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The North American earthquake was 1,000 kilometres of the coastline and created a tsunami which crossed through the Pacific Ocean damaging villages that were built on the coast of Japan with its huge waves.
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The Chile quake was hit 120kms northwest of the capital Sanitago in a city called Valparasio. This quake caued a tsunami which hit more than 1,000 kms of coastline.
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The Portugal earthquake struck its capital Lisbon and at the time of the day many of the residents werein church. After this horrific quake a quarter of the citys population died.
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The strenght was so strong it was felt up to 1,400 km away.The quake hit port of Arica, that is now part of Chile.
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The Ecuador earthquake was centered off the coast of Ecuador and Colombia. This quake was so big it was even felt as far away as San Francisco.
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The Russian 9.0 quake was off the coastline of the remote Kamchatja peninsula in Russia's far east. Causing Pacific-wide tsunami.
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The Chilean quake was the biggest earthquake ever to be recorded. This quake was off the coast of sourthern Chile killing more than 1,600 people and leaving 2,000,000 homeless.
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The Alaska and United States quake and tsnuami killed 128 people and caused major damage to the states biggest city Anchorage.
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The Alaskan quake was centered away from everything in the Rat Islands. The quake generated a tsunami which was reported to be 10 metres high.
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The Indonesian quake was centered under the sea and created a massive tsunami and detroyed costlines in countries in the area of the Indian Ocean. Taking more than 220,000 peoples lives.
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The Chilean off the coast of Chilie which created a tsunami killing more than 500 people. Most of the people that died were in the coastal areas of Maule. Which is 400 kilometres soult-west of the capital Santiago.
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The Japan earthquake was centered under the sea off the northeast of Japan. This quake make 10 meter-high tsunami sweeping everything in its way with it and killing thousands.