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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
Magnitude= 9, Death Toll= 20,000. Because it was All Saints Day, most people were in church and died there due to the church structures being weak. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
VE=6, Death Toll= 36,000. 70% of the island and surrounding area were destroyed. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude= 4.5, Death Toll= 130. The earthquake itself caused little damage, but it was the Tsunami that followed that caused extreme damage. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude= 9.5, Death Toll= 1,655. It is the largest recorded earthquake of the 20th century. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude= 9.2, Death Toll= 131. It is the most powerful earthquake recorded in US history. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude= 7.8, Death Toll= 120. The earthquake caused a large fire which caused much of the damage. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
Magnitude= 7.1, Death Toll= 2,100. A submarine landslide generated the earthquake that triggered the tsunami. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude= 9.1, Death Toll= 230,000. The earthquake that triggered the tsunami is estimated to have released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
Magnitude= 8.1, Death Toll= 200. Two separate earthquakes triggered the tsunami. This is extremely rare and called a "doublet". -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude= 8.8, Death Toll= 700. The earthquake struck at 3:34 A.M. -
Tohoku Earthquake
Magnitude= 9.1, Death Toll= 20,000. This was the largest magnitude earthquake ever recorded in Japanese history and the 3rd largest in the world since 1900. -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude= 7.5, Death Toll= 1,374. The tsunami warnings were cancelled after the earthquake hit, and then reissued only after the tsunami wave had hit.