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Lisbon Earthquake
Magnitude- 8.5
Death toll- 70,000
-Lasted 3-6 min
-Shipwrecks and cargo was found after the flood
- Disrupted Portugal empire -
Krakatoa Eruption
Magnitude- 7.8
Death Toll- 36,000
-Debris sent 15 miles around
- 9 miles of island was underwater -
Aleutian Earthquake
Magnitude- 8.6
Death Toll- 165
-$26 Million in damages
-Could be felt from 480 miles away -
Great Chilean Earthquake
Magnitude- 9.5
Death Toll- 1,655
- 2 million people left homeless
-hundreds of millions in damage
- last 10 min -
Good Friday Earthquake
Magnitude- 9.2
Death Toll- 131
- last 4.5 min
- Earth moved that day -
Hokkaido Earthquake
Magnitude- 7.8
Death Toll- 185
- Hit within 2 min
- Shifted Earth's axis by 17 cm -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
Magnitude- 7.0
Death Toll- 2,200
- 500 people went missing
- Waves were 49ft tall -
Sumatra Earthquake
Magnitude- 9.1
Death Toll- 227,898
- Damage was equal to multiple Hiroshima bombs
- waves topped 100ft -
Samoa Earthquake
Magnitude- 8.1
Death Toll- 149
- 22-meter waves
- largest earthquake of 2009 -
Chile Earthquake
Magnitude- 8.8
Death Toll- 525
- $30 Million in damage
- waves up to 29 meters -
Tohoku Earthquake
Magnitude- 9.1
Death Toll- 15,899
- Waves up to 40 meters
- 450,000 became homeless -
Sulawesi Earthquake
Magnitude- 7.5
Death Toll- 2,000+
- Liquefaction was most ever
- Waves up to 23ft