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Lisbon Earthquake, Portugal
The earthquake had a 9.0 magnitude and the tsunami killed 20,000. After the earthquake, many people fled before the tsunami, they left candels and cooking fires untended causing the whole city to set on fire. -
Krakatoa Eruption, Java/Sumatra
The eruption was equivalent to a magnitude of 8.5 and the tsunami took 36,000 lives. Krakatoa's eruption was the loudest sound ever recorded. At the peak, the sound was equivalent to the explosion of 200 megatons of TNT making it more powerful than a nuclear bomb. -
Aleutian Earthquake, Alaska
The magnitude 8.1 earthquake created a tsunami that killed 160 people. The focal depth of the earthquake was 25 kilometers deep. -
Great Chilean Earthquake, Chile
A magnitude 9.5 earthquake generated a tsunami that left 61 people dead. The earthquake is also know as the Valdivia earthquake after the city it destroyed the most and is the most powerful earthquake recorded in Earth's history. -
Good Friday Earthquake, Alaska
130 people were killed due to the tsunami released by the 9.2 magnitude earthquake. This earthquake was the most powerful recorded earthquake in North American, but the second most in the world. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake produced a tsunami that claimed 120 lives. The peak ground accerleration of the earthquake was 0.50 gravitational units, which is equivalent to being in a descending plane. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake, Papua New Guinea
2,100 people died from a tsunami that was caused by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. The tusnami was predicted to have a runup of 10 meters over 25 kilometers of coastline. -
Sumatra Earthquake, Indonesia
The tsunami that killed 230,000 was casued by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake. This earthquake occured along the Sunda Trench where the Indian plate subducts beneath the Burma plate. -
Samoa Earthquake, Samoan Islands
The 8.1 magnitude earthquake produced a tsunami destroying the Samoan Islands and killing 200 people. The earthquake generate waves that were as high as 72 feet. -
Chile Earthquake, Chile
700 deaths caused by the tsunami began when the 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Chile. The frequency of megathrust earthquakes is low with 1 occuring every 100-200 years along the Andean plate margin, which is the boundary between the Nazca and South American plates. -
Tōhoku Earthquake, Japan
The tsunami produced by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake left 20,000 people dead. Total damages from the earthquake and tsunami include; $220 billion in Japan, $31 million in Hawaii, and $100 million in California. -
Sulawesi Earthquake, Indonesia
The magnitude 7.5 earthquake generated large tsunami waves that killed 4,340 people. After the event, the Austrialian Government gave $10.25 million to the Indonesian Government and humanitarian partners to help the damage done by the events.