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The magnitude of the Earthquake was 9. The estimated number of people that were kill was approximately 20,000. The waves reached a height of 7 meters.
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Aleutian had a magnitude of 8.1. This earthquake killed approximately 160 people. This was one of the most severe Tsunamis in the Hawaiian Islands.
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The Volcanic Explosivity Index or VEI of 6 which rates as "colossal". This eruption killed more than 36,000 people. Java and Sumatra caused the top of the Volcano to collapse into the ocean.
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Great Chilean had a magnitude of 9.5. This earthquake killed 61 people. This was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
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Good Friday had a magnitude of 9.2. This earthquake killed 130 people. It lasted for four minutes and 38 seconds. Ground failures caused major structural damage.
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Hokkaido had a magnitude of 7.8. It killed 120 people. The island of Okushiri was hit the hardest.
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Papua had a magnitude of 7.1. It killed 2,100 people. This earthquake occurred along the boundary of the Australia and Pacific tectonic plates.
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Sumatra had a magnitude of 9.1. It killed 230,000 people. It ruptured the greatest fault length of any recorded earthquake
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Samoa had a magnitude of 8.1. It killed 200 people. It lasted for around a minute with people running out of their homes into open spaces.
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Chile had a magnitude of 8.8. It killed 700 people. This earthquake lasted intensely for about three minutes.
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Tohoku had a magnitude of 9.1. This earthquake killed 20,000 people. This earthquake often is referred to as the " Great East Japan Earthquake".
