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Lisbon, Portagal
Magnitude- 9
Death Toll- 20,000
Facts
- The waves were over 23 feet tall
- The Earthquake happened in the Atlantic Ocean -
Krakatoa, Sumatra
Magnitude- None
Death Toll- 36,000
Facts
- The volcano effected temperatures all across the world for years after the event
- Only 1/3 of the members of the island survived -
Aleutians, Alaska
Magnitude- 8.1
Death Toll- 160
Facts
- It caused over 26 Million dollars in damage
- The earthquake happened over 13,000 feet under the ocean surface -
Valdivia, Chile
Magnitude- 9.5
Death Toll- 61
Facts
- It took 15 hours to travel across the Pacific Ocean
- It did $550 Million in damages -
Alaska Earthquake, Alaska
Magnitude- 9.2
Death Toll- 130
Facts
- Killed people all the way down to California
- The earthquake lasted about 4.5 minutes -
Okushiri, Japan
Magnitude- 7.8
Death Toll- 120
Facts
- It happened 10.8 miles below the surface of the earth
- Happened in the Pacific Ocean -
Aitape, New Guinea
Magnitude- 7.1
Death Toll- 2100
Facts
- There was an aftershock landslide
- It happened 19 miles under the earth -
Sumatra, India
Magnitude- 9.1
Death Toll- 230,000
Facts
- The waves topped 100 feet
- The energy was equivalent to 23,000 atomic bombs -
Samoa, Samoa
Magnitude- 8.1
Death Toll- 200
Facts
- It happened 9.3 miles below the surface
- It happened in a subduction zone -
Chile, Chile
Magnitude- 8.8
Death Toll- 700
Facts
- It was a megathrust earthquake
- It destroyed over 500k buildings -
Tōhoku, Japan
Magnitude- 9.1
Death Toll- 20,000
Facts
- It happened in the Japan Trench in the ocean
- Many people who died were never found