Encyclopaedia of Natural Disasters : Vols. I and II

Contents: Vol. I.  Preface. Tsunamis: 1. 426 BC: Maliakos Gulf, Greece. 2. 373 BC: Helike, Greece. 3. 365 A.D: Alexandria, Eastern Mediterranean. 4. 426 BC Maliakos Guilf Tsunami. 5. 684 AD: Hakuho, Japan. 6. 869 AD: Sendai, Japan. 7. 887 AD: Ninna Nankai, Japan. 8. 1293: Kamakura, Japan. 9. 1303: Eastern Mediterranean. 10.1361: Shohei Nankai, Japan. 11. 1498: Meio Nankai, Japan. 12. 1541: Nueva Cadiz, Venezuela. 13. 1605: Keicho Nankaido, Japan. 14. 1607: Bristol Channel, Great Britain. 15. 1698: Seikaido-Nankaido, Japan. 16. 1700: Vancouver Island, Canada. 17. 1707: Hoei, Japan. 18. 1741: W. Hokkaido, Japan. 19. 1755: Lisbon, Portugal. 20. Lisbon earthquake. 21. 1771: Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa, Japan. 22. 1792: Mount Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. 23. 1833: Sumatra, Indonesia. 24. Nankai, Tokai and Kyushu Japan. 25. 1855: Edo, Japan. 26. 1855: Ansei Edo Earthquake. 27. 1868: Hawaiian Islands. 28. 1858: Arica, Chile. 29. 1883: Krakatoa, Sunda Strait, Indonesia. 30. 1896: Meiji Sanriku. 31. 1908: Messina, Italy. 32. 1929: Newfoundland. 33. 1933: Showa Sanriku, Japan. 34. 1944: Tonankai, Japan. 35. 1946: Nankaido, Japan. 36. 1952: Severo-Kurilsk, Kuril Islands, USSR. 37. 1958: Lituya Bay, Alaska, USA. 38. 1964: Niigata, Japan. 39. 1964: Alaska, USA. 40. 1976: Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines. 41. 1979: Tumaco, Colombia. 42. 1983: Sea of Japan. 43. 1993: Okushiri, Hokkaido, Japan. 44. 1998: Papua New Guinea. 45. 2004: Indian Ocean. 46. 2006: South of Java Island. 47. 2006: Kuril Islands. 48. 2009: Samoa earthquake. 49. 2010: Indonesia. 50. 2011: New Zealand. 51. 2011: Pacific coast of Japan.

