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Lisbon Earthquake - Portugal
The magnitude of this earthquake was a 8.5m and the death toll was 45,000 people.
Fact #1 - One of the deadliest tsunamis in Europe
Fact #2 - All destruction happened on Saints day -
Krakatoa Eruption - Java/Sumatra
The magnitude of this earthquake was 6m and the death toll was 36,000 people.
Fact #1 - Destroyed over 165 costal villages
Fact #2 - Was heard from over 3,000 miles away -
Aleutian Earthquake - Alaska
The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.6m and the death toll was 165 people.
Fact #1 - Known as the April fools day tsunami
Fact #2 - Led to establish the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center -
Great Chilean Earthquake - Chile
The magnitude of this Earthquake was 9.5m and the death toll was 5,700 people.
Fact #1 - Took 15 hours to hit Japan
Fact #2 - Reached as far as Japan, Hawaii and the Philippines -
Good Friday Earthquake - Alaska
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.2m and the death toll was 139 people.
Fact #1 - Strongest North American earthquake ever recorded
Fact #2 - Widespread of tsunamis across the pacific -
Hokkaido Earthquake - Japan
The magnitude of this earthquake was 7.8m and the death toll was 230 people.
Fact #1 - Triggered by offshore earthquake near Okushiri Island
Fact #2 - Caused fires by the tsunamis making damages worse -
Papua New guinea Earthquake - Papua New Guinea
The magnitude of this earthquake was 7.0m and the death toll was 2,300 people.
Fact #1 - Triggered massive undersea landslide that caused waves up to 49 feet
Fact #2 - Many costal communities were wiped out -
Sumatra Earthquake - Indonesia
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.1m and the death toll was 23,000 people.
Fact #1 - Deadliest tsunami in history with waves over 100 feet
Fact #2 - Led to an unprecedented international humanitrian response -
Samoa Earthquake - Samoan Islands
The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.0m and the death toll was 189 people.
Fact #1 - Waves up to 46 feet resulted in widespread devastation
Fact #2 - Response time was very quick with aid arriving quickly -
Chile Earthquake - Chile
The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.8m and the death toll was 525 people.
Fact #1 - Led to over 2 million people in Chile displacement
Fact #2 - Caused minor injuries in Japan and California -
Tohoku Earthquake - Japan
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.1m and the death toll was 19,759 people.
Fact #1 - Triggered Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
Fact #2 - considered one of the most powerful waves ever recorded in Japan -
Sulawesi Earthquake - Indonesia
The magnitude of this earthquake was 7.5m and the death toll was 3,879 people.
Fact #1 - Caused a lot of damage with neighborhoods with waves over 20 feet high
Fact #2 - Hit the city of Palu