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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The magnitude of the Lisbon earthquake was 8.5 and had a death toll of 70,000. An interesting fact about the earthquake is that the shaking was felt as far as Morocco. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
The Krakatoa Eruption had a magnitude of 8.5. The death toll of the eruption was around 36,400. An fact is that the eruption caused a 30m tsunami and washed away 165 coastal villages around the area -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The Aleutian Earthquake had a magnitude of 7.4 and death toll of 170. An interesting fact is that in Alaska, the wave heights reached around 115 feet high. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.5. It had a death toll of 28,000. An interesting fact was that it was the largest earthquake recorded in the 20th century. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
The Good Friday earthquake got its name because it occurred on Good Friday 1964. The magnitude was 8.5 and a death toll of 131 was recorded. A fact about the Good Friday earthquake is that there was around $15 million in damage reported. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The Hokkaido earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 and a death toll of 185. An interesting fact was that it was caused by a fault that dipped at 24 degrees East -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)
The earthquake had a recorded magnitude of 7.0 and a death toll of around 2,700 people. A fact about the natural disaster was that it left nearly 10,000 people homeless. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The Sumatra Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and left a death toll of over 300,000. A fact about the tsunami was that it was estimated to have released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
The earthquake had an 8.1 magnitude and a death toll of 200. An interesting fact is that the waves 72ft that engulfed the shore. It also caused by two separate earthquakes occurring within 2-3 minutes apart. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.8. The death toll was around 521. A fact about the earthquake is that it had a $30 Billion dollar damage. Over 46 people were also missing and presumed dead -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.1 and the death toll was 20,000. An interesting fact about the earthquake was that it lasted 6 min and was centered on the seafloor 45 minutes east of Tohoku. -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
The Sulawesi earthquake had a magnitude of 4.6 and death toll of 20,000. An interesting fact is that it triggered underwater landslides which caused the tsunami. The tsunami waves were 1.5 meters