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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
Magnitude of the earthquake was a 9 with a death toll of 12,000. The quake was the third large scale earth quake to ever hit a city. It was also the largest known quake to impact Europe and Northern Africa. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
The magnitude of the earth quake was 6 and death toll of 36,000. This eruption destroyed over 70 percent of the island, and 34,000 of the deaths were because of the tsunami. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The magnitude of this earth was 4 and the death toll was 170. Although this quake didn't kill many people it still caused 26 million dollars in damages, this most likely has to do with Alaska's small population. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of the quake was 9.5 and the death toll was 1,655. It was names after the city most effected by the earthquake, Causing almost 4.8B in damages -
Good Friday earthquake Alaska
The magnitude of this earthquake of 9.2 and the death toll was 115 people. At the time this was the biggest us US earthquake. It was also the second largest quake ever recorded. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 4 and the death toll was 41. This quake left 5.3 million people with out power. It also left 691 people with injuries. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquakw
This quake had magnitude of 7 and a death toll of 2,200. This was the deadliest earthquake of the decade. It released a tidal wave reaching over 50 feet. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
This quake had a magnitude of 9.3 and death toll of 230,000. The energy released from the quake is equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs. 1117 people were killed from the initial quake. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoa Islands)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and a death toll of 192. This quake releases a 72 foot tidal wave. This was a long earthquake, lasting around 60 seconds -
Chile Earthquake
This quake had a magnitude of 8.8 and a death toll of 1655. It caused over 4.8 billion in damages, and left over 2 million homeless. -
Tohoku Earthquake
This quake had a magnitude of 9.1 and a death toll of 19,759. This quake made water overtop sea walls and disable 3 nuclear reactors. The tidal wave too 30 minutes to reach the coastline. -
Sulawesi Earthquake
This quake had a magnitude of 5.4 and a death toll of 4340. 110,000 people houses were destroyed and people were buried in over 9 feet of rubble.