On This Day in Earthquakes (nonfiction)

On This Day in Earthquakes.

On This Day in Earthquakes comprises earthquakes grouped by day of the year.

November 25

• 1343 – A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.
• 1667 – A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
• 1759 – An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
• 1833 – A massive undersea earthquake near Sumatra, estimated magnitude between 8.7 and 9.2, produces a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
• 2000 – The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.

Fiction cross-reference

• Crimes against geological constants
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Poseidon (nonfiction)

External links

• November 25 @ Wikipedia
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