Natural Disasters Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 13
In October 1987, what natural phenomenon erupted 130 feet beneath the research ship Melville in the South Pacific?
Very Easy
Click to reveal answer
volcano
What natural disaster has N. Korea been suffering from for the last few years, considered one of the worst in the 20th century?
Very Easy
Click to reveal answer
famine
Which Florida city is home to the National Hurricane Center that issues warnings for tropical storms?
Very Easy
Click to reveal answer
miami
Thousands died in September 1985 when earthquakes measuring 8.1 and 7.3 struck which world capital?
Easy
Click to reveal answer
mexico city
Which volcano's eruption and accompanying earthquakes resulted in the deaths of about 20,000 Sicilians in 1669?
Medium
Click to reveal answer
mount etna
In which north Atlantic nation did Hekla erupt on March 29, 1947, spreading ash as far away as Finland?
Medium
Click to reveal answer
iceland
What is the Japanese term for seismic sea waves, sometimes 100 feet high, that can bring lots of tsuris?
Medium
Click to reveal answer
tsunami
Which volcano in the Cascade Range erupted in 1980, resulting in the deaths of 57 people?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
mount st. helens
What are the destructive sea waves, triggered by earthquakes, that can travel at nearly 500 mph?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
tsunami
What is the name of the Philippine volcano that erupted in June 1991 and caused vivid sunsets?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
mount pinatubo
Which West Indies island was the site of Mount Pelee's 1902 eruption, where only one person survived and St. Pierre was completely destroyed?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
martinique
What is the term for a prolonged period without rainfall that severely affects crops?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
drought
Which famous volcano on the island of Sicily erupted on Christmas in 1985 and triggered several earthquakes?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
mount etna
Page 1 of 1