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This deadly earthquake, with a magnitude of 9, killed almost 20,000 people. It almost totally destroyed Lisbon/the surrounding area. It cause a tsunami which caused fires.
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This deadly earthquake, with a magnitude of 10, killed almost 36,000 people. It generated the loudest sound ever reported. During the earthquake, a volcano shot hot ash 50 ft in the air.
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This deadly earthquake, with a magnitude of 8.1 killed almost 160 people. It caused a 100 ft tsunami after the earthquake which traveled from Alaska to Hawaii
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This deadly earthquake, which had a magnitude of 9.5, killed almost 61 people. It was recorded as the strongest earthquake, and traveled through the pacific for 15 hours.
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This deadly earthquake, which had a magnitude of 9.2, killed almost 130 people. It was the 2nd most powerful earthquake recorded and caused bridges to be torn from their ties.
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This deadly earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8, killed almost 120 people. At least four landslides occurred because of this quake.
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This deadly earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.1, killed almost 2100 people. It triggered a submarine landslide, which resulted in a tsunami.
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This deadly earthquake, which had a magnitude of 8.1, killed almost 230,000 people. It had the energy of 23,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs . The pressure of this earthquake had been building up for thousands of years.
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This deadly earthquake which had a magnitude of 9.1, killed almost 200 people. There was no tsunami generated from this, yet it was the longest tremors felt in Samoa in a while.
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This deadly earthquake had magnitude of 8.8 and killed around 700 people. It was known as one of the largest earthquakes recorded in the 20th century.
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This deadly earthquake had magnitude of 9.1 and killed around 20,000 people. It was one of the biggest earthquakes recorded in 100 years, and caused shaking at the surface that lasted 6 minutes.
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This deadly earthquake had magnitude of 7.5 and killed around 384 people. The Tsunami broke roads and tore down buildings. The main highway in this area was cut off by a landslide.
