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Lisbon Earthquake
magnitude: 8.5-9
Death Toll: 70,000
This event was widely discussed and dwelt upon by European Enlightenment Philosophers, and inspired major development in theodicy. -
Krakatoa Earthquake
Magnitude: VEI of 6
Death Toll: 36,000
When the volcano erupted, the explosion shot up hot ash 50 miles into the air. -
Aleutian Earthquake
Magnitude: 8.1
Death Toll: 165
These tsunamis waves traveled roughly 490 miles an hour. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
Magnitude: 9.5
Death Toll: 1,655
This earthquake left 2 million people homeless. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. -
Good Friday Earthquake
Magnitude: 9.2
Death Toll: 131
The tallest wave height was an astonishing 219 feet in Shoup Bay in the Valdez Inlet. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
Magnitude: 7.8
Death Toll: 230
This Earthquake was the result of the Eurasian Plate subducting underneath Japan. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
Magnitude: 7.0
Death Toll: 2,700
The tsunami was caused by a large undersea landslide. -
Sumatra Earthquake
Magnitude: 9.1
Death Toll: 230,000
This earthquake is estimated to have released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. -
Samoa Earthquake
Magnitude: 8.0
Death Toll: 192
This earthquake caused one side of the landscape of Samoa to fall, so every year the island sinks by roughly 0.4 inches. -
Chile Earthquake
Magnitude: 8.8
Death Toll: 500
This earthquake affected the resources of Chile very much by wiping out 18% of their GDP. -
Tohoku Earthquake
Magnitude: 9.1
Death Toll: 19,747
Japan has early warning systems that luckily went off a minute before it hit and saved many lives by stopping high-speed trains and assembly lines. -
Sulawesi Earthquake
Magnitude: 6.2
Death Toll: 2,000
The tsunami that happened was because of an undersea landslide in the Sundra Strait from an eruption of the Anak Krakatoa Volcano.