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Lisbon Earthquake
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9 and killed 20,000 people. The tsunami spread to the British Isles, Africa, the Caribbean, and North America -
Krakatoa Eruption
It killed 36,000 people and washed out 165 villages on Java and Sumatra. -
Aleutian Earthquake
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and killed 160 people. It created the greatest amount of damage and deaths in Hawaii. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5 and killed 61 people. It left over 2 million people homeless and created $550 million in damage. -
Good Friday Earthquake
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2 and killed 130 people. The tsunami was caused by an underwater landslide. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 and killed 120 people. The epicenter was located 33.4kmm in the Iburi subprefecture. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 and killed 2100 people. It was caused by a submarine landslide and showed up 10 minutes after the earthquake. -
Sumatra Earthquake
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and killed 230,000 people. It is estimated to release energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs. -
Samoa Earthquake
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and killed 200 people. 2 large earthquakes hit which caused a tsunami with a wave 72ft high. -
Chile Earthquake
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and killed 700 people. The waves reached heights of 29m and costal uplift of 2m.