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Lisbon Earthquake, Portugal
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9 on the richter scale. 20,000 people were killed. The tsunami caused a massive fire that made the death toll skyrocket. The tsunami had waves topping off at 23 ft tall. -
Krakatoa Eruption, Java Sumatra
The earthquake was not recorded on the richter scale because it was so long ago. 36,000 people were killed. The Krakatoa was caused from a volcano collapsing into the ocean, creating a massive eruption (potentially the loudest sound the earth has ever made). -
Aleutian Earthquake, Alaska
The Aleutian Earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and killed 160 people. The seafloor along the fault was elevated, triggering a Pacific wide tsunami with waves 45-175 ft high. The waves reached a top speed of 500 mph. -
Great Chilean Earthquake, Chile
The Great Chilean Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5, 61 people were killed. The earthquake was the most powerful one ever recorded. 61 people were killed by a tsunami in Hawaii 15 hours after the earthquake hit. -
Good Friday Earthquake, Alaska
The Good Friday Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2, it killed 131 people. It was the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history. The earthquake was 6 miles long. -
Hokkaido Earthquake, Japan
The tsunami caused deaths in Hokkaido, Japan all the way down to Russia. Fires from the tsunami caused most of the damage. -
Papua New Guinea Quake
The Papua New Guinea earthquake had a magnitude of 7 and killed 2,700. The tsunami was caused by a 6ft drop in the Pacific Ocean along a 25 mile fault. The tsunami was so powerful it uprooted buildings and moved them 200 ft. -
Sumatra Earthquake, Indonesia
The Sumatra Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2 and killed 227,898 people. The earthquake and tsunami was strong enough to effect 14 countries. The waves topped off at 100ft high. -
Chile earthquake, Chile
The Chile earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and killed 600 people. The waves were so strong they did damage all the way up to the coast of San Diego. The earthquake and tsunami caused a total $4 billion in repairs. -
Tohuko Earthquake, Japan
The Tohuko earthquake in 2011 was a 9.1 and killed 19,00 people. 280,926 buildings were completely destroyed, and 3 nuclear power plants went down with it. This was also one of the only earthquakes that has HD footage of the disaster. -
Sulawesi Earthquake, Indonesia
The magnitude was 7.5 and the death toll was 4,340. The tsunami caused buildings to fully submerge under mud. The waves were only 25 ft tall but they caused devastating mud slides that destroyed buildings.
