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Libson Earthquakw- Portugal
A fire resulted from the earthquake. The death toll was so high because people did not know what to do -
Krakatoa Eruption - Java/ Sumatra
The top of a volcano fell into the ocean. The magnitude was 10 and 36,000 people died. -
Aleutian - Alaska
The tsunami was caused by a large section of sea floor uplifted along the fault where the earthquake occurred. The magnitude was 8.1 and 160 people died. -
Great Chilean - Chile
This earthquake was classified as a mega thrust earthquake. The magnitude was 9.5 and over 160 people died -
Good Friday - Alaska
It was triggered by under water landslides. The magnitude was 9,2 and 130 people died. -
Hokkaido - Japan
The wave never reached over 10 meters. The magnitude was 7.8 and the death toll reached around 120 people. -
Papua New Guinea Quake - Papua New Guinea
The tsunami lasted for 25 minutes and had 3 waves -
Sumatra- Indonesia
This tsunami was thought to have the energy of 23.000 Hiroshima type atomic bombs. The magnitude was 9.1 and the death toll was 230,000 people. -
Samoa - Samoan Islands
This earthquake was the largest earthquake of 2009. It also destroyed a ton of buildings that are still not completely fixed yet. The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.1 and 200 people died. -
Chile Earthquake - Chile
The epicenter of this earthquake was 200 miles away. Over 700 people died and the magnitude reached 8.8. -
Tohoku Earthquake- Japan
This tsunami killed a record high of 20,000 people and reached a magnitude of 9.1. This tsunami also flooded 200 square miles of coastal land. -
Sulawesi Earthquake
In this earthquake/tsunami, over 65,000 houses were destroyed, even though the magnitude only got to 4.3. Around 1200 people died.
