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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
the magnitude of this earthquake was 9, and the death toll was around 20k. the two interesting facts I found are as follows; during the start of the tsunami a large population of Lisbon was attending mass. the second fact is that the tsunami reached a height of 65 feet high. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java,Sumatra)
this event was caused by a volcano, and thus has no magnitude, and the death toll was 36k. the eruption generated the loudest sound ever recorded in human history. another interesting fact is that krakatoa is actually a misprint/mistranslation. it was originally called krakatau but english writers messed up the name. -
Aleutian Earthquake (alaska)
the magnitude of this event was 8.1, and the death toll was 160. an interesting fact is that faulting in the area in which this earthquake resulted is almost exclusively strike/slip. another fact is that the tsunami reached a massive height of 138 ft. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.5. the death toll was only 61. an interesting fact I found was that the tsunami formed around 15 minutes after the earthquake occurred. another fact is that the tsunami reached 80 feet. -
Good friday earthquake (Alaska)
the magnitude of this earthquake was 9.2, and the death toll was 130. an interesting fact I found was that the earthquake lasted around 5 whole minutes, and it was the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded. -
Hokkaido earthquake (Japan)
the magnitude of this earthquake was 7.8, and the death toll was 120. an interesting fact about this earthquake was that it caused a massive power outage, leaving 16k families powerless. there were also many earthquakes that year, making it a rough time for japan. -
Papua new guinea earthquake (Papua new guinea)
the magnitude of this earthquake was 7.1 and the death toll was 2.1K people. three catastrophic tsunami waves hit after the original earthquake struck. families in the coastal villages were gathered for their evening meals when the waves hit. -
Sumatra earthquake (Indonesia)
the magnitude was 9.1 and the death toll was around 230K. this earthquake released an amount of energy comparable to that of 23K Hiroshima bombs. the waves also reached a height of 100 feet. -
Samoa Earthquake- Samoan Islands
Having a magnitude of 8.1, this earthquake killed 200 people. This earthquake can be considered a double earthquake and It was the largest earthquake of 2009 -
Chile Earthquake- Chile
This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and killed 700 people. This earthquake caused 30 billion in damages and lasting 4 minutes with intense shaking -
Tohoku Earthquake- Japan
This earthquake killed 20,000 people and had a magnitude of 9.1. As a result of the earthquake, 450,000 people lost their homes and had to live off the streets. all together this earthquake cost 360 billion in damages -
Sulawesi Earthquake- Indonesia
having a magnitude of 7.5, this earthquake killed 4,340 people. It also displace 170,000 people and although it caused major damage the whole earthquake only lasted 5-7 seconds.