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The Lisbon earthquake was a m 9. It killed an estimated 20,000 people. The day of the earthquake it was the holy day of all saints.
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The krokatoa eruption was an 8.2. The tsunami killed more than 36,000 people. It destroyed 165 villages
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The earthquake in aleutian had a magnitude of 8.1. The tsunami in the Hawaiian islands killed 160 people. All of the damage from the disaster costed around 26 million dollars.
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The earthquake in great Chilean had a magnitude of 9.5. It created a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii. This earthquake was the most powerfull ever created.
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The Good Friday quake was a magnitude 9.2. It killed about 130 people in Alaska and California. It was the most powerful in North American history.
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The Hokkaido quake was a magnitude 7.8. The tsunami killed 120 people in japan. The earthquake occurred in the Sea of Japan
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The Papua New Guinea quake was a 7.1 on the scale. The tsunami killed more 2,100 people. It reaised awareness that small earthquakes con produce large tsunamis.
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The Sumatra earthquake was a magnitude 9.1. The tsunami it created killed about 230,000 people. The earthquake was the third largest ever recorded.
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The Samoa earthquake was a magnitude 8.1. It created a tsunami that killed around 200 people. It was the largest quake of the year 2009.
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The Chile quake was an 8.8 on the scale. The tsunami it created killed 700 people in coastal towns. The earthquake lasted for a whole 3 minutes.
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The tohoku quake was a 9.1 on the scale. The tsunami killed 20,000 people. It was the most powerful earthquake recorded in japan.
