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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
Magnitude - 8.5-9.0;
Death Toll - 70,000;
Happened on All Saints Day;
Fires caused by the disasters burned for 5 days -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
VEI: 6;
Death Toll: 437;
The volcano had been dormant for 200 years;
The Tsunami was at least 120 ft tall -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude: 8.6;
Death Toll: 173;
Tsunami waves reached more than 100 ft about sea level;
Caused the greatest number of deaths in Hawaii's history -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude: 9.4-9.6
Death Toll: 1655
The disaster cost $550 million in damages in southern Chile
Caused damage in coastal areas as far as Japan -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude: 9.2;
Death Toll: 131;
The earthquake triggered killer landslides;
The second-largest earthquake ever recorded -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
Magnitude: 8.1;
Death Toll: 192;
The tsunami was generated by an unusual type of earthquake that occurs near ocean trenches (Tonga, in this case);
Waves reached up to 22 meters (72 ft) tall -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude: 6.6;
Death Toll: 239;
Racked up $600 million in property loss/damage;
Waves reached 14 meters -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)
Magnitude: 7.0;
Death Toll: 2,200;
Maximum wave height was 15 meters (49 ft);
A submarine landslide from the earthquake triggered the tsunami -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude: 9.1;
Death Toll: 230,000;
Waves hit within 20 minutes of the earthquake;
tsunamis hit 5,000 miles away in South Africa -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude: 8.8;
Death Toll: 500+;
Destroyed about 220,000 homes;
Tsunami waves hit 15 minutes after the earthquake with no evacuation warnings -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude: 9.1;
Death Toll: 19,747;
Strongest earthquake in Japan's recorded history (since 1900);
Tsunami lasted 6 minutes -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
(Largest) Magnitude: 7.4;
Death Toll: 4,340;
Indonesian authorities estimated that 2.4 million people were affected;
The area is prone to earthquakes because it lies on the ring of fire