Major Earthquakes in human existence, (or atleast after we got richter scales...

By sarkist
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    Earthquakes

  • North America - 9.0

    Earhquake devastating 1000 kilometres of coastline, causing a tsunami.
  • Chile - 8.7

    An earthquake that caused a tsunami that hit more than 1000 kilometres of coastline.
  • Portugal - 8.7

    An earthquake struck while many residents were in church, killing almost a quarter of the population.
  • Peru - 9.0

    An earthquake around Chile, which apparently was felt up to 1400 kilometres away.
  • Ecuador - 8.8

    An earthquake that was apparently felt as far away as San Fran, mother of the amoeba.
  • Russia - 9.0

    An east russia situated earthquake caused tsunamis al around the pacific ocean.
  • Alaska - 9.2

    An earthquake situated around Alaskan city, Anchorage. Massively damaged is an understatement. Tsunami followed, altogether killing 128 people.
  • Alaska - 8.7

    An earthquake felt around the rat islands, causing a tsunami reported to be 10 metres high.
  • Indonesia - 9.1

    A quake that caused a massive massive tsunami and because of the poor state of housing, killed all up 220,000 people.
  • Chile - 8.8

    An earthquake that killed over 500 people due to the lack of profficient housing.
  • Japan, 8.9

    Earthquake that lasted five minutes and triggered 10 metre tsunami that entirely devastated everything in its wake.