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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The earthquake had a magnitude of M9. 20,000 people died due to this event. The tsunami crossed the atlantic ocean. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
This eruption destroyed 165 villages, and killed more then 36,000 people. The top of the volcano collapsed in the ocean creating the tsunami. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The magnitude of the earthquake was M 8.1. This event killed 160 people. It actually produced a tsunami in the Hawaiian islands. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The earthquake had a a magnitude of M 9.5. It killed 61 people in Hawaii. It traveled for 15 hours across the pacific ocean. -
Good Friday Earthquake
The earthquake had a magnitude of M 9.2. It killed about 130 people in Alaska and California. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The earthquake had a magnitude of M 7.8. it killed 120 people on Okushiri Island Japan. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
The earthquake had a magnitude of M 7.1. It triggered a submarine landslide that caused a tsnuami. Which resulted in the death of 2100 people. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The magnitude of the earthquake was M 9.1. It killed 230,000 people. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
The earthquake had a magnitude of M 8.1. This event killed 200 people. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
The earthquake had a magnitude of M 8.8. It ended up killing about 700 people in coastal towns. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
The earthquake had a magnitude of M 9.1. This ended up killing over 20,000 people.
