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  With a magnitude of 9.0 killed 20,000 people, accentuated political tensions in the Portuguese kingdom
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  Volcano in Sundra Strait between java and Suniatra destroyed 165 villages and killed 36,000 people
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  With a magnitude of 8.1 occurring in the Hawiian Islands killing 160 people
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  With a magnitude of 9.5 killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling 15 hours
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  An earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2 generated a deadly tsunami that killed 130 people in Alaska and California
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  A 7.8 earthquake in the sea of Japan caused a tsunami killing 120 people
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  With a 7.1 magnitude the earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami and killed 2,100 people
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  With a magnitude of 9.1 the Sumatra earthquake generated a tsunami that killed 230,000
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  The Samoa earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people
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  The Chile earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people
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  The Japan earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and it generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people