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London Earthquake
This earthquake killed more than a third of the entire Portuguese population, and included a death toll of 60,000 -
Krakatoa Eruption
This eruption had been dormant for over 2000 years prior to when it actually erupted in 1883. Death toll of 36,000 -
Aleutian Earthquake
This earthquake caused over $26 Million in damages but only had a relatively small death toll of 36,000 -
Great Children Earthquake
This was the largest earthquake ever recorded in the history of Chile and had a death toll of 1,655 -
Good Friday Earthquake
This earthquake triggered a massive underwater landslide and had a death toll of 131. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
This earthquake triggered a massive Tsunami that hit the coast and had a death toll of 230 -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
Caused a large undersea landslide that ultimately triggered a Tsunami, which hit the coast and had a death toll of 2,200 -
Sumatra Earthquake
Estimated to have released energy equivalent to 23.000 Hiroshima type atomic bombs -
Samoa Earthquake
This earthquake generated Tsunami waves up to a shocking 22 meters high and had a death toll of 189 -
Chile Earthquake
220,000 homes were destroyed along with 4,500 schools and 56 hospitals. Also had a death toll of 521 -
Tohoku Earthquake
More than 5,000 aftershocks hit Japan in the year after this earthquake occurred, death toll of 18,000 -
Sulawesi Earthquake
170,000 people were displaced or lost and this natural disaster caused $1.3 Billion in economic loses and had a death toll of 4,340