-
Libson Earthquake (Portugal)
Magnitude: 8.5-9
Death toll: 60,000
Fact: Lasted only 3 and a half minutes -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
Death toll:36,417
Fact: Heard from over 3,000 miles away -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude: 7.9
Death toll: 173
Fact: Over $26 million in damage -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude: 9.5
Death toll: 1,655
Fact: Caused tsunami that went on to affect Hawaii, Japan, The Phillippe's -
Good Friday Earthquake ( Alaska)
Magnitude: 9.2
Death toll: 139
Fact: $311 million in property loss -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude: 6.0
Death toll: 230
Fact: Caused an after affect in a large landslide -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)
Magnitude: 7
Death toll: 2,000
Fact: Three tsunami waves occurred following the earthquake. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude: 9.1
Death toll: 230,000
Fact: Estimated energy equivalent of this earthquake is the same as 23,000 Hiroshima type bombs -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Island)
Magnitude: 8.1
Death toll: 192
Fact: Made tsunami waves up to 22 meters -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude: 8.8
Death toll: 525
Fact: Chile has up tp three 8.0 or higher earthquakes. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude: 9.1
Death toll: 18,000
Fact: Many were killed due to the fact that Tohoku's warning systems failed -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude: 7.5
Death toll: 4,340
Fact: Tsunami reached 6 meters