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Ecuador
Magnitude 8.8 earthquake that caused a tsunami, killing between 500-1500 -
Assam, Tibet
Magnitude 8.6 earthquake, killing 780 and destroying about 70 villages -
Kamchatka
Magnitude 9.0 earthquake causing a tsunami that hit the Hawaiian islands and caused between $800,000-$1,000,000 in damage, but not deaths -
Chile
Magnitude 9.5, the largest in recorded history, which caused a tsunami that killed approximately 1,655 throughout Chile, Hawaii, the Philippines, Japan, and damaged parts of the US -
Alaska
Magnitude 9.2 earthquake which killed 131 and caused $2.3 billion in damages -
Alaska
Magnitude 8.7 that resulted in about $10,000 in damage from flooding, due to the tsunami being in a remote island of Alaska -
Sumatra
Magnitude 9.1 tsunami-causing earthquake, injuring or killing 227,898, and affecting 14 countries in South Asia and East Africa -
Indonesia
Magnitude 8.6 earthquake and resulting tsunami that killed at least 1,000, injured 300, and destroyed 300 buildings in surrounding countries. -
Chile
Magnitude 8.8 earthquake, causing a tsunami that resulted in at least 523 deaths and about $30 billion in damage. -
Japan
Magnitude 9.0 killing 15,703 and resulting in many more injured, missing, or displaced. 332,395 buildings were destroyed, and a nuclear reactor also had a meltdown caused by the tsunami.
