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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
With a magnitude of 9.0 killed 20,000 people, accentuated political tensions in the Portuguese kingdom -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
Volcano in Sundra Strait between java and Suniatra destroyed 165 villages and killed 36,000 people -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
With a magnitude of 8.1 occurring in the Hawiian Islands killing 160 people -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
With a magnitude of 9.5 killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling 15 hours -
Good friday earthquake Alaska
An earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2 generated a deadly tsunami that killed 130 people in Alaska and California -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Indonesia)
A 7.8 earthquake in the sea of Japan caused a tsunami killing 120 people -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papa New Guinea)
With a 7.1 magnitude the earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami and killed 2,100 people -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
With a magnitude of 9.1 the Sumatra earthquake generated a tsunami that killed 230,000 -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
The Samoa earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
The Chile earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
The Japan earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and it generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people