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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The Lisbon Earthquake had a magnitude of 9. There was a death toll of 20,000 people. Along with the tsunami and earthquake that caused it, there were terrible fires. -
Krakatoa
The Krakatoa Eruption had a death toll of 36,000 people. The top of the volcano collapsed into the ocean, creating a 115ft tsunami. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The Aleutian Earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1. There was a death toll of 160 people. This Alaskan earthquake caused a tsunami all the way in the Hawaiian Islands. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The Great Chilean Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5. There was a death toll of only 61 people. The tsunami following the earthquake traveled for 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
The Good Friday Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2. There was a death tool of 130 people. It not only killed people in Alaska but also people in California. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The Hokkaido Earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8. There was a death toll of 120 people. The earthquake was located in the Sea of Japan and the tsunami traveled to Okushiri Island -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
The Papua New Guinea Quake had a magnitude of 7.1. The earthquake had a death toll of 2,100 people. The earthquake produces a submarine landslide that produced the tsunami. The tsunami was so powerful it destroyed the first story of some houses. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The Sumatra Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and a death toll of 230,000 people. The earthquake itself had lasted a total of 10 minutes. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
The Samoa Earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and a death toll of 200 people. The earthquake was occcured near the ocean trenches. This was because of the stresses in the subducting plates, which caused the tsunami. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
The Chile Earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and a death toll of 700 people. The earthquake was caused by the Nazca and South American plates converging, which caused the tsunami. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
The Tohoku Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and a death toll of 20,000 people. The earthquake lasted only about 6 minutes. It was caused by the North American plate converging with the pacific plate causing a tragic tsunami. -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
The Sulawesi Earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5 and a death toll of 500 people. Though this event's death toll s not as high as others, it was marked as the deadliest earthquake of 2018.
