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Lisbon Earthquake 1755
Magnitude-1
Death toll-20,000
-Waves rose to heights of 7 meters (2.3 feet)
-The earthquake was a massive slip of the Azores-Gibraltar Faultline -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
Magnitude-8.5
Death toll-36,000
-Cooled earth by the average of 0.6 degrees celsius
-Over 70% of the island was destryoed -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude-9.5
Death toll-61
-Also called "Valdivia earthquake"
-Most powerful earthquake ever recorded -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude-8.1
Death toll-160
-The shock had a magnitude of 7.6
-Over $26 million in damage -
Good Friday Earthquake
Magnitude-9.2
Death toll-130
-Occurred on Good Friday
-Total damage was $311 million -
Hokkaido earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude-
Death toll-
-Also called "Okushiri earthquake"
-Some people are still missing from this quake -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)
Magnitude- 7.1
Death toll- 2100
-The tsunami was produced after a submarine landslide.
-The tsunami was 15m (49ft) high -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude- 9.1
Death toll- 230,000
- The earthquake was thought to have had the energy of 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs
- The epicenter was located in the Indian ocean near Sumatra -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
Magnitude- 8.1
Death toll- 200
- Generated tsunami waves up to 72ft that engulfed the shores
- caused by two separate earthquakes occurring within 2-3 minutes apart. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude: 8.8
Death toll: 700
-Caused a blackout for 93% Chileans
-A fire broke out in the country's capital city, Santiago -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude-9.1
Death toll-20,000
-The quake lasted about 6 minutes
-It was centered on the seafloor 45 minutes east of Tohoku -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude-4.6
Death toll- 20,000
-The earthquake triggered underwater landslide, causing the tsunami
-1.5 meter tsunami waves