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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The magnitude of the earthquake is 9. 20,000 deaths were associated with this event. Shocks of this earthquake were felt by as far as Finland and North Africa. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
The magnitude 6 and there were 34,417 casualties.This eruption produced a volcanic winter because 20 million tons of sulfur was released by it. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.1 and there were 61 people killed. The effects of the tsunami after the quake reached the U.S west coast -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.5 and there were 15,953 people killed. This earthquake is the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Earth's history. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.2 and 139 people were killed. The property damage due to this event was estimated at 311 million dollars. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 7.7 and there were about 200 fatalties associated with this event. About 2 to 7 minutes after the earthquake a tsunami reached Okushiri -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 7.0 and there were more then 2,100 people killed. I was interested to hear that there were cracks in the ground formed in Arop and Warpu. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The Magnitude of this earthquake was 9.1 and killed about 230,000 people. This earthquake ruptured the greatest fault length of any recorded earthquake. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and killed about 200 people. New Zealand scientists determined that the waves after the earthquake measured 46 feet at their highest. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.8 and killed about 700 people. About 80% of Chile's population felt the earthquake. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude of the earthquake was 9 and it casued 15,894 deaths. It was reported that 127,290 buildings were totally collapsed.
