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The Great Libson Earthquake
This Earthquake took place in Libson, Portugal on the morning of Saturday the 1st of November in 1755. Along with the Earthquake resulted a fire and killed an estimated 20,000 people. Tsunami waves that crossed the Atlantic Ocean amplified to heights of 7 m (~23ft.) -
1883 eruption of Krakatoa
The eruption in the Sunda Strait began on May 20th, 1883 and peaked on the late morning of Monday, 27 August 1883. About 70% of the island of Krakatoa and it's surrounding archipelago were destroyed as it collapsed into a caldera. -
Aleutians Earthquake
The Earthquake took place on the 1st of April, 1946. The Aleutians earthquake produced a tsunami in the Hawaiian Islands that killed about 160 people. -
Great Chilean earthquake
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or the Great Chilean earthquake on 22 May 1960 was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. It triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling for 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. Various studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale. -
Great Alaskan earthquake
The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM on Good Friday, March 27. It generated a deadly tsunami that killed about 130 people in Alaska and California.