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Lisbon Earthquake
The magnitude was an 8.5 and the death toll wash around 60,000 people. The largest known earthquake to impact Europe and Northern Africa. -
Krakatoa Eruption
The Volcanic Explosivity Index was a 6.0 and it had killed 36, 417 people. The eruption generated the loudest sound ever recorded in history. A barometer at the Batavia gasworks (100 miles away from Krakatoa) registered the ensuing spike in pressure at over 2.5 inches of mercury. That converts to over 172 decibels of sound pressure, an unimaginably loud noise. -
Aleutian Earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake was a 8.1 and it says it killed 165 people. Wave heights reached around 115 feet tall in Alaska. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
The magnitude was a 9.5 and apparently killed 1655 people. This left 2 million people homeless, and injured at least 3000 and killed 1655 people. -
Good Friday Earthquake
The magnitude was a 9.2 and it killed 155 people. 40 - 50 hospitalizations occurred for very severe injuries. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake in Japan was 7.8 and it killed 185 people. It had a 30 meter high wave run up. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake was a 7.1 and the death toll was 2,110. The tsunami generated was about 50 feet tall. -
Sumatra Earthquake
The magnitude was a 9.1 and it roughly killed 230,000 people. Across a dozen countries 225,000 . people were killed. -
Somoa Earthquake
The magnitude was a 8.1 and had killed around 200 people. The earthquake happened in the southern pacific. -
Chile Earthquake
The magnitude was a 8.8 and and it killed around 700. It happened very early in the morning. -
Tohoku Earthquake
The magnitude was a 9.1 and killed roughly 200,000. The tsunami alone killed 20,000 people. -
Sulaawesi Earthquake
The magnitude was a 7.5 and killed around 4,340 people. This is one of the deadliest natural disaster to occur in Indonesia.