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Lisbon Earthquake
magnitude of 9, 20,000 people died. Happened on the catholic holy feast day of all saints. caused raging fired for 5 days after the earthquake due to all the churches lighting many candles that lit decorations into flames. -
Krakatoa Eruption
Volcano collapse. 36,000 people died. One eruption on august 27th was heard from 2800 miles away. the force of the last blast was 10,000 times more powerful than the one unleashed by the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima. -
Aleutian Earthquake
Magnitude of 8.1. 160 people died. waves reaching 100 feet above sea level. Tsunami's traveled all the way to Hawaii, 5 hours away. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
Magnitude of 9.5. 61 people died. Waves reaching up to 35 feet traveled 6200 miles and hit Hawaii. Waves kept traveling until 22 hours after their generation. -
Good Friday Earthquake
Magnitude of 9.2. 130 People died. Parts of the coast sank 8 feet and others rose up to 38 feet. Soil liquefication triggered a landslide that moved parts of suburban homes 2000 feet into the bay. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
Magnitude of 7.8. 120 people died. It took 7 minutes for the first tsunami to hit. Most damages occurred on the southwestern shores of okushiriand and Hokkaido. -
Papua New Guinea Quake
Magnitude of 7.1. 2100+ people died. Earthquake as produced because of a massive underwater landslide along a fault. About 500 people were missing and never found. -
Sumatra Earthquake
Magnitude of 9.1. 230,000 people died. Damages caused were worth 10 billion dollars. Caused because of slippage of about 600 miles of the boundary between the Indian and Burma plates off the west coast of northern Sumatra. -
Samoa Earthquake
Magnitude of 8.1. 200 people died. The tsunamis reached up to a mile inland. The tsunami's completely wiped out a beach village. -
Chile Earthquake
Magnitude of 8.8. 700 people died. One of the waves created was moving at nearly 450 miles per hour. Waves got as far as Japan and New Zealand -
Tohoku Earthquake
Magnitude of 9.1. 20,000 people died. The largest earthquake to ever hit Japan caused a total of 300 billion dollars in damage. at the time of the earthquake, japan had 54 active nuclear reactors. -
Sulawesi Earthquake
Magnitude of 7.5. 4300 people died. More than 70,000 homes were reportedly destroyed. Parts of central Sulawesi have been hit by major mudflows following the earthquake as a result of liquefication.
