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Lisbon earthquake
Magnitude- 7.8
Death toll- 30,000
Interesting Fact- 85% of Lisbon's buildings were destroyed including famous libraries -
Krakatoa Eruption
Magnitude: 8.5
Death Toll: 36,417
Interesting Fact: The force of the eruption was about 13,000 times more powerful than the bomb that hit Hiroshima -
Aleutian Earthquake
Magnitude: 8.6
Death Toll: 165-173
Interesting Fact: This resulted in over $26M in Us dollars to repair -
Great Chilean Earthquake
Magnitude: 9.5
Death Toll: 1,655
Interesting Fact: It ranks as the 6th largest earthquake. -
Good Friday Earthquake
Magnitude: 9.2
Death Toll: 131
Interesting Fact: This event caused an underwater landslide -
Hokkaido Earthquake
Magnitude: 7.7
Death Toll: 230
Interesting Fact: Produced one of the largest tsunamis in Japan's history -
Papua New Guinea
Magnitude: 7.0
Death Toll: 2,200
Interesting Fact: It was one of the deadliest tsunamis of the century. -
Sumatra Earthquake
Magnitude: 5.1
Death Toll: 189
Interesting Fact: Released energy equivalent up to 23,000 Hiroshima type atom bombs. -
Samoa Earthquake
Magnitude: 8.1
Death Toll: 189
Interesting Fact. The earthquake caused waves up to 22 feet high -
Chile Earthquake
Magnitude: 8.1
Death Toll: 525 dead, 25 missing
Interesting Fact: It was the strongest Earthquake to hit the region since 1960 -
Tohoku Earthquake
Magnitude: 9.0
Death Toll: 19,759
Interesting Fact: It was the most powerful earthquake in Japan since 1900 -
Sulawesi Earthquake
Magnitude: 7.5
Death Toll: 4,340
Interesting Fact: Tsunami waves reached approximately 20 feet