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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
Magnitude 9 earthquake; Killed 20,000 people; 7m high wave -
Krakatoa Eruption
Krakatoa Erupted and caused the tsunami; Killed 36,000 people -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude 8.1 earthquake; killed 160 people -
Great Chilean earthquake
M9.5 earthquake; killed 61 people in Hawaii
Traveled 15 hours across the pacific -
Good Friday Earthquake
M9.2 Earthquake; killed 130 people in Alaska an California -
Hokkaido Earthquake
M7.8 Earthquake; Killed 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan -
Papuan New Guinea Quake
M7.1 submerged Earthquake caused an underwater landslide; killed 2,100 people -
Sumatra Earthquake
M9.1 earthquake; killed 230,000 -
Samoa Earthquake
M8.1 earthquake; killed 200 -
Chile Earthquake
M8.8 Earthquake; killed 700 -
Tohoku Earthquake
M9.1 earthquake; killed over 20,000 and caused a nuclear power plant meltdown