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Lisbon Earthquake
8.5-9.0 earthquake
10,000 to 100,000 killed -
Krakatoa Eruption
36,417 dead
extremely loud
4 times more powerful then any thermonuclear bomb -
Alcutian Earthquake
8.1 magnitude earthquake
165 dead -
Great Chilean Earthquake
9,5 magnitude earthquake
between 2000-6000 dead -
Good Friday Earthquake
lasted 4 mins 38 seconds
9.2 megathrust earthquake
killed about 98 people -
Sea of Japan Earthquake
7.8 magnitude earthquake, 104 dead,100 from tsunami, waves in excess of 33 feet. -
Papa New Guinea Earthquake
7 magnitude, 2183 dead, tsunami caused by undersea landslide. -
Papa New Guinea quake
7.0 magnitude, 2183 dead. undersea landslide caused tsunami. -
Sumatra Earthquake
9,1-9.3 magnitutde, 3rd largest ever recorded on seismograph.
230,000-280,000 dead. More missing. -
Samoa Earthquake
8.1 submarine earthquake. 3 inch rise in sea level at epicenter. 189 dead, hundreds injured. -
Chile Earthquake
8.8 magnitude earthquake, 525 dead, 25 missing, 9% of people affected lost their homes.