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Lisbon Earthquake
Occurred in Lisbon, Portugal
- its waves reached 7 meters high or more in the West Indies
Magnitude: 9
Death Toll: 20,000 -
Krakatoa Eruption
Occurred near Java and Sumatra (Indonesia)
Magnitude: 6
Death Toll: 36,000
- the top of this volcano collapsed into the ocean
- tsunami waves more than 35 meters high
- 165 villages destroyed -
Aleutian Earthquake
Occurred in Alaska
Magnitude: 8.1
Death Toll: 160 -
Great Chilean Earthquake
Occurred in Chile
Magnitude: 9.5
Death Toll: 61 -
Good Friday Earthquake
Occurred in Alaska
Magnitude: 9.2
Death Toll: 130 -
Hokkaido Earthquake
Occurred in Japan
Magnitude: 7.8
Death Toll: 120 -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
Occurred in Papua New Guinea
Magnitude: 7.1
Death Toll: 2,100 -
Sumatra Earthquake
Occurred in Sumatra, Indonesia
Magnitude: 9.1
Death Toll: 230,000 -
Samoa Earthquake
Occurred in the Samoan Islands
Magnitude: 8.1
Death Toll: 200 -
Chile Earthquake
Occurred in Chile
Magnitude: 8.8
Death Toll: 700 -
Tohoku Earthquake
Occurred in Tohoku, Japan
Magnitude: 9.1
Death Toll: 20,000 -
Sulawesi Earthquake
Occurred in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Magnitude: 7.5
Death Toll: 4,340