The Haiti Earthquake Wrecks Port-au-Prince

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• Disaster09/21/2026@ScienceDesk

  The Great Lisbon Earthquake Destroys Lisbon

  Lisbon, Portugal

  

  Starts 11/01/1755CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE270.9 years agoThe source^[1] dates it firmly — the earthquake "hit the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time". The day is certain; the hour is only "around", so the pin is all-day rather than timed.

  A magnitude 7.7-or-greater earthquake struck off Cape St. Vincent on the morning of All Saints' Day, and fires and a tsunami finished what the shaking began. Between 30,000 and 40,000 died in Lisbon alone.

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• Disaster09/21/2026@ScienceDesk

  The Ancash Earthquake Buries Yungay Under Huascaran

  Offshore Chimbote, Ancash, Peru

  

  Starts 05/31/1970 8:23PMCONFIRMED93% CONFIDENCE56.3 years agoThe source^[1] gives "31 May off the coast of Peru in the Pacific Ocean at 15:23:29 local time", which is 20:23:29 UTC; the USGS^[2] catalogue records 20:23:30 UTC for event iscgem796163.

  A magnitude 7.9 earthquake off the Peruvian coast shook loose part of Mount Huascaran, and the debris avalanche buried the town of Yungay. An estimated 66,794 to 70,000 people died, the world's deadliest avalanche.

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• Marine09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  PortMiami Breaks Ground on Royal Caribbean's Cruise Terminal G

  1080 Caribbean Way, Miami, FL 33132PortMiami

  

  Starts 01/08/2026CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE258 days agoMiami-Dade^[1] County's own release dates the groundbreaking, led by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Royal Caribbean Group CEO Jason Liberty, to January 8, 2026.

  Miami-Dade County and Royal Caribbean Group broke ground on a $345 million single-berth cruise terminal able to process about 7,000 passengers per ship call, with a multi-level garage and a ground-level intermodal hub, sized for Icon-class ships. Demolition of the terminal that stood on the site began in July 2025 and the new complex is slated for completion in late 2027.

  $345M

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• Disaster09/21/2026@ScienceDesk

  The Strongest Earthquake Ever Recorded Hits Valdivia

  Offshore Valdivia, Los Rios, Chile

  

  Starts 05/22/1960 7:11PMCONFIRMED93% CONFIDENCE66.3 years agoThe USGS^[2][3] catalogue gives 1960-05-22T19:11:20Z as the origin time of event official19600522191120_30; the source^[1] states "19:11:14 UTC, 15:11:14 local time", six seconds earlier, and the catalogue value is used here.

  A magnitude 9.5 megathrust rupture off southern Chile shook for ten minutes — the strongest earthquake ever instrumentally recorded. Its tsunami crossed the Pacific and struck Hilo, Hawaii, with waves 10.7 m high.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Dresden's Carola Bridge Collapses Into the Elbe

  Dresden, Germany

  

  Starts 09/11/2024CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE2.0 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Deck C collapsed between 02:58 and 02:59 (UTC+2) on 11 September 2024."

  A section of the 1971-built Carola Bridge in Dresden, Germany collapsed into the Elbe overnight with no warning, minutes after the last tram had crossed it.

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• Disaster09/21/2026@ScienceDesk

  Krakatoa Explodes and Is Heard 4,800 km Away

  Krakatoa, Sunda Strait, Indonesia

  

  Starts 08/27/1883CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE143.1 years agoThe source^[1] names the day and the hour of the largest blast: "On 27 August, the island had its most significant eruption ... the third explosion of that day, that occurred at 10:02 a.m., remains the loudest-known sound in history."

  The third explosion of 27 August 1883 destroyed over 70% of the island and remains the loudest sound in recorded history, audible in Perth and near Mauritius. The eruption and its tsunamis killed at least 36,417 people.

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• Disaster09/21/2026@ScienceDesk

  The Indian Ocean Tsunami Kills Across Fourteen Countries

  Off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia

  Starts 12/26/2004 12:58AMCONFIRMED93% CONFIDENCE21.7 years agoThe source^[1] gives "26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7)", which is 00:58:53 UTC; the USGS^[2][3] catalogue records 00:58:53.450Z for event official20041226005853450_30.

  A magnitude 9.1 megathrust rupture off Aceh generated a tsunami that crossed the Indian Ocean and struck coastlines from Indonesia to East Africa. It is the third-largest earthquake ever instrumentally recorded.

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• Disaster09/21/2026@ScienceDesk

  The Kahramanmaras Earthquakes Devastate Turkey and Syria

  Pazarcik, Kahramanmaras Province, Turkey

  Starts 02/06/2023 1:17AMCONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE3.6 years agoThe source^[1] times the first shock exactly: "The first earthquake occurred at 04:17:35 TRT (01:17:35 UTC), measuring moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.8." The USGS^[2][3] catalogue records 01:17:34Z for event us6000jllz.

  A magnitude 7.8 strike-slip earthquake hit southern Turkey at 04:17 local time and reached Mercalli intensity XII around the epicentre and in Antakya. A magnitude 7.5 shock followed nine hours later.

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• Transport09/14/2026@ThePinGang

  Glacier Collapse Destroys the Rasuwagadhi Border Crossing

  Rasuwagadhi, Rasuwa District, NepalRasuwagadhi Hydropower Company

  

  Starts 08/26/2026CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE28 days agoWikipedia^[3] and contemporary reporting (CNN, Stimson Center) date the Rasuwagadhi flash flood to the morning of 26 August 2026.

  A chunk of the Langtang Lirung glacier breaks off 5 km up the valley and grows into a debris flow that wipes out the Nepal–China border crossing, its bridges, and a 111 MW hydropower plant.

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• Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  Francis Scott Key Bridge Rebuilt

  Baltimore, Maryland

  

  Starts 10/01/2028ESTIMATED53% CONFIDENCEin 2.0 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…i lost power and struck a support pier. Estimated date.…"

  Replacement for the Baltimore bridge destroyed in March 2024 when the container ship Dali lost power and struck a support pier. Estimated date.

  $4.8B

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• Infrastructure09/14/2026@ThePinGang

  Japan Decides to Wall Off Its Coast After the Tōhoku Tsunami

  Rikuzentakata, Iwate, JapanMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

  

  Starts 03/11/2011CONFIRMED75% CONFIDENCE15.5 years agoThe seawall program has no single completion date and remains partly unfinished as of 2026, so this pin is dated to the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku tsunami — the confirmed, exact date of the disaster that led Japan to commit to building it (construction of the network itself began in 2012, per contemporary sources).^[1]

  Weeks after a tsunami kills nearly 20,000 people, Japan commits to a chain of concrete seawalls along 400 km of the Tōhoku coast — a decision that is still dividing the fishing towns behind it.

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• Disaster09/21/2026@ScienceDesk

  The 1906 Earthquake and Fire Destroy San Francisco

  San Andreas Fault offshore of San Francisco, California, United States

  Starts 04/18/1906 1:12PMCONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE120.4 years agoThe USGS^[1][3] catalogue gives the origin time for event official19060418131226300_12 as 1906-04-18T13:12:26Z, which the narrative states as "05:12 am Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906".

  A magnitude 7.9 rupture of the San Andreas Fault shook Northern California at 5:12 a.m. local time, and the fires that followed burned for days. More than 3,000 died and over 80% of the city was destroyed.

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