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Lisbon Earthquake
The quake was a 9 on the ricter scale creating a 23 foot tall tsunami. The deadly due killed 20,000 people. -
Krakatoa Eruption
Violent explosion that caused the top of the mountain to fall into the ocean causing a 115 foot tall tsunami that killed 36,000 -
Aleutian Earthquake
8.1 on the ricter scale killing 160 people. The tsunami was unusually powerful for the size of the quake -
Great Chilean Earthquake
The quake was a 9.5 on the ricter scale. The tsunami it created took 15 hours to cross the Atlantic. 61 deaths -
Good Friday Earthquake
9.2 on the ricter scale. 130 people died. A land slide was triggered destroying 5 blocks of buildings -
Hokkaido Earthquake
7.8 on the ricter. 120 deaths. quakes epicenter was at the bottom of the sea of japan. -
Papua New Guinea Quake
7.1 on ricter scale. The quake caused a under water land slide that produced a tsunami that killed 2100 people. -
Sumatra Earthquake
9.1 earthquake caused a very large tsunami that killed 230,000 people. It has the largest death toll for any tsunami. -
Samoa Earthquake
200 people died. 8.1 on the ricter scale. The highest height of the wave was 46 feet tall. -
Chile Earthquake
8.8 on ricter scale and 700 deaths. Tsunami warnings were issued in 53 countrys -
Tohoku Earthquake
The earthquake was 9.1 on the ricter scale. 20,000 people died. it was the most powerful quake to hit japan in recorded history.
