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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.5-9.0, with a death toll of between 10,000-100,000. It happened on All Saints' Day at around 9:40 -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/ Sumatra)
It happened to what is now Indnesia wit 70% of the island destroyed. The volcano cause 40,000 deaths. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The earthquake was at a magnitude of 7.9. It was caused by oblique-slip and occurred in he Aleutian islands. Though a non destructive tsunami was created, the earthquake caused 160 deaths. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (chile)
The earthquake was at a magnitude of 9.4-9.6. It lasted between 11 and 13 minutes. The death toll was between 1,000-6,000 people. -
Good Friday Earthquake (alaska)
It had a magnitude of 9.2 with a death toll of 139. It caused $311 million in damage. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude wa at 7.7 with a death toll of 20. The earthquake caused major tsunami. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
The earthquakes magnitude was at 7.0 with a death toll between 2,183-2,700. A reverse fault caused a large under sea landslide which caused the tsunami. -
Sumatra Earthquake (indonesia)
The magnitude wa at 9.1-9.3 with 230,000-280,000 left dead. It affected Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Maldives, Somalia, and Malaysia. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 with a death toll of 189. A dip-slip is what caused it and affected Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, and New Zealand -
Chile earthquake (chile)
The earthquake had a 8.8 M, which was the 5th largest earthquake to ever be recorded. There were 525 people dead while 25 were missing. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
It had a magnitude of 9.0 with 15,894 people dead. The total damage was a tsunami wave, flooding, landslides, fires, building and infrastructure damage, and nuclear incidents including radiation releases
