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Lisbon Earthquake(Portugal)
Lisbon Earthquake, one of the deadliest in the worlds history
30,000 people died
Magnitude of 8.5 -
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The Worlds Worst Earthquakes/Tsunamis Over the Last 250 Years
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Krakatoa Eruption(Java/Sumatra)
Caused global temperatures to drop as high as 2.2 degrees F or 1.2 degrees C
36,000 people died
Magnitude of 6 on the volcanic explosion index -
Aleutian Earthquake(Alaska)
Tsunami took over 4 hours of build up until it hit Hawaii
159 people died
Magnitude of 8.6 -
Great Chilean Earthquake(Chile)
Longest earthquake recorded in the 20th century happened on the edge of the Nazca plate
61 people died
Magnitude of 9.5 -
Good Friday Earthquake(Alaska)
Lated 4.5 minutes, caused underwater landslide
131 people died
Magnitude of 9.2 -
Hokkaido Earthquake(Japan)
Caused by the Eurasian plate going underneath the Japan plate this tsunami being so bad it caused Japan to build sea walls
181 people died
Magnitude of 7.7 -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake(Papua New Guinea)
Height of wave estimated at 15m or 49ft
1,600 people died
magnitude of 7 -
Sumatra Earthquake(Indonesia)
Several villages destroyed the tsunami is said o be stronger than an atomic bomb
131,000 people dead 31,000 missing
Magnitude of 9.1-9.3 -
Samoa Earthquake(Samoan Islands)
The people could feel the tremors for upwards of 3 minutes
189 people found dead
Magnitude of 8.0 -
Chile Earthquake(Chile)
The Tsunami did the majority of the damage costing millions
1,655 people died
Magnitude of 8.8 -
Took Earthquake(Japan)
The tremors were so bad that they caused the Fukushima power plant to have a meltdown some parts of Japan still recovering 10 years later
19,741 people died
Magnitude of 9.1 -
Sulawesi Earthquake(Indonesia)
Hundreds of thousands of homes and villages destroyed by the earthquakes and the secondary impact of the tsunami
1,374 people died
Magnitude of 7.5