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Libson Earthquake (Portugal)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 9 and a death toll of 20,000. In the West Indies, waves reached 23 feet. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
This earthquake has a magnitude of 6 and a death toll of 36,000. The waves reached 115 ft and destroyed 165 villages. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
This earthquake has a magnitude of 8.1 and a death toll of 160. This tsunami struck 5 hours after the earthquake hit. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
This earthquake has a magnitude of 9.5 and a death toll of 61. These tsunami waves traveled for 15 hours. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2 and a death toll of 130. This earthquake shook Alaska for 4 minutes and 38 seconds. The highest wave was 67 meters. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 and a death toll of 120. The tsunami and earthquake resulted in damages costing $600 million -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 and a death toll of 2100. A submarine landslide caused this earthquake and tsunami. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and a death toll of 230,000. This was an undersea megathrust and the epicenter was off the west coast of northern Sumatra. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoa Earthquake)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and a death toll of 200. This was a doublet earthquake. -
Chile Earthquake
This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and a death toll of 700. This earthquake caused $30 billion worth of damage. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and a death toll of 20,000. The tsunami disabled 3 nuclear reactors in the affected area. -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5 and a death toll of 2000. This earthquake and tsunami affected 2.4 million people.
