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Mt. Vesuvius Eruption
-Destroyed Pompeii
-Was so fast that the victims were preserved doing their normal everyday activities. -
Lisbon-Tsunami
-Wave height of Tsunami was 6 meters
-Lisbon is in Western Iberian Peninsula
-Boats with refugees capsized and sunk -
Mt. Tambora
-Happened in Indonesia on the northern coast of Sumbawa Island
-Most destructive explosion -
Krakatoa
-Heard in Batavia 100 miles away from the eruption
-Happened in Indonesia -
Ecuador-Earthquake
-Magnitude on Richter scale: 8.8
-Triggered Tsunami that caused 500 casualties -
Assam-Tibet-(-Earthquake)
-Magnitude on Richter scale: 8.6
-Largest earthquake recorded on land -
Kamchatka-Earthquake
-Magnitude on Richter scale: 9.0
-Originally marked as an 8.2, however changed to the current 9.0 -
Valdiva-earthquake
-Epicenter of the earthquake was near Lumaco or Canete
-Magnitude on Richter scale: 9.5 -
Alaska-Earthquake
-Magnitude on Richter scale: 9.2
-Caused the earth to ring similar to a bell -
Rat Islands-Earthquake
-Magnitude on Richter scale: 8.7
-Caused a 600km long rupture along the boundary of a plate -
Mt. St. Helens
-Resulted in a high speed blast
-The eruption destroyed many natural objects, such as: Trees -
Sumatra-Earthquake
-Magnitude on Richter scale: 9.1
-Triggered a Tsunami that killed 230 000 -
Sumatra-Tsunami
-As tall as 50 meters
-Sumatra is in the Malay Archipelago -
Maule, Chile-Earthquake
-Magnitude on Richter scale: 8.8
-500 deaths were caused by this earthquake -
Japan-Tsunami
-Wave height of Japan Tsunami was 10m
-Happened in the North Pacific Coast -
Tohoku-Earthquake
-Magnitude on Richter scale: 9.1
-Happened in Tohoku, Japan -
Indian Ocean-Earthquakes
-Magnitude on Richter scale: 8.6-8.2
-These earthquakes were undersea and happened near the city of Aceh