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Lisbon Earthquake ( Portugal)
The Lisbon Earthquake was a 8.5M earthquake that cost 100,000 lives. As a result if this earthquake a tsunami and fire happened because a mass amount of candles were lit due to a celebration at the time of the earthquake. The earthquake cased these candles to fall over and start a ginormous fire. -
Krakatoa Eruption
The Krakatoa Eruption was a 6M earthquake that cost 36,000 lives. The eruption generated the loudest sound ever recorded. -
Aleutian Earthquake
The Aleutian Earthquake was a 8.6M earthquake that cost 165-173 lives. The tallest tsunami wave from this earthquake was 219 ft. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
The Great Chilean Earthquake was a 9.5 M earthquake that cost 5,000 lives. The tsunami hit japan one day after it hit Chile and killed 138 people. -
Good Friday Earthquake
The Good Friday Earthquake was a 9.2 M earthquake that cost 139 lives. This earthquake was the 2nd most powerful earthquake on record. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
The Hokkaido Earthquake was a 7.7 M earthquake that cost 239 lives. The tsunami struck the island less them 4 min after the tremor. -
Papua New Guinea Quake
The Papua New Guinea Quake was a 7.0 M earthquake that cost 160 lives. The landslid triggered by the earthquake actually triggered the tsunami. -
Sumatra Earthquake
The Sumatra Earthquake was a 9.1 M earthquake that cost 230,000 lives. The earthquake had the energy of 23,00 Hiroshima atomic bombs. -
Samoa Earthquake
The Samoa Earthquake was a 8.1 M earthquake that cost 189 lives. The Tsunami cost Samoa $339 million in repairs. -
Chile Earthquake
The Chile Earthquake was a 8.8 M earthquake that coat 525 lives. The focus of the earthquake was 22 miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. -
Tohoku Earthquake
The Tohoku Earthquake was a 9 M earthquake that cost 15,844 lives. The tsunami flooded more than 200 square miles of coastal land.
