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Lisbon Earthquake(Portugal)
The Lisbon Earthquake was an earthquake that had a magnitude of 7.7. It had a shocking death toll of 50,000 people. Many people were worshipping in a church when the earthquake struck. As a result, fires started that continued to burn 5 days after the event. It also was responsible for major developments in theodicy. -
Krakatoa Eruption(Java/Sumatra)
The Krakatoa Eruption took place in Sumatra, it had a magnitude of 6 and sadly was able to take 36,417 lives. Many people died due to thermal energy, and it was even able to make the temperature drop all over the world. -
Aleutian Earthquake
The Aleutian Earthquake took place in Alaska. It had a magnitude of 8.6 and took the lives of 131 people. The shaking later for more than 4 minutes and resulted in killer landslides. It also revealed that oceanic plates are under continents. -
Good Friday Earthquake
The Good Friday Earthquake took place in 1964 and had a very high magnitude of 9.6. It was able to take 131 lives. It also triggered killer landslides. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
The Great Chilean Earthquake happened in Chile in 1960. It had a magnitude of 9.5 and even killed 1655 people. It left 2 million people homeless and lasted around 10 minutes. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
The Hokkaido Earthquake in Japan had a magnitude of 7.7. The earthquake was also able to take 230 innocent lives. After the earthquake, around 2 million homes lost power. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
The Papua New Guinea Earthquake took place in 1998. It also had a magnitude of 7.5 and had a death toll of 200 people. It caused a large landslide following the earthquake. -
Sumatra Earthquake
The Sumatra Earthquake, which took place in 2004, had an extremely high magnitude of 9.1. The Sumatra Earthquake had a devastating death toll of 227,898. It also caused a large landslide. -
Samoa Earthquake
The Samoa Earthquake took place in 2009. It had a magnitude of 8.1 and took 149 lives. The earthquake was also said to have occurred in an extensional environment. -
Chile Earthquake
The Chile Earthquake occurred in Chile in 2010. It had an 8.8 magnitude and had a death toll of 500 people.The earthquake ended up causing widespread damage. -
Tohoku Earthquake
The Tohoku Earthquake in Japan happed the year of 2011. Its magnitude reached 9.1 and took 18,000 lives. It is said to be the most powerful to hit Japan in history. It caused major destruction to Japan as well. -
Sulawesi Earthquake
The Sulawesi Earthquake occurred in Indonesia in 2018. It had a magnitude of 6.2 and killed 84 people. The Earthquake happened to occur along the Majene fault.