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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
It had a magnitude of 8.0 and a death toll of 60,000. 2 interesting facts are that it impacted Northwest Africa and that it also disrupted the Portuguese Empire more than expected. -
Krakatoa Erruption
It had a VEI of 6 and a death toll of 36,000. The interesting facts are that it happened around 1 am and there were multiple explosions from it over the next 21hrs. -
Aleutian Eathquake
Magnitude of 8.6 and death toll of 165-173. IT occurred at 4:22 am and had a huge aftershock zone of 750 miles. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
Magnitude of 9.5 and death toll of 1655. It had a low death toll due to low population density in the area and had the strongest quake ever recorded. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
It had a magnitude of 9.2 and a death toll of 131. Somehow, people in Oregon died because of the quake and it affected people in California. -
Hokkaido Eathquake
It had a magnitude of 7.8 and a death toll of 230. It happened at 1;17pm and the place was hit by a earthquake exactly 10 years prior. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
It had a magnitude of 7.0 and a death toll of 2200. It lead to one of the deadliest tsunamis of the century and occurred on a reverse fault. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude of 9.1 and death toll of 227,898. It was the base inspiration for the movie "The Imposible" and happened the day after christmas. -
Samoa Earthquake
Magnitude of 8.1 and death toll of 192. Had 2 quakes that day and the tsunami was 72ft tall. -
Chile Earthquake
Magnitude of 8.8 and death toll of 525. It occurred at 3:34 am and the quake lasted 3 min. -
Tohoku Earthquake
Magnitude of 9.0-9.1 and death toll of 18,000. It was an undersea megathrust quake and it lasted 6 minutes. -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude of 7.5 and death toll of 4340. It occurred at 10:02 am and somehow the "deadliest earthquake worldwide"?