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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
Magnitude: 8.5-9.0
Death toll: between 10,000 and 100,000 people
Intersesting Facts: Happened on "All Saints Day", a special day for the religious people of Portugal. Many people were worshipping when this happened. then fires that started that day burned for five days. -
Krakatoa Eruption(Java/Sumatra)
Magnitude: VEI of 6 which rates as "colossal".
Death Toll: more than 120,000
Interesting Facts: Volcanic activity caused by the movement of the Indo-Australian plate.
Created the loudest sound ever recorded. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude: 8.6
Death Toll: 165-173
Interesting Facts: Most people were killed by tsunamis triggered by underwater landslides.
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Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude: 9.4-9.6
Death Toll: 1,000-7,000
Interesting Facts: The tsunami is pounded the coast line with waves of up to 25 meters. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude: 9.2
Death Toll:131
Interesting Facts: Largest earthquake recorded in the U.s. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan0
Magnitude: 7.7
Death Toll: 21 to 44
Interesting Facts: Lasted 24 hours and 7 days -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
Magnitude: 7.5
Death Toll: 145
Interesting Facts: Sits on the point of collison of several major tectonic plates. Experiences frequent earthquakes. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude: 9.1
Death Toll: 300,000
Interesting Facts: Killed more people than any other tsunami. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoa Islands)
Magnitude: 8.1
Death Toll: 189
Interesting Facts: Fifth studied by U.S. Geological Survey. Left people homeless. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude: 8.8
Death Toll; more than 500
Interesting Facts: 220,000 homes were destroyed. Intense shaking lasted for 3 minutes. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude: 9.1
Death Toll: 15,884
Interesting Facts: Shifted the Earth on its axis of rotation by redistributing mass. More than 5,000 aftershocks hit Japan in the year after the earthquake. -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude:7.5
Death Toll; 1,374
Interesting Facts; 68,000 houses damaged or destroyed. Hundred of thousands of people are still destroyed.
