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Lisbon Earthquake
With a magnitude of 9.0 and 20,000 people left dead, this was the largest earthquake known to impact Europe and Northern Africa. This huge quake also destroyed 85% of Libson, Portugal. -
Krakatoa Earthquake
This huge earthquake caused a death tole of 36,000 people and came in at a 6.0 magnitude. This quake also erupted over several months and generated the loudest sound in history ever! -
Aleutian Earthquake
Coming in at a 8.1 earthquake magnitude, 76 village residents drowned due to the following tsunami. It killed 160 people and the strike was so big that it hit the Hawaiian Islands. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
Only killing 61 people, this earthquake came in at a high magnitude of 9.5. This event left 2 million people homeless and $550 million total economic damage. -
Good Friday Earthquake
Killing 130 people, this earthquake is still the most powerful quake recorded in North America. With a magnitude of 9.2, the earthquake shook Alaska for 4 minutes and 38 seconds in total. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
120 people were killed in one of the largest tsunamis produced in Japan ever. 2.95 million lost power to their homes due to this 7.8 rated earthquake. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
With a 7.1 magnitude and killing 2,100 people, this strike left 9,500 people homeless. The waves of the tsunami following recorded nearly up to 50 feet in height! -
Sumatra Earthquake
This huge earthquake was estimated to have released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima type-atomic bombs. Coming in at a whopping 9.1 magnitude and killing 230,000 people, the following tsunami waves topped 100 feet! -
Samoa Earthquake
With an 8.1 magnitude and a death toll of 200 people, this event caused over $200 million in total damages. This was also considered to be two whole earthquakes. -
Chile Earthquake
700 people recorded dead due to the 8.8 rated earthquake magnitude, with waves as high as 35 feet during the tsunami and recording 10,000 kilometers in struck length. -
Tohoku Earthquake
This was the most powerful earthquake recorded in Japan since 2011 with strong shaking that lasted 3-5 minutes. This 9.1 rated quake killed 20,000 people. -
Sulawesi Earthquake
The 7.5 magnitude killed 5,000 people and left over 10,000 injured. Over 70,000 people were forced to be evacuated out of the location of the strike, Indonesia.