Abstract:Pliny the Elder lived in the 1st century CE and was among the first to report in writing that the amount of water discharged at Earth's surface can change following earthquakes. Following the Great Lisbon Earthquake in 1755, Immanuel Kant described sudden changes in surface hydrology that occurred "in the same minutes as the earthquake devastated the coasts of Portugal." He noted that "in just (…) minutes, the mineral water at Töplitz in Bohemia (Czech Republic) suddenly stopped and returned to blood red," whi… Show more
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