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Lisbon Earthquake(Portugal)
The magnitude was 8.5-9.0 and the death toll was 30,000-50,000. Some interesting facts are that the people were worshipping the church when the quake occurred, the fires caused by the quake burned for five days, and it's one of the deadliest earthquakes in history. -
Krakatoa Eruption(Java/Sumatra)
The magnitude had a VEI of 6 and the death toll was 30,000. Some interesting facts are it was the loudest sound ever reported, 165 villages were destroyed, and when it exploded it shot up 50 miles of hot ash into the air. -
Aleutian Earthquake(Alaska)
The magnitude was 8.1 and had a death toll of 165-173 people. Some interesting facts are it caused over 26 million dollars in damage, waves reached a height of 125 feet, and it first occurred in Hawaii five hours prior. -
Great Chilean Earthquake(Chile)
The magnitude was 9.5 and it had a death toll of 5,000 people. Some interesting facts are it was the most powerful temblor in recorded history, it left about 2 million people homeless, and it was the most powerful earthquake recorded in history. -
Good Friday Earthquake(Alaska)
It had a magnitude of 9.3 and the death toll was 131 people. Some interesting facts are 119 of the people who died, died in the tsunami, they now moved the towns to safer areas, and the shaking lasted for 4 minutes. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude was 7.7 and the death toll was 230m people. Some interesting facts are it was one of the largest tsunamis in Japan's history, and the vertical run-up varied between 15 and 30m over 20 km. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
The magnitude was 7 and the death toll was 2,183 and 2700 people. Some interesting facts are it occurred at 5:49 p.m., three catastrophic tsunami waves occurred, and it displaced more than 10,000 people. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The magnitude was 9.1 and the death toll was 230,000 people. Some interesting facts are the tsunami waves topped 100 feet, also it was estimated that the energy released was equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. Also, it ruptured a 900-mile stretch of the fault line where the Indian and Australian tectonic plates meet. -
Samoa Earthquake(Samoan Islands)
The magnitude was 8 and the death toll was 192 people. Some interesting facts are the waves were 72 feet high, it caused over 200 million dollars in damage, and it was the largest number of deaths due to a tsunami in America since the 21st century. -
Chile Earthquake(Chile)
The magnitude was 8.8 and the death toll was 192 people. Some interesting facts are the temblor was the strongest strike in the region since 1960, the wave traveled at 450 miles per hour, also, the convergence of the two tectonic plates caused rocks to shatter along the boundary between them. -
Tohoku Earthquake(Japan)
The magnitude was 9 and the death toll 15,894 people. It was the most powerful earthquake recorded in Japan since 1900, the shaking lasted for 3-5 minutes and flooded more than 200 square miles and 38 meters high. -
Sulawesi Earthquake(Indonesia)
The magnitude was 7.5 and the death toll was 2,000 people. Some interesting facts are the waste went to Palu which is the capital and struck at a shallow depth of 10 km.
