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Libson Earthquake
Magnitude 9, death toll of 20,000. Tsunami waves reached about 23 feet high. -
Krakatoa Eruption
No magnitude because it was a volcanic eruption. Death toll of 36,000 with 115 feet tall waves, destroyed 165 villages. -
Aleutian Earthquake
Magnitude 8.1 killed 160 people, the tsunami came from the Hawaiian islands. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
magnitude 9.5, killed 61 people and travelled for 15 hours across pacific ocean. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude 9.2, killed 130 people, hit Alaska and California -
Sea of Japan Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude 7.8 killed 120 people in Okushiri Japan. -
Papua New Guinea Quake
Magnitude 7.1, killed 2,100 people. Submarine landslide produced the tsunami. -
Sumatra Earthquake
Magnitude 9.1, killed 230,000 people. -
Samoa Earthquake
Magnitude 8.1 earthquake, killed 200 people. -
Chile Earthquake
Magnitude 8.8 and killed 700 coastal citizens of Chile. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude 9.1 killed 20,000 people.