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9.0 North America
The quake affect 1,00 kilometres of the coastline and set off a tsunami which then hit Japan. -
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8.7 Chile
Hitting the city of Valparaiso , the quake caused a tsunami that hit more than 1,000 kilometres of coastline. Only a few were killed in both the tsunami and earthquake. -
8.7 portugal
When many of the residents of the capital (Lisbon) were on church the earthquake struck. About a quater of the population were killed in the earthquake. -
9.0 Peru
The quake hit port of Arica and was felt from up to 1,400 kilometres away. The earthquake created a tsunami. Alltogether the earthquake and tsunami killed over 25,000 people and destroyed about five towns. -
8.8 Ecuador
Generating a strong tsunami that killed 500 to 1500 people, the 1906 Ecuador earthquake was felt all the way in San Francisco. -
9.0 Russia
The earthquake hit off the coast of Kamchatka Peninsula (in the far eats of russia). The quake created a pacific-wide tsunami, The tsunami went up to 9 metres tall. But no causutlies have been recored for nether the tsunami or earthquake. -
9.5 Chile
The great Chillean Earthquake is the biggest earthquake on earth ever reccorded. It killed more than 1,600 people and left more than 2,000,000 people homeless. The quake created a tsunami up to 10.7 metres high which devastated Hilo, Hawaii. -
9.2 Alaska
The quake and Tsunami killed 128 people and created major damage to Alaska's biggest city Anchorage. -
8.7 Alaska
An earthquake in the remote rat islands caused a 10 metre high tsunami on Shemya island. Damage by flooding on Amchitka Island caused by the tsunami was estimated to about $10,000. -
9.1 Indonesia
This event is now often refered to as "the boxing day tsunami" because the undersea earthquake caused a major tsunami that killed over 220,000 people. -
8.8 Chile
This earthquake hit just offshore on the Chillean coast. It created a tsunami that killed more than 500 people. -
8.9 Japan
The earthquake hit undersea of northeast, Japan. It created a 10 metre high tsunami that continuied to 10,000 people being reported missing. The earthquake also effected some of Japan's nuclear power plants, sometimes even resulting in reactor meltdowns.
