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Lisbon, Portugal
Magnitude of 9
- caused political tensions
-killed an estimated 60,000 people
-most ppl when the earthquake occured were in mass because it was All Saints Day (Nov 1st) -
Java and Sumantra
- fired up ash 50 miles in the air
- the force was about 13,000 times more powerful than the famous Hiroshima bomb
- the explosion was from the quake
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Aleutians Alaska
-Magnitude of 8.1
-killed all lighthouse keepers
-maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (strong)
-Suprisingly only 159 died -
Chile
-Magnitude of 9.5
-Most powerful earthquake ever before this year
-had a magnitude of 9.5
- caused the most damage -
Alaska and California
-Magnitude of 9.2
-76 ppl drowned in this tsunami
- had a deadly tidal shake
- it was the second biggest earthquake -
Sea of Japan
-Magnitude of 7.8
- triggered a tsunami in a part of Russia (which was random)
- there was 230 deaths
- there was a large landslides -
Papua New Guinea
-Magnitude of 7.1
- had run up heights of 49 feet in the air
- lasted 8 hrs 49 min
-1600 ppl died -
Sumantra
-Magnitude of 9.1
-equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima bombs
- ruptured a 900 mile stretch along India & Australian plates
-lasted 10 minutes -
Samoa
-Magnitude 8.1
-The most loss of life in samoa
-Stuck in a US Territory
-189 died -
Chile
-Magnitude of 8.8
-Strongest earthquake since the one in 1960
-Lasted 3 minutes
-Caused more damage compared to the one in 1960 -
Japan
-Magnitude of 9.1
-Caused a cooling system failure
-moved japans main island