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The Earth Shook: the Most Significant Earthquakes of the Past Month

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M 4.9 — Red River Parish, Louisiana, USA (sig: 889)

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M 4.1 — Cowles, Nebraska, USA (sig: 819)

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M 5.5 — Rodotopi, Greece (sig: 665)

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2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami response / Wikimedia Commons

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Ring of Fire: the Pacific's Most Active Earthquake Zones This Month

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Chile — The South American Subduction Zone

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Alaska — The Aleutian Arc

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Japan — The Japan Trench (Tohoku)

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Wikimedia Commons — Pacific Ring of Fire

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Tectonic Hotspots: the Week's Most Powerful Earthquakes Ranked

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M 6.3 — Vallenar, Chile

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M 6.0 — Anacapri, Italy

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M 5.9 — Otobe, Japan

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Top 10 Deadliest Natural Disasters in History

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1931 China Floods

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1887 Yellow River Flood

31556 Shaanxi Earthquake

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Top 10 Deadliest Natural Disasters in Recorded History

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1931 China Floods

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1887 Yellow River Flood, China

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Black Death (1347-1351)

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Top 10 Biggest Natural Disasters of 2025: the Year $400B in Global Losses

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Los Angeles Wildfires — California, USA (January 2025)

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Myanmar-Thailand Earthquake (March 2025)

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South and Southeast Asia Monsoon Floods (June-September 2025)

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