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Lisbon Earthquake
This earthquake magnitude was 9 killing a total of 20000 people. It led to the creation of Seismology and changed the way people built houses making the able to withstand shaking. -
Krakatoa Eruption
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.1 and killed 230000 people. The eruption vibrations were felt around the Glode during this disaster. And sunset world wide turned red due to the ash. -
Aleutian earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.1 and killed 160 people. Its Tsunamis waves hit Hawaii while the earthquake was felt in a 4800 km radius -
Great Chilean earthquake
The magnitude on this earthquake was and killed 61 people. This was the most powerful earthquake lasting 10-15 seconds -
Good Friday earthquake
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.2 and killed 130 people. The earthquake lasted awhile at 4.5 minutes and the tsunami hit parts of Cali and Japan -
Hokkaido Earthquake
This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and killed 20000 people. This was the first earthquake in Japan to ever trigger a nasinal emergency broadcast and casted a major black out after wards. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
The magnitude of this earthquake was 7.0 and it killed 2,200 people. It caused an undersea earthquake and its tsunami waves reached 15 meters high. -
Sumatra Earthquake
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.2 and killed 230,000 people. This was one of the deadliest natural disasters in history. The tsunami reached the coast of 14 countries. -
Samoa Earthquake
The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.1 and killed 190 people. The tsunami traveled across the pacific and waves reached 4 meters high. -
Chile Earthquake
The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.8 and it killed 525 people. The earthquake was so big it shifted the axis by 8 cm. The tsunamis affected areas such as Japan and the USA. -
Tohoku Earthquake
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.o and it killed 15,000 people. This tsunami was very large at 40 meters high and caused a nuclear disaster. -
Sulawesi Earthquake
The magnitude of this earthquake was 7.5 and killed 4,3000 people. The city of Palu was hit with a tsunami just five minute after the earthquake and it caused soil liquefaction.