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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The magnitude of this earthquake is 9 and the death toll is 20,000 people. Lisbon was Portugal's capital and largest city state at the time. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
The magnitude of this eruption was 0 because it was not caused by an earthquake. The death toll was 36,000 people. This eruption let off the loudest sound ever reported in history. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.1 and killed a total of 160 people. Approximately 48 minutes after the earthquake, a 100 foot tsunami struck the area of Scotch Cap. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.5 and the death toll was 61 total people. This is the largest earthquake ever recorded by seismographs. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2 and had a death toll of 130 people. Of the 130 people killed, 119 of them were killed by the tsunami following the quake just a few minutes afterwards -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 and a death toll of 120 people. A total of 150,000 people lost their homes. As of 2017, 50,000 of them are still living in temporary housing. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 7.1 and had a death toll of 2,100 people. People living along the coastline quickly fled to higher ground where the chance of safety was a lot higher. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.1 and the death toll is 230,000 people. The rupture was more than 600 miles long, and it displaced the seafloor by 10 yards horizontally and 7 yards vertically. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.1 and the death toll is 200 people. The quake occurred on the outer rise of the kermadec-tonga subduction zone, where tectonic plates in the Earth's lithosphere meet. -
Chile Earthquake ( Chile)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and a death toll of 700 people. While many were sleeping, the earthquake struck at 3:34 a.m. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.1 and had a death toll of 20,000 people. The earthquake caused a tsunami with 30-foot waves that damage several nuclear reactors in the area
