Guam suffered from a string of natural disasters during the second Ada administration . Four typhoons , one after another , hit Guam in 1991 , with Typhoon Omar causing the most damage . On 8 August 1993 Guam was rocked by a very large earthquake . Measuring 7.8 on the moment magnitude scale , the shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( '' Severe '' ) . Damage ran into millions of dollars , though only two buildings were destroyed . These disasters , combined with a recession in Japan , caused the tourism industry to suffer for a time
very large earthquake
1993 Guam earthquake
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