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1775, Lisbon Portugal, magnitude 7.7 or greater, death toll 20,000 -
1883, Krakatoa, an island in the fair-way of the Strait of Sunda, 200-megatonne bomb, killing more than 36,000 people and 165 villages. -
1946, Hawaiian islands, magnitude 8.1, killed 160 people -
1960, Chile earthquake that formed a tsunami in Hawaii, magnitude 9.5, killed 61 people in Hawaii after travelling for 15 hours across the pacific ocean. -
1964, Alaska and California, Magnitude 9.2, killed about 130 people in Alaska and California -
1993, Okushiri Island japan, magnitude 7.8, killed 120 people. -
1993, east-southeast of Ambunti in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, magnitude 7.1, 2100 people killed. -
2004, western coast of northern Sumatra, in the Indian Ocean, magnitude 9.1, killed 230,000 people. -
2009, soma, magnitude 8.1, killed 200 people. -
2010, Chile, magnitude 8.8, killed about 700 people in costal towns. -
2011, japan, magnitude 9.1, killed over 20,000 people