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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The Earthquake that caused the tsunami was a magnitude 9.
The Tsunami caused over 20,000 deaths in Portugal. The citizens were forced to remove the dead before they caused disease. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
The Krakatoa volcano's top collapsed into the ocean which caused a tsunami.The tsunami caused around 36,000 deaths in total. The tsunami was caused by giant pyroclastic flows into the ocean. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The 8.1 magnitude earthquake caused a tsunami traveling all the way to Hawaii. The tsunami ended up causing a total of 160 deaths. The city of Hilo cause around $300 million in damage. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
A magnitude 9.5 earthquake was the cause of a tsunami and 61 deaths in Hawaii. This earthquake is the largest magnitude ever recorded to date. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
The Alaskan earthquake of magnitude 9.2 which caused around 130 deaths. The earthquake lasted a total of around 4 minutes and 38 seconds. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake generated a deadly tsunami killing 120 people. The earthquake also caused a landslide in Okushiri making 3 disasters to hit there. -
Papa New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 started a tsunami. The tsunami killed around 2,100 people. Nearly 20-40 percent of the New Guinea population was killed. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
A 9.1 magnitude earthquake initiated a tsunami leading to 230,000 deaths. 14 different countries experienced fatalities as a result of the earthquake. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
The earthquake was an 8.1 magnitude earthquake. This earthquake caused 200 deaths. It is claimed that 4 tsunami waves 15-20 feet high hit the land after the quake. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
An 8.8 magnitude earthquake started a tsunami and killed 700 people. There were an estimated 2 million people directly affected by the earthquake. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
A 9.1 magnitude earthquake causing a tsunami killed 20,000 people in japan. The Effects of the earthquake was felt all around the world from Norway to Antarctica.
