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Lisbon Earthquake
(M 9) 20,000 people killed. Earthquake produced by the sudden vertical displacement of water. 23 feet high -
Krakatoa Eruption
Volcano collapsing in the water. 115 feet high and destroyed 165 villages, 36,000 people died -
Krakatoa Eruption
Volcano collapsing in the water. 115 feet high and destroyed 165 villages, 36,000 people died -
Aleutian Earthquake
(M 8.1) produced a tsunami in the Hawaiian islands. killed 160 people -
Great Chilean earthquake
(M 9.5) Earthquake triggered tsunami in Hawaii. traveled for 15 hours across the pacific ocean. killed 130 people -
Good friday earthquake
(M 9.2) generated tsunami, killed 130 people in Alaska and California -
Hokkaido earthquake
(M 7.8) in the sea of japan. 120 people on akushiri island killed. -
Papua New Guinea Quake
(M 7.1) Triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami. killed more than 2100 people -
Sumatra earthquake
(M 9.1) generated tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people -
Samoa earthquake
(M 8.1) Killed about 200 people -
Chile earthquake
(M 8.8) killed about 700 people -
Tohoku earthquake
(M 9.0) 20,000 people killed. most died as result of flooding. scientists didn't take warning signs seriously