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Lisbon Earthquake, Portugal
The magnitude was 9.0. The death toll was an estimated 20,000 people. It killed more than a third of the entire population of the Portuguese capital. -
Krakatoa Eruption, Java/Sumatra
The Krakatoa volcano exploded causing the top of the volcano to fall into the ocean. This caused a tsunami more than 115 feet high. The death toll was more than 36,000 people. It made the moon appear blue at night. -
Aleutian Earthquake, Alaska
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and produced a tsunami that affected the Hawaiian islands. The death toll was 160 people. It was a pacific wide tsunami. -
Great Chilean Earthquake, Chile
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5 which caused a deadly tsunami. The death toll was 61 people. It traveled 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean -
Good Friday Earthquake, Alaska
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2 and created a deadly tsunami. The death toll was about 130 people. It lasted about 4.5 minutes -
Hokkaido Earthquake, Japan
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 and created a deadly tsunami. The death toll was 120 people. It produced one of the largest tsunamis in Japan's history. -
Papau New Guinea Earthquake, Papau New Guinea
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 and caused a submarine landslide that created a deadly tsunami. The death toll was more than 2,100 people. About 9500 people became homeless and about 500 people were missing. -
Sumatra Earthquake, Indonesia
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and created a deadly tsunami. The death toll was about 230,000 people. It is estimated to have released energy equivalent to 23,000 atomic bombs. The same atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. -
Samoa Earthquake, Samoan Islands
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and created a deadly tsunami. The death toll was about 200 people The tsunami waves were up to 72 feet tall. -
Chile Earthquake, Chile
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and created a deadly tsunami. The death toll was about 700 people. It caused $30 billion worth of damage. -
Tohoku Earthquake, Japan
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and created a deadly tsunami. The death toll was over 20,000 people. It was the most powerful earthquake to hit Japan in recorded history. -
Sulawesi Earthquake, Indonesia
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5 and created a deadly tsunami. The death toll was about 4,300 people. Earthquakes greater than magnitude 6.0 occur nearly every year in Indonesia.