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... 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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