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All Phenomena

Discrete, dated physical events the earth has produced: historical earthquakes and their tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, mass extinction events read from the rock record, notable storms and recurring climate patterns, an ocean current and an ancient submarine landslide. Grouped here by the discipline whose live relationship names each event's primary process, even where a real secondary effect (an eruption's climatic cooling, an earthquake's tsunami) is also attached. Belongs here: a specific, time-bounded event with a real date or date range and a documented cause. Does not belong here: an ongoing physical process without a discrete date or event boundary, held under Processes instead, or an abstract principle or scale used to measure such an event, held under Concepts, even where the two are closely related, such as the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (a Concept) describing the intensity of a historical earthquake (a Phenomenon).

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1257 Samalas Eruption

Volcanology

1556 Shaanxi Earthquake

Seismology

1561 Celestial Phenomenon over Nuremberg

Meteorology

1566 Celestial Phenomenon over Basel

Meteorology

1600 Huaynaputina Eruption

Volcanology

1700 Cascadia Earthquake

Seismology

1755 Lisbon Earthquake

Seismology

1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes

Seismology

1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora

Volcanology

1883 Eruption of Krakatoa

Volcanology

1902 Eruption of Mount Pelee

Volcanology

1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Seismology

1908 Messina Earthquake

Seismology

1912 Eruption of Novarupta

Volcanology

1923 Great Kanto Earthquake

Seismology

1950 Assam-Tibet Earthquake

Seismology

1960 Valdivia Earthquake

Seismology

1963-1964 Eruption of Mount Agung

Volcanology

1964 Alaska Earthquake

Seismology

1970 Ancash Earthquake

Seismology

1976 Tangshan Earthquake

Seismology

1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens

Volcanology

1982 Eruption of El Chichon

Volcanology

1985 Mexico City Earthquake

Seismology

1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake

Seismology

1991 Eruption of Mount Pinatubo

Volcanology

1991 Eruption of Mount Unzen

Volcanology

1995 Kobe Earthquake

Seismology

2001 Gujarat Earthquake

Seismology

2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami

Seismology

2005 Kashmir Earthquake

Seismology

2008 Sichuan Earthquake

Seismology

2010 Eyjafjallajokull Eruption

Volcanology

2010 Haiti Earthquake

Seismology

2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

Seismology

2015 Nepal Earthquake

Seismology

2018 Lower Puna Eruption

Volcanology

2018 Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami

Seismology

2022 Eruption of Hunga Tonga

Volcanology

22-Degree Halo

Meteorology

4.2-Kiloyear Event

Paleoclimatology

8.2-Kiloyear Event

Paleoclimatology

Abu Fanous

Meteorology

Afterglow

Meteorology

Air mass

Meteorology

Airglow

Meteorology

Alexander's band

Meteorology

Alpenglow

Meteorology

Anthelion

Meteorology

Anticrepuscular rays

Meteorology

Anticyclogenesis

Meteorology

Arctic ice pack

Oceanography

Armero Tragedy

Volcanology

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

Oceanography

Atmospheric optics

Meteorology

Atmospheric Refraction

Meteorology

Atmospheric River

Meteorology

Azolla Event

Paleoclimatology

Belt of Venus

Meteorology

Bishop's Ring

Volcanology

Blizzard

Meteorology

Blue Hour

Meteorology

Brine rejection

Oceanography

Brown Mountain lights

Meteorology

Capitanian Mass Extinction

Stratigraphy

Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse

Paleoclimatology

Chicxulub Impact

Geochronology

Circumhorizontal Arc

Meteorology

Circumzenithal arc

Meteorology

Clear-Air Turbulence

Meteorology

Cloud Iridescence

Meteorology

Cold drop

Meteorology

Cold Pool

Meteorology

Cold Wave

Climatology

Cold-Core Low

Meteorology

Corona (Optical Phenomenon)

Meteorology

Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction Event

Stratigraphy

Crown flash

Meteorology

Cut-Off Low

Meteorology

Cyclone

Meteorology

Dawn

Meteorology

Daylight

Meteorology

Diffuse sky radiation

Meteorology

Diurnal Temperature Variation

Meteorology

Drought

Climatology

Dry season

Climatology

Dusk

Meteorology

Dust Bowl

Climatology

Dust Storm

Meteorology

Earthlight

Meteorology

Earthquake

Seismology

Earth's shadow

Meteorology

Eclipse

Meteorology

Effect of Sun angle on climate

Climatology

El Nino

Climatology

Eocene-Oligocene Extinction Event

Stratigraphy

Equation of Time

Meteorology

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

Volcanology

Evaporation

Meteorology

False sunrise

Meteorology
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