Earthquakes in Human History

On November 1, 1755-All Saints' Day-a massive earthquake struck Europe's Iberian Peninsula and destroyed the city of Lisbon. Churches collapsed on thousands of worshippers celebrating the holy day. Earthquakes in Human History tells the story of that calamity as well as other epic earthquakes throughout the world, including three that caused tsunamis. Recapturing the power of their previous book, Volcanoes in Human History, Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders vividly explain the geological processes responsible for earthquakes, and describe how these events have had long-lasting aftereffects on human societies and cultures.

Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders are the authors of "Volcanoes in Human History". Zeilinga de Boer is the Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science at Wesleyan University. Sanders, a Wesleyan graduate and former geologist, is an independent science editor and writer.