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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
It was a magnitude 9 earthquake and 20,000 people died. It occurred on Holy Saints Day around 9:40 a.m. This earthquake did not only cause a tsunami, but also raging fires. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
This natural disaster took the lives of 36,000 people. It is also the largest volcanic eruption recorded in history. The eruption could be heard 300 miles away and send rocks and ash spewing over a 50 mile range. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and killed 160 people. An tsunami of this size is/was unlikely to occur with this magnitude of the earthquake. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5, it is the largest one ever recorded. It took the live of 61 people. The tremor badly damaged the coast and made wave up to 82 feet tall. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
This earthquake had the magnitude of 9.2 and killed 9.2. The quake and tsunami cased many structures to collapse.
