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Chapter 4 - Tsunamis (Natural disasters)

  • Lisbon Earthquake - Portugal

    Lisbon Earthquake - Portugal
    Th earthquakes magnitude spiked at a whopping 9.1. Not only did the earthquake kill a ton of people, the tsunami killed more after the earthquake.
  • Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

    Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
    This eruption generated the loudest sound recorded in history. When the volcano erupted it shot ash 50 miles into the air!
  • Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
    This earthquake in Alaska caused a surprisingly fast tsunami wave, peaking at 500 miles per hour
  • Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

    Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
    This was the biggest recorded earthquake in history! This earthquake peaked at a 9.5 magnitude! The tsunami wave, though only lasted 3 minutes, but was extremely damaging
  • Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

    Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
    Strongest earthquake ever recorded in us history! The north and Pacific plates banged together to get a massive explosion!!
  • Papa New Guiana Earthquake

    Papa New Guiana Earthquake
    This earthquake has been the biggest earthquake Papua New Guiena
  • Sumatra Earthquake

    Sumatra Earthquake
    This earthquake lasted for a whopping 10 minutes. It broke thousands or houses, and 4 schools.
  • Samoa Earthquake

    Samoa Earthquake
    Four schools and over 3000 homes were damaaged because of this earthquake
  • Chile earthquake

    Chile earthquake
    This massive earthquake of a 9.5 magnitude went on for ten whole minutes
  • Tohoku earthquake

    Tohoku earthquake
    The tsunami size was a record breaking 132 feet!
  • Sulawesi earthquake

    Sulawesi earthquake
    The earthquake caved because of the movement by the Palu-kao fault