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Lisbon Earthquake (Lisbon)
Magnitude 9 Earthquake
Killed about 20,000 people
Had wave heights of 23ft or more in West Indies -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
Killed less than 36,000 people
Had 116ft high waves
The eruption destroyed mostly all of Krakatoa's Island except for the southern third -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
Killed less than 160 people in Hawaiian Islands
Had waves that varied from 45-130ft high
Was a magnitude 8.1 earthquake
Cost over $26 million in damage -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
Killed less than 61 people in Hawaii
Was a magnitude 9+ earthquake
Left 20,000 people homeless in Chile -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
Killed 130 people in Alaska and California
Was a magnitude 8.3 earthquake
Alaska had never experienced a major disaster in a highly populated area -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
Killed 120 people in Okushiri Island Japan
Magnitude 7.8 earthquake
When rebuilding, Okushiri ended up building new escape routes for residents -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
Killed less than 2,100 people
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake
Submarine landslide triggered the earthquake
Many of the injured developed Gangrene due to untreated injuries -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
Killed less than 230,000 people
Was a magnitude 9.1+ earthquake
Had waves of up to 100ft high
The worldwide community donated more than $14 billion in humanitarian aide -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
Killed 200 people
Was a magnitude 8.1 earthquake
At least 20 villages were destroyed -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
Killed 700 people in coastal towns
Was a magnitude 8.8 earthquake
Estimated $66.7 million in damages in Japan -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
Killed less than 20,000 people
Was a magnitude 9.1 earthquake
Caused nuclear accidents
