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Lisbon earthquake (Portugal)
The death toll was 20,000. The fires that started that day burned for 5 days. The earthquake happened on All Saints day, a special day for the religious people in Portugal. -
Krakatoa Eruption (java/Sumatra)
The death toll was 36,000. One of the most powerful and destructive eruptions of a volcano. The explosion fires hot ash 50 miles into the air, 13,000 times more powerful ten the bomb that was dropped in Hiroshima in 1945. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The death toll was 160. A wave nearly 100 feet high smashed a night house 30 feet above sea level killing all 5 people inside instantly. At about even a.m. less then 5 hours after the earthquake in Alaska the first several tsunami waves reached the Hawaiian islands. -
Great Chilean earthquake (chile)
The death toll was 61. It lasted 11 to 13 minutes and affected all of Chile. It was a megathrust earthquake. -
Good Friday earthquake (Alaska)
The death toll was 130. The strongest earthquake even recorded in North America. The Earthquake registered in all states except Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Delaware. -
Hokkaido earthquake (japan)
The death toll was 120. The tsunami was32 meters high on Okushiri, Island where the most destruction occurred. It caused massive destruction of houses and buildings along with landslides, fires, and mudslides. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (papa new guinea)
The death toll was 2100. The earthquake occurred approximately 45 miles (70 km) Southeast of Vanimo, New Guinea.
A major earthquake off the northern coast of Papua, New Guinea generated one of the most destructive tsunamis to strike this country in recent years. There was no warning. -
Sumatra Earthquake (indonesia)
The death toll was 230,000. Within hours of the earthquake, killer waves from the epicenter slammed into the coastlines of 11 countries, damaging countries from east Africa to Thailand.
The Indian Ocean tsunami traveled as far as 3,000 miles to Africa and still arrived with force to kill people and destroy property. -
Samoa Earthquake (samoan islands)
The death toll was 200. A 5.6-magnitude aftershock occured 20 minutes later. The main quake was followed by 14 aftershocks of magnitude 5.0 or higher. Fairly strong ground motions were felt throughout the islands of Samoa, American Samoa and northern Tonga. -
Chile Earthquake (chile)
The death toll was 700. It was the 5th strongest earthquake ever recorded, and has been followed by numerous aftershocks, some as high as magnitude 6.9. More than 2 million people were thought to have been directly affected, and some 1.5 million buildings are expected to have been destroyed or badly damaged. -
Tohoku earthquake (japan)
The death toll was 20,000. Tsunami waves smashed the coast, causing massive damage and flooding. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant cooling system was damaged, raising fears of a meltdown. -
Sulawesi earthquake (indonesia)
The death toll was 832. The earthquake struck Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province triggering a tsunami and landslides that caused widespread destruction and loss of life. Central Sulawesi are likely affected. With about 65,000 houses damaged or destroyed, more than 330,000 people are homeless or without adequate shelter.
