Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An lalata biranen gaba ɗaya, kuma wasu a wasu lokuta sun ɓace gaba ɗaya, ga bala'o'i. Tsohon birni na Pompeii ya ɓace gaba ɗaya yayin fashewar dutsen mai fitad da wuta a ƙarni na 1 AD, an gano rushewar da aka gano yanzu a matsayin Gidan Tarihin Duniya. An halaka birnin Lisbon gabaki ɗaya a shekara ta 1755
da girgizar kasa da tsunami, da kuma girgizar kasa ta 1906 San Francisco ta bar garin a cikin kusan lalacewa.