Encyclopedia of disasters : environmental catastrophes and human tragedies

v. 1 -- Credits for illustrations -- Guide to thematic entries -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Supervolcano Toba, Indonesia, 74,000 BC -- 2. Rome, Italy, fire, 64 -- 3. Pompeii, Italy, volcanic eruption, 79 -- 4. Alexandria, Egypt, tsunami, 365 -- 5. Antioch, Syria (now Antakya, Turkey), earthquake, 526 -- 6. Constantinople, Byzantine Empire, Black Death plague, 542 -- 7. Corinth, Greece, earthquake, 856 -- 8. Damghan, Persia, earthquake, 856 -- 9. Aleppo, Syria, earthquake, 1138 -- 10. Shaanxi, China, earthquake, 1556 -- 11. Arequipa, Peru, volcanic eruption, 1600 -- 12. London, England, Black Death plague, 1665 -- 13. London, England, fire, 1666 -- 14. Port Royal, Jamaica, earthquake, 1692 -- 15. Cascadia earthquake, 1700 -- 16. Lisbon, Portugal, earthquake and tsunami, 1755 -- 17. Massachusetts offshore earthquake, 1755 -- 18. Bengal, India, famine, 1770 -- 19. Connecticut earthquake, 1791 -- 20. New Madrid, Missouri, earthquakes, 1811 and 1812 -- 21. West Ventura, California, earthquake, 1812 -- 22. Tambora, Indonesia, volcanic eruption, 1815 -- 23. Natchez, Mississippi, tornado, 1840 -- 24. Fort Tejon, California, earthquake, 1857 -- 25. Calcutta, India, cyclone, 1864 -- 26. Kau, Hawaii, earthquake, 1868 -- 27. Chicago, Illinois, fire, 1871 -- 28. Owens Valley, California, earthquake, 1872 -- 29. Bangladesh cyclone, 1876 -- 30. Marshfield, Missouri, tornado, 1880 -- 31. Georgia/South Carolina hurricane, 1881 -- 32. Haiphong, Vietnam, typhoon, 1881 -- 33. Krakatau, Indonesia, volcanic eruption, 1883 -- 34. Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake, 1886 -- 35. Yellow River, China, flood, 1887 -- 36. Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood, 1889 -- 37. Louisville, Kentucky, tornado, 1890 -- 38. Japan earthquake, 1891 -- 39. Imperial Valley, California, earthquake, 1892 -- 40. Georgia/South Carolina hurricane, 1893 -- 41. Louisiana hurricane, 1893 -- 42. St. Louis, Missouri, tornado, 1896 -- 43. Sanriku, Japan, earthquake and tsunami, 1896 -- 44. Assam, India, earthquake, 1897 -- 45. Eureka, California, earthquake, 1899 -- 46. New Richmond, Wisconsin, tornado, 1899 -- 47. Yakutat, Alaska, earthquake, 1899 -- 48. Galveston, Texas, hurricane, 1900 -- 49. Cook Inlet, Alaska, earthquake, 1901 -- 50. Mount Pelee volcanic eruption, 1902 -- 51. Goliad, Texas, tornado, 1902 -- 52. Santa Maria, Guatemala, volcanic eruption, 1902 -- 53. Turtle Mountain, Alberta, Canada, landslide, 1903 -- 54. Chicago, Illinois, fire, 1903 -- 55. St. Petersburg, Russia, revolution, 1905 -- 56. Mongolia earthquake, 1905 -- 57. San Francisco, California. earthquake, 1906 -- 58. Socorro 1, New Mexico, earthquake, 1906 -- 59. Socorro 2, New Mexico, earthquake, 1906 -- 60. Ecuador offshore earthquake, 1906 -- 61. Monongah, Pennsylvania, explosion 1907 -- 62. Amite, Louisiana, tornado, 1908 -- 63. Louisiana hurricane, 1909 -- 64. Oregon earthquake, 1910 -- 65. Titanic iceburg tragedy, 1912 -- 66. Katmai, Alaska, volcanic eruption, 1912 -- 67. Omaha, Nebraska, tornado, 1913 -- 68. Texas hurricane, 1915 -- 69. Pleasant Valley, Nevada, earthquake, 1915 -- 70. Mattoon, Illinois, tornado, 1917 -- 71. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, explosion, 1917 -- 72. World-wide flu pandemic, 1918-1919 -- 73. Mona Passage, Puerto Rico, earthquake, 1918 -- 74. Vancouver Island, Canada, earthquake, 1918 -- 75. Kelud, Indonesia, volcanic eruption, 1919 -- 76. Florida/Gulf of Mexico hurricane, 1919 -- 77. Humboldt, California, earthquake, 1923 -- 78. Kamchatka, Russia, earthquake, 1923 -- 79. Tokyo, Japan, earthquake, 1923 -- 80. Charlevoix, Quebec, earthquake, 1925 -- 81. Illinois/Indiana/Missouri tornado, 1925 -- 82. Clarkston Valley, Montana, earthquake, 1925 -- 83. Santa Barbara, California, earthquake, 1925 -- 84. Florida hurricane, 1926 -- 85. Lompoc, California, earthquake, 1927 -- 86. St. Francis Dam failure, 1928 -- 87. Lake Okecchobee hurricane, 1928 -- 88. Stock Market Collapse, 1929 -- 89. Grand Banks, Nova Scotia, earthquake, 1929 -- 90. Ukraine catastrophe, 1932 -- 91. Nevada earthquake, 1932 -- 92. Sanriku, Japan, earthquake, 1933 -- 93. Baffin Bay, Canada, earthquake, 1933 -- 94. Bihar, India, earthquake, 1934 -- 95. Quetta earthquake, 1935 -- 96. Labor Day hurricane 1935 -- 97. Gainesville tornado, 1936 -- 98. Hindenburg crash, 1937 -- 99. Nanking massacre, 1937 -- v. 2 -- 100. New England hurricane, 1938 -- 101. Imperial Valley, California, earthquake, 1940 -- 102. Paricutin, Mexico, volcanic eruption, 1943 -- 103. San Juan, Argentina, earthquake, 1944 -- 104. Shinnston, West Virginia, tornado, 1944 -- 105. Northeast United States hurricane, 1944 -- 106. Cleveland, Ohio, gas explosion, 1944 -- 107. Hiroshima, Japan, nuclear bomb, 1945 -- 108. Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, nuclear tests, 1946 -- 109. Unimak, Alaska, tsunami, 1946 -- 110. Vancouver Island, Canada, earthquake, 1946 -- 111. Nankaido, Japan, earthquake, 1946 -- 112. Woodward, Oklahoma, tornado, 1947 -- 113. Texas City, Texas, explosion, 1947 -- 114. Puget Sound, Washington, earthquake, 1949 -- 115. Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada, earthquake, 1949 -- 116. Assam, India, earthquake, 1950 -- 117. Kern County, California, earthquake, 1952 -- 118. Kamchatka, Russia, earthquake, 1952 -- 119. London, England, suffocating smog, 1952 -- 120. Netherlands (Holland) flood, 1953 -- 121. Waco, Texas, tornado, 1953 -- 122. Flint, Michigan, tornado, 1953 -- 123. Fallon-Stillwater, Nevada, earthquake, 1954 -- 124. Thalidomide drug tragedy, 1957 -- 125. Lituya Bay, Alaska, earthquake, 1958 -- 126. West Yellowstone, Montana, earthquake, 1959 -- 127. Japan typhoon, 1959 -- 128. Chile earthquake, 1960 -- 129. New York City, New York, mid-air collision, 1960 -- 130. Tristan da Cunha volcanic eruption, 1961 -- 131. Vaiont Dam, Italy, collapse, 1963 -- 132. Prince William Sound, Alaska, earthquake, 1964 -- 133. Hurricane Betsy, 1965 -- 134. Aberfan, South Wales, Britain, landslide, 1966 -- 135. Hurricane Camille, 1969 -- 136. Peru earthquake, 1970 -- 137. Bangladesh cyclone, 1970 -- 138. Iraq mercury poisoning, 1971 -- 139. Hurricane Agnes, 1972 -- 140. Munich, Germany, terrorism, 1972 -- 141. Managua, Nicaragua, earthquake, 1972 -- 142. Iceland volcanic eruption, 1973 -- 143. Brisbane, Australia, flood, 1974 -- 144. Kalapana, Hawaii, earthquake, 1975 -- 145. Guatemala earthquake, 1976 -- 146. Teton Dam, Idaho, collapse, 1976 -- 147. Seveso, Italy, dioxin spill, 1976 -- 148. Tangshan, China, earthquake, 1976 -- 149. France oil spill, 1978 -- 150. Love Canal, New York, contamination, 1978 -- 151. Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, nuclear accident, 1979 -- 152. Mount St. Helens, Washington, volcanic eruption, 1980 -- 153. Canada, sinking of oil platform, 1982 -- 154. Coalinga, California, earthquake, 1983 -- 155. Bhopal, India, gas poisoning, 1984 -- 156. Air terrorism, 1985 -- 157. Mexico earthquake, 1985 -- 158. Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia, volcanic eruption, 1985 -- 159. Challenger (space shuttle), Florida, fire/explosion, 1986 -- 160. Chernobyl, Ukraine, nuclear accident, 1986 -- 161. Armenia earthquake, 1988 -- 162. Alaska oil spill, 1989 -- 163. Tiananmen Square, China, massacre, 1989 -- 164. Loma Prieta, California, earthquake, 1989 -- 165. Persian Gulf oil inferno, 1991 -- 166. Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, volcanic eruption, 1991 -- 167. Hurricane Andrew, 1992 -- 168. New York City, New York, terrorism, 1993 -- 169. Northridge, California, earthquake, 1994 -- 170. Rwanda genocide, 1994 -- 171. Kobe, Japan, earthquake, 1995 -- 172. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, terrorism, 1995 -- 173. Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, genocide, 1995 -- 174. Red River flood, 1997 -- 175. Hurricane Floyd, 1999 -- 176. Peru offshore earthquake, 2001 -- 177. Nine Eleven, New York City, New York, terrorism, 2001 -- 178. United States anthrax terrorism, 2001 -- 179. Sumatra, Indonesia, earthquake and tsunami, 2004 -- 180. Northern California offshore earthquake, 2005 -- 181. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- 182. Pakistan earthquake, 2005 -- 183. Taiwan earthquake, 2006 -- 184. Greensburg, Kansas, tornado, 2007 -- Appendix 1 : USGS list of worldwide earthquakes (1500-2007) -- Appendix 2 : U.S. natural environments -- Appendix 3 : World's deadliest disasters -- Appendix 4 : Measuring natural disasters -- Bibliography -- Index.