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Neftegorsk

Neftegorsk was an oil town built in 1963 in Northern Sakhalin. The town was destroyed by an earthquake on this date in 1995 with the loss of two thousand lives, and it has never been rebuilt. Source.

Louis Agassiz

During the San Francisco Earthquake of April 18, 1906, a statue of geologist Louis Agassiz was shaken from its second-storey perch and fell head-first into the pavement below, prompting someone to remark, 'Agassiz was great in the abstract but not in the concrete.' Source.

Long Beach Earthquake, 1933

The Long Beach Earthquake hit Los Angeles and Orange County on this date ninety years ago. Source. Footage.

September reminds us of the Great Kanto Earthquake

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Echizenya Dry Goods Store 1923

The Echizenya Dry Goods Store, Yokohama, following the Great Kanto Earthquake, September 1, 1923.

The Great Kanto Earthquake in The Wind Rises

The Wind Rises.