What is it with this date, December 26th, and earthquakes? These all occurred on 12/26:

2003 - A major earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.
2004 - An earthquake measuring 9.3 on the Richter magnitude scale creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, The Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing more than 200,000.
2006- A major earthquake near Taiwan at 7.2 Richter scale generated a tsunami 3 feet high.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_26