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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
~M 9; death toll of 20,000; it resulted in fire, and the waves reached ~23 ft. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
VEI 6; death toll of 36,000; it was caused by a volcano, and the waves reached ~115 ft. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
M 8.1; death toll of 160; the waves reached ~115 ft., and the tsunami struck 5 hours after the earthquake -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
M 9.5; death toll of 61; it traveled over the ocean for 15 hours, and the damage cost $550 million -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
M 9.2; death toll of 130; it's the largest earthquake in U.S. history, and it shook the Space Needle in Seattle -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
M 7.8; death toll of 120; property damage totaled $600 million, and it's one of the largest tsunamis in Japan's history -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)
M 7.1; death toll of 2100; it triggered a submarine landslide, and it left 9500 homeless -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
M 9.1; death toll of 230,000; the waves reached ~100 ft., and the waves lasted for 7 hours -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
M 8.1; death toll of 200; the tallest wave was ~72 ft., and the flood heights were ~13-23 ft. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
M 8.8; death toll of 700; the entire city of Conception, Chile moved 10 ft. west, and the earthquake lasted for 10 minutes -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
M 9.1; death toll of 20,000; 500,000 people were forced to evacuate, and it caused a nuclear power plant to melt down -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
M 7.5; death toll of 4340; it damaged 68,000 houses, and the waves reached ~5 ft.