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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?