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Lisbon Earthquake
Ranged between 8.5-9, the epicenter in the Atlantic Ocean, Second shock was most powerful. 10,000 died, death to 70,000, and damage to 1000 mile away. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
Could be heard 2,200 miles away, 3000,000 square miles height of 120 ft took 36,000 lives, no life for 5 years on Krakatoa -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
5.3, waves reached 115 ft in alaska, 30 ft in Hawaii, tsunami 5 hours after earthquake. $300 million in damage, 165 deaths. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
Most powerful ever. Range between 9.4-9.6, day before a 7.9 hit, 2 million homeless, 1655 dead, 3000 injured, then 61 killed in Hawaii, 138 in japan, 32 in Phillipines. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
9.2 2nd most powerful ever, 139 killed, the area was destroyed, 16 killed in Oregon and California shorelines. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
Total of 329 were killed 558 houses were destroyed -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
7 magnitude, 3 catastrophic waves followed killing at least 1,600 injuring 1,000 displacing 10,000 people -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
9.1 earthquake off the coast of Northern sumatra, Indonesia, 230,000 missing and presumed dead, 10 billion and 2 billion. 227,898 missing or dead -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
8.1 magnitude earthquake, killing 149, Somoa, 34 in the U.S. then later on 9 more -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
8.8 magnitude earthquake 50 ft high waves, 400,000 homes, 800 has died, then 500 and 150 in tsunamis. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude of 9, 726,000 homes damaged, 230,000 were dead, 45 miles high, center and beginning was very slick slippery clay.