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Lisbon Earthquake
9.0 m
20,000 deaths
Largest known earthquake to impact Europe and Northern Africa -
Lisbon Earthquake
9 m
36,000 deaths
Largest know earthquake to hit Europe and Northern Africa -
Aleutian Earthquake
8.1 m
160 deaths
The shaking lasted for 4 minutes -
Great Chilean Earthquake
9.5 m
61 deaths
Largest earthquake recorded in the 20th century -
Good Friday Earthquake
9.2 m
130 deaths
2nd most powerful earthquake recorded -
Hokkaido Earthquake
7.8 m
120 deaths
The tsunami reached land after 2-7 minutes after the earthquake -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
7.1 m
2100 deaths
triggered a submarine landslide -
Sumatra Earthquake
9.1 m
230,000 deaths
Estimated damage cost $9.4 billion -
Samoa Earthquake
8.1 m
200 deaths
Destroyed about 200 homes and business -
Chile Earthquake
8.8 m
700 deaths
22,000 homes were destroyed -
Tohoku Earthquake
9.1 m
20,000 deaths
Most powerful earthquake to impact Japan since 1900 -
Sulawesi Earthquake
7.5 m
4,300 deaths
The Sundu plate and Banda Sea micro-plate caused the earthquake
