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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
Magnitude 8.5 70,000 Deaths
Shocks were felt as far as Finland and North Africa -
Krakatoa Eruption (Sumatra)
VEI of 6 36,417 Deaths
Blasts submerged the islands creating waves over 35 meters tall. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude 8.6 173 Deaths
It caused $26 million dollars in damages. (420 million dollars in todays money) -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude 9.5 1,655 Deaths
Caused by a sudden breaking in rocks along a 560 mile stretch on the tectonic plates. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude 9.2 131 Deaths
Caused millions in damages and took years to recover. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude 7.8 230 Deaths
Left 16,000 families without power -
Papua New Guinea earthquake
Magnitude 7.0
deaths 2,200
deadliest tsunami of the century, 50 ft tall -
Sumatra earthquake
magnitude 9.3
death toll 230,000
day after christmas and lasted 7 hours -
Chile earthquake
8.8 magnitude
death toll 550
largest earthquake of that year
25 people missing -
Samoa earthquake
magnitude 8.1
death toll 189
fully recovered in 2 years
caused by submarine earthquake -
tohoku earthquake
9.0 magnitude
20,000 deaths
13,386 after shocks -
sulawesi earthquake
7.4 magnitude
4,340 deaths
70,000 people were evacuated