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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
-Magnitude: 8.5
-Death toll: 10,000-100,000
-Struck on All Saints Day -
Krakatoa Eruption (Portugal)
-Death toll: 36,417
-Eruption could be heard 4,830 km away
-20 mil tons of sulfur released into atmosphere -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
-Magnitude: 8.6
-Death toll: 165
-Waves 45-130ft high -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
-Magnitude: 9.4
-Death toll: 1,000-7,000
-Most powerful earthquake ever recorded
-waves up to 25m high -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
-Magnitude: 9.2
-Death toll: 139
-Most powerful earthquake in North American history -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
-Magnitude: 7.7
-Death toll: 230
-Caused huge landslides -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
-Magnitude: 7.0
-Death toll: 2,183-2,700
-Raised awareness that small earthquakes can cause large tsunamis -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
-Magnitude: 9.1-9.3
-Death toll: 227,898
-Many victims were taken by surprise despite the hours between the earthquake and the tsunami. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
-Magnitude: 8.1
-Death toll: 189
-Not one but four tsunami waves hit land -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
-Magnitude: 8.8
-Death toll: 525
-Most energetic earthquake ever recorded -
Tohoku
-Magnitude: 9
-Death toll: 15,896
-Costliest natural disaster in history -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
-Magnitude: 4.8
-Death toll: 2,256
-Main shock hit during rush hour
