Devastating earthquakes

  • The earthquake in Sumatra

    The earthquake in Sumatra
    it caused a tsunami that flooded the southwestern coast of the island. There are no reliable records of the loss of life, but is described as numerous victims.
  • Arica Perú

    Arica Perú
    The quake struck event much of southern Peru, especially the Peruvian cities of Arequipa, Moquegua, Tacna, Islay, Arica and Iquique (the latter two belong to Chile today).
    A tsunami devastated the Peruvian coasts between Pisco and Iquique and crossed the Pacific Ocean
  • The earthquake in Peru Southerm

    The quake struck event much of southern Peru
  • Earthquake in Ecuador and Colombia, 1906

    Earthquake in Ecuador and Colombia, 1906
    Off the coast of Esmeraldas. It triggered a tsunami.
  • The earthquake of Vallenar-Catamarca

    The earthquake of Vallenar-Catamarca
    The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.5 ° in the seismological scale
  • 1952 Kamchatka earthquake

    1952 Kamchatka earthquake
    He produced a tsunami of up to 3.2 m that reached the Midway Islands, Cocos, Hawaii, Alaska and California, about 3000 km from the epicenter.
  • earthquake in Valdivia

    earthquake in Valdivia
    Preceded by the earthquake on May 21, 1960 magnitude 7.7 near the city of Concepción (a few hundred km further north), it is the largest magnitude earthquake ever recorded. The Valdivia earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5 M_W. There were 2,000,000 homeless.
  • 1964 Alaska earthquake

    1964 Alaska earthquake
    He was an uprising soil up to 11.5 m 520 000 square kilometers on the continent, being even greater in the Aleutian Islands, reaching 15 m in Montague Island.
  • Indian earthquake

    Indian earthquake
    The earthquake caused a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most countries bordering the Indian Ocean
  • Chile Earthquake 2010

    Chile Earthquake 2010
    The tsunami that affected much of the coast of the Maule, Bio Bio region and the archipelago Juan Fernandez. The earthquake caused the axis of the earth about 8 centimeters from migrating, closing the day 1.26 microseconds.
  • earthquake in japan

    earthquake in japan
    Japanese east coast on March 11, 2011 and was the worst earthquake in Japan's history. It was the fourth strongest recorded in the world.