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Lisbon Earthquake, Portugal
The Lisbon Earthquake in Portugal was a magnitude 9 that killed 20,000 people. The earthquake was felt 400 miles south in South Africa. The waves collapsed of of Lisbon's great Cathedrals. -
Krakatoa Eruption, Java/Sumatra
The volcanic eruption in Sumatra had a VEI of 6, and killed 36,000 people. The volcano erupted over several months, and generated the loudest sound in history. It destroyed almost the entire island. -
Aleutian Earthquake, Alaska
The Aleutian Earthquake was a magnitude 8.1 killing 160 people. The earthquake caused a tsunami wave to travel about 490mph. The wave crashed ashore at about 100 feet in the air. -
Great Chilean Earthquake, Chile
The Great Chilean Earthquake was a magnitude 9.5, and killed around 1,650 people. 61 of those people were all the way in Hawaii, because the tsunami traveled 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. -
Good Friday Earthquake, Alaska
The Good Friday Earthquake was a magnitude 9.2 with 130 deaths. The only building around that survived was a school built 100 meters above sea level. The water movement back and forth was felt as far away as Louisiana. -
Hokkaido Earthquake, Japan
The Hokkaido Earthquake was a magnitude 7.8, and killed 120 people. The tsunami it produced was the largest tsunami in Japan's history. The tsunami caused $600 million in property damages. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake, Papua New Guinea
The Papua New Guinea Earthquake was a magnitude 7.1, and killed 2,100. As the tsunami approached people heard a weird "boiling" noise coming from the ocean. The tsunami was found to be triggered by a submarine landslide from the earthquake. -
Sumatra Earthquake, Indonesia
The Sumatra Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 that killed about 230,000 people. The tsunami was observed to disburse the same amount of energy as 23,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs. It also traveled as fast as a jet plane at 500mph. -
Samoa Earthquake, Samoan Islands
The Samoa Earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1, and killed 200. The tsunami engulfed the shores, and hit at 6:48 a.m. -
Chile Earthquake, Chile
The Chile Earthquake was a magnitude 8.8 that killed 700 people. The earthquake was caused by the Nazca and South American plates converging. The tsunami caused $30 billion in damage. -
Tohoku Earthquake, Japan
The Tohoku Earthquake was a magnitude 9.1, and had a death toll of 20,000. The tsunami arrived 30 minutes after the earthquake, and disabled three nuclear reactors. -
Sulawesi Earthquake, Indonesia
The Sulawesi Earthquake was a magnitude 7.5 that killed 2,000 people. 2.4 million people were affected by the tsunami that followed. The cause was dueto a strike-slip fault.