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Libson Earthquake (Portugal)
Magnitude- 7.7. Death toll- 20,000. The earthquake was felt in Finland and North Africa and even Greenland and the Caribbean -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
Death toll- 36,000. This eruption released 11 cubic miles of ash into the atmosphere. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude- 8.1. Death toll- 159. Tsunami wave height ranges 45- 130 feet high. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude- 9.5. Death toll- 161. The earthquake left 2 million people homeless, injured at least 30,000. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude- 9.2. Death toll- 131. 25 of the 76 village's residents drowned in a tsunami. The only building that survived was the schoolhouse. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude- 7.8. Death toll- 120. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)
Magnitude- 7.0. Death toll- 2,100. After the tsunami, a documentary was produced to help villagers of Papua New Guinea understand how and why the tsunami happened -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude- 9.2. Death toll- 230,000. The energy released was equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
Magnitude- 8.1. Death toll- 200. Since the earthquake occurred so close in time, scientists have not been able to distinguish which earthquake happened first. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude- 8.8. Death toll- 700. The initial event was succeeded in the following weeks by aftershocks. Many of the magnitudes were 5.0 or greater. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude- 9.1. Death toll- 20,000+. Nuclear power plant meltdown triggered a nuclear emergency. Direct economic loss from the earthquake war $360 billion. -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude- 7.5. Death toll- 2,000+. The main shock occurred at 18:02 local time, during rush hour.