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Lisbon Earthquake
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake was also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake which impacted Portugal in such a great way. It had a magnitude of 8.5-9.0 and killed over 20,000 people with it being the most destructive earthquake in European history. -
Krakatoa Eruption
The Krakatau eruption had an explosive force of a 200-megatonne bomb, killing more than 36,000 people and cooling the entire Earth by an average of 0.6°C for months to come. -
Aleutian Earthquake
The 1946 Aleutian earthquake occurred near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska on April 1, 1946, and generated a large tsunami. The magnitude 8.1 earthquake caused 160 casualties. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
The 1960, Great Chilean earthquake on 22 May 1960 was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. It is said that it has a magnitude of 9.5 . -
Good Friday Earthquake
In 1964 known as Good Friday Earthquake, was a megathrust quake that began at 5:36 P.M on March 27, 1964. It had a moment magnitude of 9.2, making it the second largest earthquake on record. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
A magnitude-6.2 earthquake occurred in the Hokkaido Region at 18:54 June 11. The epicenter was about 68 km southeast of Sapporo with a death toll of 230 people and has the greatest devastating tsunamis that caused significant damage in japan. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
On the evening of 17 July 1998, Papua New Guinea, a strongly felt earthquake was followed by a destructive tsunami. The tsunami comprised of three waves, each estimated to be about 4 m high. -
Sumatra Earthquake
The Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, which caused a massive tsunami, is thought to have released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. The earthquake struck 150 miles from the coast of Sumatra Island. -
Samoa Earthquake
The earthquakes generated tsunami waves of up to 22 meters that engulfed the shores, killing at least 200 people. It is said that it destroyed 862 buildings inlcueding11 schools -
Chile Earthquake
The Chile earthquake occurred off the Maule coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 03:34, having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for nearly four minutes. -
Tohoku Earthquake
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake struck with a magnitude of 9.1 in Tohoku Japan . A tsunami that was generated by the earthquake arrived at the coast within 30 minutes destroyed the city with it being the most expensive natural hazard in the history of japan. -
Sulawesi Earthquake
On 27 September 2018, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, resulting in 1.5 meter tsunami waves that caused widespread damage and destruction and economic loses of $1.3 billion.