, 1905
Gulf of St. Eufemia (Calabria), Italy earthquake, Sept. 8, 1905
San Francisco, California earthquake, April 18, 1906
Swansea, Wales earthquake, June 27, 1906
Ferruzzano (Calabria), Italy earthquake, Oct. 23, 1907
Messina, Sicily earthquake, Dec. 28, 1908
Uden, Netherlands earthquake, Nov. 20, 1932
Manila, Philippines earthquake, June 3, 1863
Amasya, Turkey earthquake, April 1598
Mount Pacaya (Guatemala) eruption, July 1775
Tuxtla (Mexico) eruption, Jan, 1793
Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe earthquake, Feb. 8, 1843
Quito, Ecuador earthquake, Mar. 22, 1852
Mendoza, Argentina earthquake, March 20, 1861
Sao Miguel Island, Azores earthquakes, July 26-Aug. 12, 1591
Caracas, Venezuela earthquake, Mar. 26, 1812
Haiti earthquake, May 7, 1842
Valparaiso, Chile earthquake, Nov. 19, 1822
San Salvador, El Salvador earthquake, Apr. 14, 1854
Panama earthquake, Jan. 11, 1849
Yakutat Bay, Alaska earthquake, Sept. 10, 1899
Port Royal, Jamaica earthquake, June 7, 1692
Sonora, Mexico earthquake, May 3, 1887
San Lorenzo Island, Peru earthquake, Oct. 28, 1746
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands earthquake, Nov. 18, 1867
San Jose, Costa Rica earthquake, Sept. 2, 1841
San Jose, Costa Rica earthquake, Dec. 30, 1888
Izalco (El Salvador) eruption, Feb. 23, 1770
San Salvador, El Salvador earthquake, Mar. 4, 1873
Arequipa, Peru earthquake, Aug. 13, 1868
Cape Ann, Massachusetts earthquake, June 14, 1744
Cape Ann, Massachusetts earthquake, Nov. 18, 1755
New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812
San Bernardino County, California earthquake, Dec. 8, 1812
Ventura, California earthquake, Dec. 21, 1812
Fort Tejon, California earthquake, Jan. 9, 1857
Santa Cruz Mountains, California earthquake, Oct. 8, 1865
Charleston, South Carolina earthquake, Aug. 31, 1886
Kingston, Jamaica earthquake, Jan. 14, 1907
Hayward, California earthquake, Oct. 21, 1868
Owens Valley, California earthquake, March 26, 1872
Vacaville-Winters, California earthquake, April 19, 1892
Southern Sonoma County, California earthquake, March 31, 1898
Zangezur, Armenia earthquake, Apr.27, 1931
Tokyo, Japan earthquake, Sept. 1, 1923
Monte Vulture, Italy earthquake, Aug. 14, 1851
Sparta, Greece earthquake, 464 B.C.
Gulf of Honduras earthquake, Aug. 4, 1856
Vesuvius (Pompeii, Italy) eruption, 79 A.D.
Messina, Sicily earthquake, Feb. 5, 1783
Jerusalem earthquake, Jan. 14, 1546
Belluno (Veneto), Italy earthquake, June 29, 1873
Antigua Guatemala earthquake, July 29, 1773
Tokyo, Japan earthquake, Jan. 15, 1887
Panama earthquake, Sept. 7, 1882
Sumatra, Indonesia earthquake, Feb. 16, 1861
Strzelin (Silesia), Poland earthquake, June 11, 1895
Kraslice, West Bohemia earthquake swarm, May-Aug. 1900
Upper Vogtland, Germany earthquake, Feb. 25, 1903
B�hmer Wald earthquake, Nov. 26, 1902
Steiermark, Austria earthquake, April 29, 1899
Wexford County, Ireland tsunami, Sept. 16, 1854
Sanzal, Afghanistan earthquake, Dec. 20, 1898
Mor, Hungary earthquake, Jan. 24, 1810
Zittau, Germany / North Bohemia earthquake, Jan. 10, 1901
Trautenau, Bohemia earthquake, Jan. 31, 1883
Thessalonika, Greece earthquake, July 5, 1902
Plauen in Vogtland, Germany earthquake, Nov. 23, 1875
Gottwaldov, Moravia (now Czech Republic), earthquake, Jan. 15, 1858
Gera (Thuringia), Germany earthquake, March 6, 1872
Istanbul, Turkey earthquake, April 19, 1878
Chateauneuf-du-Rhone, France earthquake, July 14, 1873
Sakata, Japan earthquake, Oct. 22, 1894
Kumamoto (Kyushu), Japan earthquake, July 28, 1889
Vesuvius (Naples, Italy) eruption, Apr. 24, 1872
Santorini (Thera), Greece eruption, Jan. 26, 1866
Mount Tambora (Sumbawa Is., Indonesia) eruption, April 11, 1815
Mount Etna (Sicily) eruption, March 22-24, 1883
Iquique, Peru (now Chile), May 9, 1877
Homburg, Germany earthquake, Feb. 1571
Soufriere Guadeloupe eruption, Dec. 3, 1837
Vesuvius (Naples, Italy) eruption, Apr. 4, 1906
West Bohemia earthquake swarm, Oct. 24-Nov. 25, 1897
Ibarra, Ecuador earthquake, Aug. 16, 1868
Niederoesterreich, Austria earthquake Jan. 3, 1873

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