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1755 Lisbon earthquake Lisbon, Portugal
Mag:8.5-9.0 Death Toll:60,000-100,000 Fun Fact: Happened on All Saints Day. -
1883 Krakatoa Explosion Krakatoa, Indonesia
Could not find Magnitude because it was an explosion, Death Toll:429 Fun Fact: Explosion was so big it ruptured eardrums on sailors more then 40 miles away. -
1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Mag:8.6 Death Toll:165-173 Fun Fact: Hawaii was more affected even though it was an Alaskan earthquake -
1960 Valdivia earthquake Araucanía, Aysén
Mag:9.5 Death Toll:130 Fun Fact: Largest earthquake ever recorded. -
1993 Hokkaidō earthquake Hokkaido, Japan
Mag:7.7 Death Toll:120 Fun Fact: One of the most seismically active places in the world. -
1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake West Sepik Province of Papua New Guienea
Mag:7 Death Toll: 2,183-2,700 Fun fact: Had many severe aftershocks that lasted through the night. -
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami Sumatra, Indonesia
Mag: 9.1 Death Toll: 230,000 Fun Fact: Energy released supposedly was close to the energy of 23,000 atomic bombs. -
2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami adjacent to the Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone
Mag:8.1 Death Toll:192 Fun Fact: Most earthquakes occur then one plate goes beneath another plate but this one occurred on a subduction zone. -
2010 Chile earthquake Coast of central Chile
Mag:8.8 Death Toll:700 Fun Fact: This earthquake was many times stronger then the one in Haiti but claimed many less lives. -
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Tohoku, Japan
Mag:9 Death Toll:20,000 Fun Fact: Happened on my Birthday!
