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Lisbon, Portugal
The magnitude of the earthquake was 9 and the death toll was 20,000. It occurred on All Saints' Day, so many people were at church and the waves traveled around 3,790 miles. -
Krakatoa Eruption
The velocity of the earthquake was 6 and the death toll was 36,000. It created created the loudest sound ever recorded and the explosion fired hot ash 50 miles into the air. -
Aleutian Earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.1 and the death toll was 160. The waves traveled across the ocean at 500 mph and cost over 26 million dollars in damage. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.5 and the death toll was 61. It left two million people homeless and the tsunami waves hit Hawaii 15 hours later. -
Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska
This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2 and the death toll was 130. It was the largest earthquake ever recorded in United States history and lasted for more than four minutes creating multiple landslides and tsunamis. -
Hokkaido, Japan
The magnitude of earthquake was 7.8 and the death toll was 120. It caused 4 KM of a road to be shut off and Hokkaido comprises 1/5 of Japan so it damaged a major part of the country. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.1 and the death toll was 2100. The earthquake left 18,000 people homeless or living in camps without water and caused an undersee landslide which hit the coast. -
Sumatra, Indonesia
The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.1 and the death toll was 230,000 people. The earthquake's power was equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima bombs and people died and went missing across 14 countries due to the earthquake and tsunami. -
Samoa Earthquake in the Samoan Islands
The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.1 and the death toll was 200. It was the largest earthquakes of 2009 and caused two other earthquakes an 8.1 and a 7.8 magnitude. -
Chile Earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.8 and the death toll was 700. It destroyed 220,000 homes and caused 30 billion dollars in damage. -
Tohoku, Japan Earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.1 and the death toll was 20,000 people. It was the largest ever earthquake recorded in Japan and shortened the length of the day by a microsecond. -
Sulawesi, Indonesia Earthquake
The magnitude was 7.5 and the death toll was 4,340 people. The waves reached up to six meters tall and authorities estimated 2.4 million people were affected.