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Lisbon Earthquake
Magnitude of 7.7 and a death toll of 70,000.
The Violent shaking demolished large buildings and 12,000
Homes. -
Krakatoa Eruption
Magnitude of 6 (VEI) and a death toll of 36,417.
Had a force of the same as 200 mega tons of TNT -
Aleutian Earthquake
Magnitude of 8.1 with a death toll of 1,655
Waves reached 100 feet abover sea level. Destroyed newly U.S coast guard light house -
Great Chilean Earthquake
Magnitude of 9.5 with a death toll of 1,655
Largest earthquake in recorded history, 500$ million in damages. -
Good Friday Earthquake
Magnitude of 9.2 with a death toll of 131.
It lasted 4.5 minutes and is the most powerful quake in U.S history. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
Magnitude of 7.8 with a death toll of 185.
The tsunami was generated within 2-5 minutes. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
Magnitude of 7.0 with a death toll of 2,200.
One of the most deadly tsunamis in this century. -
Sumatra Earthquake
Magnitude of 9.1 with a death toll of 227,898.
It was estimated to have released energy equalvent to 23,00 Hiroshima type atomic bombs'. -
Samoa Earthquake
Magnitude of 8.1 with a death toll of 149.
It was the longest earthquake in 2009. -
Chile Earthquake
Magnitude of 8.8 with a death toll of 525.
earthquake caused 50 Billion dollars in damage. -
Tohoku Earthquake
Magnitude of 9.1 with a death toll of 15,899.
Tsunami arrived within 30 minutes and it knocked out 3 nuclear reactors. -
Sulawesi Earthquake
Magnitude of 9.1 with a death toll of 2000+.
This Earthquake only lasted 5-7 seconds