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Lisbon earthquake (Portugal)
-8.5-9.0M
-30-50k Deaths
-Happened on all saints day
-King spent a lot on relief -
Krakatoa eruption (Java/Sumatra)
-6 VEI
-36k+ deaths
-Released 20 million tons of sulfur gas
-Caused an explosion that made 310 decibels of noise -
Aleutian earthquake (Alaska)
-8.6M
-165-173 casualties
-killed 5 lighthouse keepers
-was up to 130 ft tall -
Great Chilean earthquake
-9.4-9.6M
-1-6k deaths
-Most powerful earthquake ever recorded
-Damages were between $3.4-6.9 billion (adjusted for inflation) -
Good Friday earthquake (Alaska)
-9.2M
-131 deaths
-released 500 years of built-up stress
-Largest earthquake ever recorded in N. America -
Hokkaido earthquake (Japan)
-7.7M
-230 deaths
-This tsunami penetrated defenses, and went inland
-There was little warning in Japan of the incoming tsunami -
Papua New Guinea earthquake
-7.0M
-2183-2700 deaths
-It left 500 people missing
-it was originally thought to be caused by an earthquake. New evidence shows a landslide caused it. -
Sumatra earthquake (Indonesia)
-9.1M
-225k deaths
-There was large shortage of relief supplies
-Some waves hit the shore at 30 ft tall -
Samoa earthquake
-8.1M
-189+ deaths
-it went up to a mile inland
-it killed the electricity on some islands -
Chile earthquake
-8.8M
-525+ deaths
-caused $15-30 billion in economic loss
-9% of affected people lost their homes -
Tohoku earthquake (Japan)
-9.0-9.1M
-15,899 deaths
-Caused 121,778 buildings to be labeled as totally collapsed
-Caused Fukushima reactor meltdown -
Sulawesi earthquake (Indonesia)
-7.5M
-4340 deaths
-caused large scale liquefication, included mudflows
-deadliest earthquake since 2006