Vol. II. Preface. Earthquakes: 1. Mount Tai earthquake. 2. 464 BC Sparta earthquake. 3. 226 BC Rhodes earthquake. 4. 365 Crete earthquake. 5. 526 Antioch earthquake. 6. 551 Beirut earthquake. 7. The seventh earthquake. 8. 869 Sanriku earthquake and tsunami. 9. 1138 Aleppo earthquake. 10. 1202 Syria earthquake. 11. 1222 cyprus earthquake. 12. 1268 Cilicia earthquake. 13. 1290 Chihli earthquake. 14. 1303 Crete earthquake. 15. 1348 Friuli earthquake. 16. 1356 Basel earthquake. 17. 1428 Catalonia earthquake. 18. 1481 Rhodes earthquake. 19. 1498 Meio Nankaido earthquake. 20. 1575 Valdivia earthquake. 21. 1667 Shamakhi earthquake. 22. 1687 Peru earthquake. 23. 1692 Jamaica earthquake. 24. 1693 Sicily earthquake. 25. 1694 Irpinia-Basilicata earthquake. 26. 1700 Cascadia earthquake. 27. 1703 Apennine earthquakes. 28. The Norcia earthquake. 29. The Montereale earthquake. 30. The L’Aquila earthquake. 31. 1703 Apennine earthquakes. 32. The Norcia earthquake. 33. The Montereale earthquake. 34. The L’Aquila earthquake. 35. 1703 Genroku earthquake. 36. 1707 Hoei earthquake. 37. 195 Kangra earthquake. 38. 1905 Calabria earthquake. 39. 1906 Ecuador Colombia earthquake. 40. 1906 San Francisco earthquake. 41. 1915 Avezzano earthquake. 42. 1920 Haiyuan earthquake. 43. 1556 Shaanxi earthquake. 44. 1976 Tangshan earthquake. 45. 1977 Vrancea earthquake. 46. 1978 Miyagi earthquake. 47. 1978 Tabas earthquake. 48. 1979 Montenegro earthquake. 49. 1980 El Asnam earthquake. 50. 1980 Irpinia earthquake. 51. 1981 Irian Jaya earthquake. 52. 1981 Dawu earthquake. 53. 1984 Northern Sumatra earthquake. 54. 1985 Santiago earthquake. 55. 1985 Pichilemu earthquake. 56. 1985 Mexico city earthquake. 57. 1985 Nahanni earthquakes. 58. 1987 Ecuador earthquakes. 59. 1987 Whittier narrows earthquake. 60. 1988 Spitak earthquake. 61.1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. 62. 1989 Newcastle earthquake. 63. 1990 Manjil Rudbar earthquake. 64. 1990 Luzon earthquake. 65. 1992 Landers earthquake. 66. 1992 Nicaragua earthquake. 67. 1992 Cairo earthquake. 68. 1993 Hokkaido earthquake. 69. 1993 Latur earthquake. 70. 1994 Northridge earthquake. 71. 1994 Bolivia earthquake. 72. Great Hanshin earthquake. 73. 1995 Antofagasta earthquake. 74. 1995 Colima Jalisco earthquake. 75. 1996 Biak earthquake. 76. 1997 Umbria and marche earthquake. 77. 1997 Manyi earthquake. 78. 1999 Yzmit earthquake. 79. 921 earthquake. 80. 1999 Duzce earthquake. 81. 2000 Yunnan earthquake. 82. 2000 Sumatra earthquake. 83. 2000 New Ireland earthquakes. 84. 2001 El Salvador earthquakes. 85. 2001 Nisqually earthquake. 86. 2001 Southern Peru earthquake. 87. 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes. 88. 2002 Bouin Zahra earthquake. 89. 2002 Sumatra earthquake. 90. 2002 Denali earthquake. 91. 2003 Colima earthquake. 92. 2003 Bachu earthquake. 93. 2003 Bingol earthquake. 94. 2003 Hokkaido earthquake. 95. 2003 Altai earthquake. 96. 2003 Bam earthquake. 95. 2004 Morocco earthquake. 96. 2004 Chuetsu earthquake. 97. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. 98. 2005 Zarand earthquake. 99. 2005 Fukuoka earthquake. 100. 2005 Sumatra earthquake. 101. Miyagi earthquake. 102. 2005 Northern Peru earthquake. 103. 2005 Kashmir earthquake. 104. 2005 Ruichang earthquake. 105. 2005 Qeshm earthquake. 106. 2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake. 107. 2005 Hindu Kush earthquake. 108. 2006 Banda Sea earthquake. 109. 2006 Borujerd earthquake. 110. 2006 Kamchatka earthquakes. 111. 2006 Tonga earthquake. 112. 2006 Tonga earthquake. 113. May 2006 Java earthquake. 114. 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake. 115. 2006 Hengchun earthquake. 116. 2007 Kuril islands earthquake. 117. March 2007 Sumatra earthquakes. 118. 2007 Noto earthquake. 119. 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake. 120. 2007 Aisen Fjord earthquake. 121. 2007 Chuetsu Offshore earthquake. 122. 2007 Chuetsu offshore earthquake. 123. 2007 Sumatra earthquakes. 124. 2007 Mariana Islands earthquake. 125. 2007 Tocopilla earthquake. 126. 2007 Martinique earthquake. 127. 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake. 128. 2008 Sichuan earthquake. 129. 2008 El Calvario earthquake. 130. 2008 Peloponnese earthquake. 131. 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake. 132. 2008 Panzhihua earthquake.

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods can often come at the least expected time. Others, such as hurricanes and cyclones are increasing in severity and destruction. Typically, the poor are the worst hit for they have the least resources to cope and rebuild. A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard such as flood, tornado, hurricane, volcanic eruption, earthquake, or landslide. It leads to financial, environmental or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the vulnerability of the affected population to resist the hazard, also called their resilience. This understanding is concentrated in the formulation disaster occur when hazards meet vulnerability.