Earthquake

Earthquakes were natural disasters on Earth and other planets.

On Earth
In 62, an earthquake hit Pompeii, awakening the Pyroviles from their slumber. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii) In 79, earthquakes hit Pompeii again on the day before and the day of the eruption of Pompeii. (AUDIO: The Fires of Vulcan)

In 1906, San Francisco was hit by an earthquake. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)

In 1980, an earthquake hit Pompeii, damaging the city and uncovering the buried TARDIS. (AUDIO: The Fires of Vulcan)

In 1999, the Eighth Doctor met Gareth, who went on to invent a system for accurately predicting earthquakes. (TV: Doctor Who)

On 25 December 2000, an earthquake known as the Little Big One hit San Francisco. (PROSE: Unnatural History)

In 2006, Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen's failed plot to destroy Earth with the Cardiff Rift caused an earthquake in Cardiff. (TV: Boom Town)


 * While not caused by the Earth's plates, Martha Jones later recalled this incident as an earthquake. (TV: Utopia)

On other planets
Krop Tor was known to be affected by earthquakes. In the 42nd century, one such earthquake caused the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS to fall into a deep chasm. (TV: The Impossible Planet)

Related technology
The Doctor's TARDIS had a seismic scanner to detect earthquakes, p.e. on the volcanic planet Sarn. (TV: Planet of Fire)