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Lisbon Earthquake
The Lisbon earthquake occurred on November 1st, 1755. The magnitude was 9 and it caused 20,000 death. The Lisbon earthquake was caused by the Azore's Gibraltar faultline, it took 40 minutes for the tsunami to occur. -
Krakatoa Eruption
The Krakatoa earthquake had a magnitude of 6.0 and caused over 36,000 deaths. During the earthquake, hot ash fired up to 50 miles into the air. The pressure wave was heard 5000 km away. -
Aleutian earthquake
The Aleutian earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and caused 160 deaths. The shaking lasted over 4 minutes and triggered landslides. -
Great Chilean earthquake
the magnitude of this earthquake was 9.5 and caused 61 deaths. It was a megathrust earthquake caused due to the subduction of the Nazca plate under the south American plate. -
Good Friday Earthquake
This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2 and caused 130 deaths. The tallest wave was 219 feet and hit on the holy yeast day called all saints day. -
Hokkaido earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.8 and caused 120 deaths the earthquake left 5.3 million residents without power. Water was inaccessible to 4000 people for 5 days. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
The magnitude of this earthquake was 7.1 and caused over 2100 deaths. In some towns shaking lasted over a minute, 78 events of magnitude 6 plus occurred near the area in the last 50 years. -
Sumatra Earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.1 and caused 230,000 deaths. The Megathrust earthquake epicenter was located in the Indian Ocean near the west coast of Sumatra. -
Sulawesi Earthquake
This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5 and caused 4,300 deaths, struck at 18km depth, and was felt for 5-7 seconds. -
Soma earthquake
This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and caused about 200 deaths. The wave reached a height of 14.5 meters. The strongest tidal wave registered in Samoa. -
Chile earthquake
This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and caused 700 deaths, the epicenter was located 200 miles southwest of the Chilean capital of Santiago. The stress was brought on by the convergence of 2 tectonic plates causing the rocks to shatter. -
Tohoku earthquake
This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and caused 20,000 deaths. Caused waves up to 40 meters and was a mega-thrust earthquake.