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Lisbon Earthquake(Portugal)
This earthquake had a magnitude of M9. It produced a tsunami and fire which killed around 20,000 people. The tsunami waves amplified to heights of 7 meters. -
Krakatoa Eruption(Java/Sumatra)
The explosion of the Krakatoa volcano caused the top of the volcano to collapse into the ocean. This created a tsunami of 35 meter waves, destroying 165 villages and killing about 36,000 people. -
Aleutian Earthquake(Alaska)
The magnitude of this earthquake was M8.1. It had produced a tsuanmi that killed around 160 people in the Hawaiian Islands. -
Great Chilean Earthquake(Chile)
This earthquake had a magnitude of M9.5. After traveling across the Pacific Ocean for 15 hours from an earthquake in Chile, the tsunami that had been triggered killed 61 people in Hawaii. -
Good Friday Earthquake(Alaska)
The magnitude of this earthquake was M9.2. The tsuanmi that had been triggered killed 130 people in Alaska and California. -
Sea of Japan Earthquake(Japan)
The magnitude of this earthquake was M7.8. It had caused a tsunami on Okushiri Island, Japan that killed 120 people. -
Papua New Guinea Quake(Papua New Guinea)
This earthquakes magnitude was M7.1. It had triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami killing 2100 people. -
Sumatra Earthquake(Indonesia)
The magnitude of this earthquake was M9.1. It generated a tsunami that killed about 230,000 people. -
Samoa Earthquake(Samoan Islands)
The Samoa earthquakes magnitude was M8.1. It generated tsunami that killed about 200 people. -
Chile Earthquake(Chile)
This most recent Chile Earthquake had a magnitude of M8.8. It had generated a tsunami that killed about 700 people in coastal towns. -
Tohoku Earthquake(Japan
This earthquake had a magnitude of M9.1. It had produced a tsunami that killed around 20,000 people.
