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Lisbon Earthquake
Magnitude: m 9
Death Toll: 20,000
Interesting Facts:
* The Earthquake caused a tsunami
* It caused fires and more earthquakes -
Krakatoa Eruption
Magnitude: VEI 6
Death Toll: 36,000
Interesting facts:
*The tsunami was caused by a volcano
*The top of the volcano collapsed causing the tsunami -
Aleutian Earthquake
Magnitude: m 8.1
Death Toll: 160
Interesting facts:
*The earthquake caused the tsunami
*The earthquake in Alaska caused a tsunami in Hawaii -
Great Chilean Earthquake
Magnitude: m 9.5
Death Toll:61
Interesting Facts:
*The tsunami traveled for 15 hours
*The earthquake in Chile caused a tsunami in Hawaii -
Good Friday Earthquake
Magnitude:m 9.2
Death Toll: 130
Interesting Facts:
*Alaska created an earthquake that traveled to California
*Was the largest in U.S. history -
Hokkaido Earthquake
Magnitude: m7.8
Death Toll: 120
Interesting Facts:
*One of japans largest earthquake
*Was about 80 miles wide -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
Magnitude:m7.1
Death Toll: 2,100
Interesting Facts:
*left 9,500 Homeless
*500 people were missing -
Sumatra Earthquake
Magnitude: M 9.4
Death Toll: 230,000
Interesting Facts:
* Realised enough energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima bombings
*Tsunamis top wave was 100 ft. -
Samoa Earthquake
Magnitude: M 8.1
Death Toll: 200
Interesting Facts:
* The tsunami was known as there wake up call
* Tsunami top wave was 72 ft. -
Chile Earthquake
Magnitude: M 8.8
Death Toll: 700
Interesting Facts:
* Shaking lasted 4 minutes
* Cost more than $30 Billion in damages -
Tohoku Earthquake
Magnitude: M 9.1
Death Toll: 20,000
Interesting Facts:
* Waves reached 124 ft
* Trigger nuclear power plant meltdown -
Sulawesi Earthquake
Magnitude: M 7.5
Death Toll: 4,340
Interesting Facts:
* 32 aftershocks were felt
* 667 went missing