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Lisbon Earthquake
The earthquake in Lisbon had a magnitude of 9 and killed 20,000 people. The tsunami that followed was 7 meters higher or more. -
Krakatoa Eruption
Because this was a volcanic eruption, there was no magnitude. The eruption killed 36,000 and the tsunami that followed was more than 35 meters high. -
Aleutian Earthquake
The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.6. The tsunami afterwards killed 160 people and caused $26 million in damages. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
The earthquake in Chile had a magnitude of 9.5. This earthquake lasted 10 minutes and created a tsunami in Hawaii and killed 61 people. -
Good Friday Earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.2 and 130 people were killed in the tsunami it caused. The earthquake ended up causing $311 million in damages. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.8. Afterwards, 120 people were killed in the tsunami it caused. -
Papua New Guinea Quake
The quake in Papua New Guinea had a magnitude of 7.1 and lasted 19 seconds. There were 2,100 people killed by the tsunami that followed. -
Sumatra Earthquake
The magnitude of this earthquake was 7.1. In the tsunami that followed, 230,000 people were killed. The series of tsunami waves were up to 100 feet high. -
Samoa Earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake in the Samoan Islands was 8.1. In the tsunami that followed, there were 200 people killed. The waves of the tsunami were up to 46 feet high. -
Chile Earthquake
The magnitude of the Chile earthquake was 8.8. And in the tsunami that followed, 700 people were killed. -
Tohoku Earthquake
The magnitude of this earthquake was extremely high, with it being 9.1. The tsunami it caused was also devasting and killed 20,000 people. Both the tsunami and earthquake caused $360 billion in damages.
