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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
Reports state that the earthquake lasted between three and a half and six minutes, causing fissures 5 meters (16 feet) wide to open in the city centers. The estimated death toll is between 40 and 50 thousand. Magnitude of about 8.5-9 -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
M5 Magnitude. The eruption is estimated to have reached 310 dB, loud enough to be heard clearly 5,000 kilometers (3,100 mi) away. It was so powerful that it ruptured the eardrums of sailors 40 miles away. At least 36,417 deaths resulted from this eruption. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
M8.1. The seafloor along the fault was elevated, triggering a Pacific-wide tsunami with multiple destructive waves at heights ranging from 45–130 ft. The tsunami obliterated the Scotch Cap Lighthouse on Unimak Island, Alaska among others, and killed all five lighthouse keepers. Over $26M in damage -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
M9.5 -
Good Friday Earthquake
M9.2. Death toll of about 130.
Major Ground fissures, structural collapse -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
M7.8. Death toll of about 120 -
Papua New Guinea Quake
M7.1. Death toll over 2,100 -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
M9.1. Death toll of about 230,000 -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
M8.1. Death toll of about 200 -
Chile Earthquake
M8.8. Death toll of about 700. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
M9.1. Death toll of about 20,000
