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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The quake had a magnitude of 8.5, and the catastrophe killed 30,000 people. After the earthquake and tsunami, a fire lasted for five days. After this, the first crisis management was organized by King Joseph I. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
It had a VEI of 6, and the catastrophe killed 36, 417 people. It is an eruption-caused tsunami. 70% of the island was destroyed. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.6, and the catastrophe killed 167 people. Wave heights ranged from 30 feet to 115 feet. It was so disastrous because the people were very unprepared and uneducated about tsunamis. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5, and the catastrophe killed 1,655 people. It is the most powerful earthquake recorded in history. Aftershocks were recorded 30 days after the main-shock. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2, and the catastrophe killed 131. Alaska was heavily hit by earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and fires. Certain areas suffered much more than others due to poor infrastructure. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8, and the catastrophe killed 200. The tsunami warning was issued just 5 minutes after the quake. After the catastrophe, local governments created artificial ground facilities as evacuation and communication routes. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7, and the catastrophe killed over 1600 people. It generated submarine landslides which caused the tsunami. The people had not seen a tsunami in 60 years which led to their unpreparedness; this showed the world a need for hazard probabilities and tsunami preparedness plans. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1, and the catastrophe killed 227,898. It is the third-largest earthquake in the world since 1900. The tsunami killed the largest amount of people out of any other tsunami in history. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1, and the catastrophe killed 189 people. The tsunami was generated by an undersea earthquake. Another earthquake of a magnitude of 8 followed it seconds later. This phenomenon is called a “triggered doublet”. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8, and the catastrophe killed 525 people. Aftershocks of M5.0+ continued weeks later. These shocks resulted in subtle shifts in the location of cities. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9, and the catastrophe killed 15,897. The tsunami caused a major nuclear accident at a power station. A satellite orbiting Earth detected infrasonics from the quake. -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5, and the catastrophe killed 4,340 people. Earthquakes triggered the eruption of a nearby volcano. The island chain is in the Ring of Fire and is the reason Indonesia experienced so many large aftershocks
