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Magnitude: 7.7
Death Toll: 40,000-50,000
Fact: 85% of Lisbon's buildings were destroyed by the Tsunami. -
Magnitude/VEI: 6
Death Toll: 36,147
Fact: The explosion has been theorized to be one of the main sources of inspiration for Edward Munch's famous 1893 painting, "The Scream". -
Magnitude: 8.6
Death Toll: 165-173
Fact: This earthquake is also known as the April Fools day tsunami in Hawaii because it happened on April 1, and many thought the warnings of the earthquake to be an April Fool's day prank. -
Magnitude: 9.5 (9.4-9.6)
Death Toll: 1,655
Fact: After this Earthquake, a committee was formed to solve problems caused by the earthquake, Thus the committee was then officially founded as ONEMI in 1974 and became an independent governmental office. -
Magnitude: 9.2
Death Toll: 131
Fact: This 9.2 magnitude earthquake released enough energy to snap 800,000 spaghetti strands according to the U.S. geological survey. -
Magnitude: 7.7
Death Toll: 230
Fact: There were about 600 million in property losses caused primarily by the Tsunami. -
Magnitude: 7.0
Death Toll: 2,183-2,700
Fact: A Submarine landslide generated by the earthquake triggered the tsunami, unlike how most tsunamis are triggered. -
Magnitude: 9.1-9.3
Death Toll: 227,898
Facts: The Sumatra earthquake is estimated to have released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. -
Magnitude: 9.0
Death Toll: 18,000
Fact: This was the most powerful earthquake recorded in Japan since 1900. -
Magnitude: 8.1
Death Toll: 192
Facts: The prime minister of Somoa lost two relatives in the tsunami. -
Magnitude: 8.8
Death Toll: 500
Facts: Nearly 400,000 homes sustained significant damage in this tsunami. -
Magnitude: 7.5
Death Toll: 4,340
Fact: A month after the earthquake over 200,000 (206,524) people had been made refugees.