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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
Magnitude- M9
Death Toll 20,000
-Spread North to the British Isles
- Lasted 3 1/2 minutes
-Was felt as far away as Morocco -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra0
Magnitude- M8.5
Death Toll- 36,000
-Generated the loudest sound recorded in history
-Hot ash as fire 50 miles into the air
-This was not the first time it erupted -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude- M8.1
Death Toll- 160
-It was a result from thrust faulting
-Happened 13,000 ft beneath the ocean surface -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude- M9.5
Death Toll- 1,655
-Economic damage 550 million
-After building had anti seismic codes
-Lasted 10 minutes -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude- M9.2
Death Toll- 130
-Shaking lasted for four minutes
-Triggered killer landslides
-Launched deadly tsunamis -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude- M7.8
Death Toll- 120
- Triggered landslides
-Caused by a fault that dipped 24 degrees East
-Within 2-5 minutes a tsunami was going to hit -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)
Magnitude- M7.1
Death Toll- 2100 +
-People were gathering for their evening meal when it hit
- The tsunami it created had looked like it was bubbling -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude- M9.1
Death Toll- 230,000
-Estimated energy release equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima type atomic bombs
-The earthquake lasted 10 mins -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
Magnitude- M8.1
Death Toll- 200
-reef may have affected the height of the tsunami on shore
-Generated tsunami waves up to 22 meters -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude- M8.8
Death Toll- 700
-Damaged and destroyed 1/2 million homes
-Lasted 10 minutes -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude- M9.1
Death Toll- 20,000
-Most powerful earthquake in Japan since 1990
-It cost 220 Billion for damages
-2,526 people were missing -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude- M7.5
Death Toll- 4340
-Sunda plate and Banda sea microplate caused it
-It was a strike slip
-There were 14 aftershocks