The Years Of Quakes- NJ Cogliati, Duke Heatherington

Lisbon Earthquake

Nov 1, 1755

This earthquake cased 150,000 deaths and demolished over 12,000 public buildings. With a magnitude of 9.1.

Krakatoa Eruption

Aug 26, 1883

The eruption had a magnitude of 6 with 36,000 deaths. also the explosion could be heard in New Batavia

Aleutian Earthquake

Apr 1, 1946

This earthquakes magnitude was a 8.6 with 165 deaths. The Damage costed over 26 million dollars.

Great Chilean Earthquake

May 23, 1960

This earthquakes magnitude is a 9.5 magnitude and over 1655. The event was handed after the city most affected by the quake, valdivia

Good Friday Earthquake

Mar 27, 1964

The magnitude of this earthquake was a 9.2 with 131 deaths. centered in Prince William sound off the coast of south central alaska

Hokkaido Earthquakes

Jul 12, 1993

The magnitude of the earthquake was a 5.0 with around 41 deaths.this erupted electrical service throughout hokkaido leaving 5 million people without power

Papua New Guinea Earthquake

Jul 17, 1998

this earthquake had a 7.0 magnitude with around 2200 deaths. The earthquake occurred on a reverse fault near the north coast region of Guinea

Sumatra Earthquake

Dec 26, 2004

This earthquake had a 9.1 magnitude with over 225,000 deaths. Released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima bombs.

Samoa Earthquake

Sep 29, 2009

This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 with over 190 deaths. This was the largest earthquake in 2009

Chile Earthquake

Feb 17, 2010

It had the magnitude of 8.8 with 300 deaths. The earthquake lasted around 3 minutes long

Tohoku Earthquake

Mar 11, 2011

This earthquakes magnitude was a 9.0 with almost 20,000 deaths. This was the most powerful earthquake to hit japan.

Sulawesi Earthquake

Sep 17, 2018

This earthquake was a 7.5 magnitude with over 4,000 deaths. In this earthquake 68,000 houses were destroyed.