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Lisbon Earthquake
7.7 Magnitude
12,000 death toll
3rd large scale earthquake to hit the area -
Krakatoa Eruption
36,417 deaths
Eruption was heard from Perth, Australia -
Aleutian Earthquake
Magnitude 3.9
173 deaths
42m tall tsunami -
Great Chilean Earthquake
9.6 Magnitude
1,655 deaths
Largest Earthquake ever recorded -
Good Friday Earthquake
Magnitude 9.2
131 Dead
most deaths to tsunamis -
Hokkaido Earthquake
7.6 Magnitude
200 deaths
Damaged many Dams in the area -
Papua New Guinea
Magnitude 7.0
2700 deaths
collision between pacific and Australian plates -
Sumatra Earthquake Indonesia
Magnitude 9.3
Death Toll 230,000
One of the most dangerous in modern times -
Samoan Earthquake
Magnitude 8.1
22 Deaths
Sent Tsunamis all across the Pacific -
Chile Earthquake
Magnitude 8.8
525 Deaths
Epicenter 1.9 miles off of the coast -
Tohoku Earthquake
Magnitude 9.1
19,759 Deaths
known as the "Great East Japanese Earthquake" -
Sulawesi Earthquake
Magnitude 7.5
4,340 Deaths
Largest liquefaction recorded