natural disasters

  • lisbon tsunami

    lisbon tsunami

    happened in lisbon, portugal off the west coast of portugal and southern spain. with waves up the 30 meters high and 60000 dead
  • mount tambora volcanoe

    mount tambora volcanoe

    happened in tambora, indonesia and had 92000 casualties
  • krakatoa volcanoe

    krakatoa volcanoe

    happened in krakatoa, indonesia and had 36000 casualties
  • mount pelee volcanoe

    mount pelee volcanoe

    erupted in the northern end of martinique, and had 30000 casualties
  • ecuador-columbia earthquake

    ecuador-columbia earthquake

    happened off the coast of columbia and ecuador. 1000 dead with an 8.8 on the richter scale
  • assam-tibet earthquake

    assam-tibet earthquake

    happened on the xizang-india border and near the epicenter of rima, tibet. 3000 people died with an 8.6 on the richter scale
  • kamchatka earthquake

    kamchatka earthquake

    happened in kamchatka, in the far east of russia. 15000 people died and it measured a 9 on the richter scale
  • valvidia earthquake

    valvidia earthquake

    100 miles off the coast of chile, lasted 10 minutes with a 9.5 on the richter scale
  • alaskan earthquake

    alaskan earthquake

    in the alaskan region, prince william sound. lasted 4.5 minutes with a 9.2 on the richter scale
  • rat islands earthquake

    rat islands earthquake

    happened in the rat islands of alaska. a small, unknown amount of people died and it measured 8.7 on the richter scale
  • nevado del ruiz volcanoe

    nevado del ruiz volcanoe

    happened on the boreder of caldas and tolima in columbia and had 25000 casualties
  • sumatra earthquake

    sumatra earthquake

    off the west coast of Sumatra, lasted for 10 minutes with a 9.1 on the richter scale
  • sumatra tsunami

    sumatra tsunami

    happened in meubolah, sumatra as a result of the earthquake. the waves reached at least 50 meters high and 230000 people were reported dead
  • maula earthquake

    maula earthquake

    happened 3 km off the coast of the pellehue commune in the maula region. lasted for 3 minutes with an 8.8 on the richter scale
  • tohuku earthquake

    tohuku earthquake

    72 km off the coast of the tohuku region of japan, lasted for 6 minutes with a 9.1 on the richter scale
  • north coast japan tsunami

    north coast japan tsunami

    happened on the north pacific coast of japan and travelled 800 km per hour with 18000 people reported dead. it was a result of the tohuku earthquake
  • indian ocean earthquake

    indian ocean earthquake

    happened in the undersea, near to the indonesian city of aceh. only 12 people died with an 8.6 on the richter scale