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Underwater volcanic eruption
at
NW Rota-1
in 2006
... that the first observed underwater
explosive volcanic eruption
(example pictured)
occurred in 2004 at
NW Rota-1
?
... that only
Ifugao
consented to be part of an autonomous region in the
Philippine Cordillera
in
a 1990 plebiscite
?
... that after a fisherman crashed into
a volcano
, it was named after him?
... that the path of
Typhoon Yancy
wobbled in a
trochoidal
pattern as it approached Taiwan?
... that thunderstorms from
Hurricane Dolores
flooded the
Moreno Valley
, destroyed a bridge on
Interstate 10
, and killed a man by lightning strike?
... that the
1169 Sicily earthquake
happened on the eve of the feast of
St. Agatha
and killed many who were gathered in the
Catania Cathedral
for the feast?
... that although a tsunami warning was issued 14 minutes after the
1983 Sea of Japan earthquake
, the first wave had struck the coast two minutes earlier?
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