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The magnitude of the earthquake was an 8.5 - 9.0. The death toll was between 10,000 and 100,000 people, making it one of the deadliest earthquakes/tsunami in history. It interrupted the country's colonial ambitions.
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The death toll was a staggering 120,000 people. The eruption was rated a six on the VEI which is insanely high. The plume height was over 25 km tall. The tsunami was very powerful as well.
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The death toll from the quake and tsunami was between 165 and 173 people. The magnitude of the quake was a 7.5. The damage cost was over $25 million.
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This quake/tsunami ended the lives of 1,655 people, and injured over 3,000. The magnitude was an overwhelming 9.5. It was roughly 1.5 times stronger than the earthquakes in Haiti.
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The Good Friday earthquake killed about 139 people, but most of those deaths were caused by the tsunami. The magnitude was a 9.0, making it the second strongest quake in recorded history.
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A total of 239 people were killed following the earthquake and tsunami. The magnitude of such a quake was a 7.7, but had a maximum felt intensity on the Mercalli scale (VIII).
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The magnitude of this earthquake was a 7.0 and the tsunami killed 2,200 people. It left 9,500 homeless and about 500 people missing.
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This quake and tsunami killed 227,898 people and caused a total of $10 billion in damage. The quake, with a magnitude of 9.1, was one of the most deadly disasters ever.
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82 people died on the day of the Samoa earthquake and tsunami. The small cluster of islands experienced a 8.0 earthquake and was very costly. In total, the damage cost was about $145.27 million.
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This tsunami and quake killed between 1,655 and 3,000 people and caused $5.8 billion in damage. 8.8 was the intensity of the earthquake that caused the tsunami which took many lives.
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During the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, 15,894 were killed. To this day, over 2,500 people are still missing. Several tsunami waves hit Japan's coastline. The initial earthquake magnitude was a solid 9.0 on the scale.
