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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The magnitude of the earthquake 9 Richter scale. There were roughly 20,000 deaths. Tsunamis waves height were 7 meters. The epicenter was in the Atlantic Ocean. One of the deadliest earthquakes in history. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
There were more than 36,000 deaths. A giant tsunami produced more than 115 ft. 165 villages destroyed. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The earthquake had a magnitude 8.1. There were 160 deaths. The earthquake produced a tsunami. There was maximum Mercalli Intensity. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of the earthquake is 9.5. There were 61 deaths in the earthquake. The Chile earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling for 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2. There were 130 deaths in the earthquake. The Chile earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling for 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8. The earthquake caused a tsunami that killed 120 people on Okashiri Island, Japan. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
The magnitude of the earthquake is 7.1. There was death toll of 2100 people. The earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami. Maximum Mercalli Intensity. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.1. There was a death toll of 230,000 people. The earthquake generated a tsunami. This was an undersea megathrust earthquake. This was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
The magnitude of the earthquake is 8.1. There were 200 deaths. The earthquake generated a tsunami. This was a submarine earthquake. This was the largest earthquake of 2009. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of the earthquake is 8.8. There were 700 deaths. The earthquake generated a tsunami. The state of catastrophe declared. This costed the insurance companies 4-7 billion dollars. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude of earthquake is 9.1. There were 20,000 deaths. The earthquake generated a tsunami. This was the most powerful earthquake in Japan. The fourth most powerful earthquake in the world. -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
The magnitude of the earthquake is 7.5. There were 2100 deaths. This event was preceded by a sequence of foreshocks. The largest shock was a magnitude 6.1 tremor.
