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Lisbon Earthquake - Portugal
The Lisbon earthquake had a magnitude of 9.0. The resulting tsunami killed 20,000 people. Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, was nearly completely destroyed. The earthquake not only caused a tsunami, many fires broke out. -
Krakatoa Eruption - Java/Sumatra
The Krakatoa eruption had a magnitude of about 9.5. The resulting tsunami killed nearly thirty-six thousand people. When the volcano erupted, the explosion shot hot ash fifty miles in to the air. This natural disaster destroyed one-hundred sixty-five villages, and left one-hundred thirty-two villages in serious damage. -
Aleutian Earthquake - Alaska
The Aleutian earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1. The resulting tsunami killed one-hundred sixty people. Waves traveled over the ocean at nearly five-hundred miles per hour. The quake caused a major portion of the seafloor to be uplifted along the fault where it occurred. -
Great Chilean Earthquake - Chile
The Great Chilean earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5. Sixty-one people lost their lives from its tsunami. The tsunami was preceded by three earthquakes. These earthquakes are considered the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded. -
Good Friday Earthquake - Alaska
The Good Friday earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2. Its following tsunami killed around one-hundred thirty people. The shaking of the earthquake caused multiple tsunami's over the course of about four minutes. Not only sever tsunami's were triggered, so was a killer landslide. -
Hokkaido Earthquake - Japan
The magnitude of the Hokkaido earthquake was 7.8. The tsunami, as a result of the earthquake, killed one-hundred twenty people. 2.95 million homes lost power as a result. The airport was closed for several days after this tragic event. -
Papua New Guinea Quake - Papua New Guinea
The Papua New Guinea quake had a magnitude of 7.1. The resulting tsunami killed 2,100 people. The aftershock hit less than thirty minutes later. It is in an area that is common for earthquake's known as the "ring of fire", but they underestimated the aftershock of this treacherous earthquake and tsunami. -
Sumatra Earthquake - Indonesia
The Sumatra earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1. The tsunami that followed killed 230,000 people. It was thought to have the energy of 23,000 Hiroshama-type atomic bombs. This major quake began in a location in the Indian Ocean. -
Samoa Earthquake - Somoa Island
The Samoa earthquake contained a magnitude of 8.1. The tsunami after the earthquake killed 200 people. It was the largest earthquake of 2009.Just like this tsunami, about eighty percent of tsunami's take place in the Pacific Ocean. -
Chile Earthquake - Chile
The Chile earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8. It's following tsunami killed 700 people. The tsunami warnings for this earthquake were issued in 53 countries. It began 22 miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean -
Tohoku Earthquake - Japan
The magnitude of the Tohoku earthquake was 9.1. The tsunami that followed killed nearly 20,000 people. More than 5000 aftershocks hit Japan throughout the course of that year. The earthquake shifted the Earth on its axis by redistributing its mass. -
Sulawesi Earthquake - Indonesia
The Sulawesi earthquake had a magnitude of 7.4. The tsunami that followed the earthquake killed around 1,200 people. There were about 65,000 homes that were destroyed. This earthquake and tsunami left 330,000 people homeless.
