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Collect information on the most destructive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes on the earth.

Some of the most destructive volcanic eruptions on earth are –

• Mount Pinatubo – Luzon, Philippines – 1991


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• Mount St. Helens – Washington state, United States – 1980



• Nevado del Ruiz, Columbia, 1985


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• Krakatoa – Sunda Strait, Indonesia – 1883


• Tambora – Indonesia – 1815


Some of the most destructive Earthquakes on earth are –


• 15 August 1950 – Assam-Tibet - Magnitude 8.6


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• 1 November 1755 – Lisbon - Magnitude 8.7


• 13 January 1906 – coast of Ecuador - Magnitude 8.8


• 27 February 2010 – off Bio-Bio, Chile - Magnitude 8.8


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• 26 January 1700 – North Pacific coast of America -Magnitude 9


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