Earth Dried-up lake may explain why California is 'overdue' major earthquake Pressure on the San Andreas fault from a now-dried lake could have been sufficient to trigger past major earthquakes in California. The lake’s disappearance could explain why there have been no such quakes for nearly 300 years NewsSubscriber-only
Humans Ancient Chilean tsunami scared local people away for 1000 years A tsunami 3800 years ago devastated the coastline of Chile and encouraged hunter-gatherers to move inland, where they stayed for the next 1000 years NewsFree