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Lisbon, Portugal Earthquake
Magnitude of the Earthquake: 9
Death toll from the resultant tsunami: 20,000 people
Interesting Facts: Tsunami eaves crossed with the Atlantic and amplified the height 7 m or more, Violent shaking demolished large public buildings and about 12,000 dwellings -
Krakatoa, Sundra straight between java and Sumatra Earthquake
Magnitude of the Earthquake: 8
Death toll from the resultant tsunami: over 36,000
Interesting Facts: destroyed 165 villages, A German warship passing by reported a seven-mile high cloud of ash and dust over Krakatoa. -
Aleutians (Alaska earthquake) , Hawaii islands
Magnitude of the Earthquake: 8.1
Death toll from the resultant tsunami: 160
Interesting Facts: The wave reached Kauai, Hawaii 4.5 hours after the quake, and Hilo, Hawaii 4.9 hours later, caused 26 million dollars of damage -
Chile Earthquake, Hawaii
Magnitude of the Earthquake: 9.5
Death toll from the resultant tsunami: 61
interesting Facts: Traveled for 15 hours over the Pacific, Waves wracked coastal communities as far away as New Zealand, Japan, and the Philippines -
Alaska Earthquake, Alaska and California
Magnitude of the Earthquake: 9.2
Death toll from the resultant tsunami:130
Interesting Facts: killed people both in California and Alaska, The only building that survived the wave intact was the schoolhouse, built 100 feet (30 meters) above sea level. -
Sea of Japan, Okushiri Japan
Magnitude of the Earthquake: 7.8
Death toll from the resultant tsunami: 120
Interesting Facts: The seismic moment of the estimated fault model was calculated to be 9.95 × 1020 Nm, Up the coast, the town of Fudai was barely touched. -
Papua New Guinea earthquake
Magnitude of the Earthquake: 7.1
Death toll from the resultant tsunami: 2100
Interesting Facts: The earthquake created a landslide which turned into a tsunami, volcanic eruptions because it lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the string of faults around the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's seismic activity occurs -
Sumatra earthquake, Indonesia
Magnitude of the Earthquake: 9.1
Death toll from the resultant tsunami: 230,000
Interesting Facts: for 20 to 30 minutes: Tsunami waves more than 100 feet high pound the Banda Aceh coast, About 1.7 million people were displaced. Total damage was estimated at roughly $13 billion -
Samoe earthquake
Magnitude of the Earthquake: 8.1
Death toll from the resultant tsunami: 200
Interesting Facts: The submarine earthquake occurred in an extensional environment and had a moment magnitude of 8.1, In a total of 12 tidal waves classified as a tsunami since 1868 a total of 360 people died in Samoa -
Chile Earthquale
Magnitude of the Earthquake: 8.8
Death toll from the resultant tsunami: 700
Interesting Facts: killed people in coastal towns, nearly 2 million others, and damaged or destroyed approximately half a million homes, schools, hospitals and other buildings. -
Japan Tsunami
Magnitude of the Earthquake: 9.2
Death toll from the resultant tsunami: 20,000
Interesting Facts: the most powerful earthquake recorded in Japan since 1900 when seismic recording devices were first used, and it is the fourth most powerful ever detected worldwide. At $360 billion, the earthquake and tsunami resulted in the costliest disaster to date