Tohoku

Natural disasters

  • Libson Earthquake ( Portugal

    Libson Earthquake ( Portugal
    The earthquake almost totally destroyed Lisbon and adjoining area with a M of 9
  • Krakatoa

    Krakatoa
    70% of the island of Krakatoa and its surrounding archipelago were destroyed as it collapsed into a caldera.
  • Aleutian Earthquake

    Aleutian Earthquake
    Magnitude of 8.6 and It resulted in 165–173 casualties and over $26 million in damage
  • Great Chilean Earthquake

    Great Chilean Earthquake
    is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded with a M of 9.5 and lasted 10 min.
  • Good Friday Earthquake

    Good Friday Earthquake
    Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis resulting from the earthquake caused about 131 deaths.
  • Hokkaido Earthquake

    Hokkaido Earthquake
    Had a M of 7.7 and caused 230 casualties
  • Papua New Guinea EarthQuake

    Papua New Guinea EarthQuake
    10-25 min later a tsunami occurred after the Earthquake and all structures were destroyed, and 20-40 percent of the population was killed.
  • Sumatra Earthquake

    Sumatra Earthquake
    with a M of 9.1 it killed 227,898 people
  • Samoa Earthquake

    Samoa Earthquake
    With a M of 8.1 there were at least 189 fatalities hundreds injured
  • Chile Earthquake

    Chile Earthquake
    .8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes and 525 casualties
  • Tohoku Earthquake

    Tohoku Earthquake
    magnitude 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan and coated $360 billion worth of damage
  • Sulawesi Earthquake

    Sulawesi Earthquake
    More than 800 people have been killed and the death toll is likely to rise, according to the national disaster mitigation agency. At least 500 people are seriously injured.