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Lisbon Earthquake
Magnitude - 9
Death Toll - 20,000
This earthquake in the middle of the Atlantic ocean cause a tsunami that was a total of 98 feet tall. -
Krakatoa Eruption
Magnitude - 8.5
Death Toll - 36,000
The eruption caused the loudest known sound to ever happen. It was heard from almost 2,000 miles away. -
Aleutian Earthquake
Magnitude - 8.1
Death Toll - 160
The earthquake and tsunami caused a total of $23 million in damages. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
Magnitude - 9.5
Death Toll - 61
Second largest ever recorded earthquake and was about 1,000 km long. -
Good Friday Earthquake
Magnitude - 9.2
Death Toll - 130
Largest earthquake in US history but did not kill as much people because it was in alaska. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
Magnitude - 7.8
Death Toll - 120
The earthquake caused a deadly tsunami which killed many people and left tons without homes. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
Magnitude - 7.1
Death Toll - 2,100
Caused an underwater landslide that displaced the seafloor by 30 feet -
Sumatra Earthquake
Magnitude - 9.1
Death Toll - 230,000
600 mile long and displaced the seafloor by 30 feet -
Samoa Earthquake
magnitude - 8.1
death toll - 200
only had 16 minutes of warning -
chile earthquake
magnitude - 8.8
death toll - 700
caused 30 billion in damages -
tohuko earthquake
magnitude - 9.1
death toll - 20,000
shifted earths axis and caused days to be micro seconds shorter -
Sulawesi earthwuake
magnitude - 6.2
death toll - 6.2
cuase 3 billion in damages and 1.5 metre tsunami