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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The Magnitude was 9.
The death toll was 20,000 people.
The tsunami that followed the earthquake claimed the lives of tens of thousands of survivors.
This is also known as the Great Lisbon Earthquake -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumarta)
The magnitude was a VEI of 6.
The death toll was 36,000 people.
produced the loudest sound in history to be recorded.
The volcano erupted ash and steam to the height of 6km. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The magnitude was 8.1.
The death toll was 160 people.
The tsunami waves reached 250.0 m.
It lasted three minutes long. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The Magnitude reached 8.1.
The death toll was 700 people.
The most powerful temblor in recorded history.
The magnitude of it is roughly 1.3 times that of Haiti's 2010 earthquake. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
The magnitude reached 9.2.
The death toll was 230 people.
It was the largest earthquake in history of North America.
It created a underwater landslide. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude reached 7.8.
The death toll was 120 people.
It destroyed 1,410 houses and caused $500 million in damage.
Landslides occurred, triggered by the earthquakes. -
Papua New Guinea earthquake (Papua New Guinea)
Reached a magnitude of 7.1.
The death toll was 2,100 people.
The height of the tsunami reached 15 meters tall at the village of Arop.
A third of all health facilities in Hela and Southern Highlands Provinces closed. -
Sumarta Earthquake (Indonesia)
The magnitude reached 9.1.
The death toll was 230,000 people.
An estimated 23,000 Hiroshima-style atomic bombs' value of energy were released.
The tsunami waves reached 100 feet. -
Samoa earthquake (Samoan Islands)
The Magnitude reached 8.1.
The death toll was 200 people.
It was the fifth tsunami studied by the U.S Geological Survey field teams in 15 years.
149 people were killed by the tsunami. -
Chile Earthquake
The magnitude reached 8.8.
The death toll was 700 people.
It is the sixth-largest earthquake that a seismograph has ever recorded.
It caused a costal uplift of 2m. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude reached 9.1.
The death toll was 20,000 people.
It was the most powerful earthquake in Japan since 1900.
The earthquake shakes lasted 5 minutes. -
Sulawesi earthquake (Indonseia)
It reached a magnitude of 5.2.
The death toll was 4,320 people
The waves reached approximately 20 feet high.
It was caused by strike-slip faults.