Earthquake Collection (#4)

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (8 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people Date: 1923

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (4 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people. Here, refugees lines the platforms of Tokyo Station, desperate to flee the burning city

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (2 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people (2/9). Date: 1923

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (9 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people Date: 1923

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (1 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people (1/9). Date: 1923

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (7 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people 1923

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (5 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people Date: 1923

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (3 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people. The Metropolitan Police Department burning at Maranouchi near Hibiya Park. Date: 1923

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (6 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people Date: 1923

Messina, Italy - before the earthquake of 1908
Messina, Italy - seen before the devastating earthquake of 29th December 1908. The Giardino a Mare (Sea Garden) Date: circa 1908

Jewish family camping inside a railway wagon
A Jewish family camping inside a railway wagon at Palmi (Calabria), Italy - made homeless by the earthquake at Messina, Sicily

Measuring an Earhquake
An initial measurement of a large earthquake being made on a monitor recording at an outstation near Blacknest, near Aldermaston. Date: August 1963

Iranian Earthquake - Koppeh Dargh - 1st May 1929. Food being brought for the refugees. Date: 1929

Santorini earthquake reportage, 1956
The aftermath of the Santorini earthquake, as reported in the Illustrated London News on July 21st 1956. Photographs of ruined buildings, refugees and rubble feature, as well as a short article

Mingun Bell nr. Mandalay, Myanmar
The Mingun Bell located in Mingun, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. This early photograph was taken prior to the bell being re-hung in 1896. It fell from its support following earthquake damage

Izmit, Turkey - Imperial Kiosk
Izmit, Turkey (aka Izmid, Kocaeli, Astacus or Nicomedia). Izmit houses a harbour 87 km southeast of Istanbul. The Eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire between 286-324 AD

Double page spread in a diary for 15-20 March
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 15-20 March. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Breaking ground for a new settlement - Chios
Triumphal Greeks Arch for the ceremony around the breaking of the ground for the construction of a new village on the Island of Chios, at this point under Ottoman Turkish control

San Francisco earthquake 1906. Destruction and ruins of Union Square, also showing the Birdcage under construction

General view of Izmit
Izmit houses a harbour 87 km southeast of Istanbul. The Eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire between 286-324 AD

Speech of thanks to British Fleet from people of Ierossos
A fantastic piece of history - a speech from the grateful people of the Greek Island of Ierossos, thanking the British Fleet and the English Government for assistance

Laodicea - Turkey
Remains of the entrance at Laodicea on the Lycus (Latin: Laodicea ad Lycum, also transliterated as Laodiceia or Laodikeia - earlier known as Diospolis and Rhoas)

Izmit - Turkey
The new Clock Tower and Palace Gardens at Izmit, Turkey (aka Izmid, Kocaeli, Astacus or Nicomedia). Izmit houses a harbour 87 km southeast of Istanbul

Earthquake in Uk 1884
The Colchester earthquake in Essex, Britain: shattered houses at Peldon

San Francisco, California, 1851
Engraving showing the city of San Francisco with Yerba Buena Island in the background. On 3rd May 1851 San Francisco was subject to a terrible fire and only days later, on 15th May

The peak of Ngaurrhoe, New Zealands only active volcano
Volcanic activity within eighty miles of Napier earthquake area. The peaks of Ngaurhoe in the Tongariro National Park giving off a spectacular display of smoke

Italy Messina
Distant view of the harbour : on 28 December 1908, 90 percent of the town will be destroyed in an earthquake, one of the most catastrophic ever to hit Europe

Greece Kefalonia
(or Cephalonia) - The home of the poet Byron when he stayed on this Ionian island, which was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1953

Earthquake damage, Japan
A street and houses in Japan showing substantial damage from, possibly, an earthquake

Effect of the San Francisco earthquake
Effect of the earthquake on a typical frame house. The San Francisco earthquake occurred on the 18th April 1906, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale

Large clouds of smoke from the spreading fires. The aftermat
Fires spreading through San Francisco, completing the ruin of the city. The business distract was completely devastated, with only the steel structures of modern buildings still standing

the fires that spread across the city of San Francisco from
The conflagration which swept across the city from the harbour shore. The San Francisco earthquake occurred on the 18th April 1906 and measured 7.9 on the Richter scale

A burning street after the San Francisco earthquake
A burning street in San Francisco, a few men try to reach their offices to salvage what they can. The San Francisco earthquake occurred on the 18th April 1906 and measured 7.9 on the Richter scale

Lisbon / 1700 / Allard
A view of Lisbon from the sea, before the earthquake of 1755

Lisbon before 1755
A view of Lisbon from the sea, before the earthquake of 1755

Tokyo Earthquake 1923
The citizens of Tokyo flee in terror as most of their city is destroyed by the Great Kanto earthquake : more than 140, 000 people will lose their lives as a result

Earthquake Calabria
King Vittorio Emanuele III descends from his car to commiserate with the residents of a Calabrian town, devastated by earthquake

Earthquake Calabria 05
The towns and villages of Calabria, devastated by earthquake, are visited by King Vittorio Emanuele III

Messina Earthquake - 4
MESSINA, SICILY A makeshift hospital among the ruins

Messina Earthquake -5
MESSINA, SICILY Hunting for looters amid the rubble

Messina Earthquake - 7
MESSINA, SICILY A ruined home

Messina Earthquake - 3
MESSINA, SICILY Street scene after the quake

Peru Iquique
View of the town and harbour before the earthquake which caused extensive damage

Ecuador Quito
General view of the city, viewed from the convent of San Juan, just previous to the recent earthquake

TIDAL WAVE, 1908
After the earthquake which destroyed Messina, Sicily, a tidal wave devastates the coast of South America !

British Earthquake 1931
A woman with a bandage over one eye, sitting among the havoc caused by an earthquake

San Francisco earthquake, the Synagogue
View of the ruined Synagogue after the San Francisco earthquake. Following the earthquake, the city was badly damaged by fire

Fleeing Earthquake 1750
LONDON EARTHQUAKE SCARE Following an earlier quake, many Londoners believe the city will be destroyed on 4 April 1750, and flee to Windsor and such places

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