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magnitude: 7.7 M
death toll: 60,000
interesting fact(s): violent shaking demolished large public buildings and about 12,000 dwellings. -
magnitude: 6.0 M
death toll: 36,000
interesting fact(s): over 70% of the island of Krakatoa and its surrounding archipelago were destroyed as it collapsed into a caldera. -
magnitude: 8.6 M
death toll: between 165 - 173
interesting fact(s): A tsunami warning system did not exist in 1946 and no one had any warning of the approaching dangerous waves. In response to this event the United States government set up its first tsunami warning operation at the Honolulu Magnetic and Seismic Observatory in 1948. -
magnitude: 9.5 M
death toll: between 1,000 - 1,600
interesting fact(s): Scientists estimate that this earthquake shifted Earth's axis and shortened the length of a day by 1.26 microseconds. -
magnitude: 9.2 M
death toll: 131
interesting fact(s): The shaking lasted for more than four minutes, launching several deadly tsunamis and triggering killer landslides. The earthquake also transformed geology, because it revealed that oceanic plates are shoved under continents. -
magnitude: 7.7
death toll: 230
interesting fact(s): It took between two to seven minutes after the earthquake for the first of the destructive tsunami waves to strike the coastlines of Okushiri Island. -
magnitude: 7.0 M
death toll: 2,100+
interesting fact(s): three catastrophic tsunami waves followed the earthquake and affected the entire villages of Sissano, Warapu, Arop, and Malomo on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. -
magnitude: 9.2 M
death toll: 227,898
interesting fact(s): the tsunami was caused by an earthquake that is thought to have had the energy of 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. -
magnitude: 8.1 M
death toll: 190
interesting fact(s): The effects of the tsunami on Samoans was long-lasting. In total, 862 buildings were destroyed, including 11 schools. With 65% of the country’s income normally coming from tourism, millions of dollars was lost through large resorts being devastated. Other significant businesses like plantations were also lost. -
magnitude: 8.8 M
death toll: 525
interesting fact(s): This earthquake left about two million people homeless. This also caused substantial damage and loss of life both in that country and in distant Pacific coastal areas. -
magnitude: 9.0 M
death toll: 19,747
interesting fact(s): the most powerful earthquake recorded in Japan since 1900 and it is the fourth most powerful ever detected worldwide. People in Japan felt strong shaking for three to five minutes. -
magnitude: 7.5 M
death toll: 4,340
interesting fact(s): the deadliest earthquake to strike the country since the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, as well as the deadliest earthquake worldwide in 2018, surpassing the previous earthquake that struck Lombok nearly 2 months earlier.