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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
This was a magnitude 9 earthquake, 20,000 people were killed. Many of the people were worshipping in church when it hit. The fires that started that day lasted for five days. -
Krakatoa Eruption (java/Sumatra)
VEI 6 earthquake that killed 36,000 people. It produced the loudest sound ever produced in history. Krakatoa consisted of 4 enormous eruptions. -
Aleutian Earthquake(Alaska)
Magnitude 8.1 earthquake that killed 160 people. Large section of seafloor was uplifted along the fault where the quake occurred. Tsunami wave was roughly 19 centimeters tall. -
Great Chilean earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude 9.5 earthquake killed 61people. Mega thrust earthquake. Caused due to the subduction of plate under the South American plate. -
Goor Friday earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude 9.2 earthquake killed 130 people. The epicenter was 6 miles long. Called Good Friday because no one was is school and people had gotten off of work. -
Hokkaido earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed 120 people. More than 150 were injured. The after shock was measuring at 5.3 -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
7.1 magnitude earthquake that killed 2,100 people. Waves were up to 1 meter high. Was the 4 strongest quake to hit the nation in a week. -
Sumatra earthquake (indonesia)
Magnitude 9.1 earthquake that killed 230,000 people. Earthquake had energy of 23,000 Hiroshima type atomic bombs. Epicenter located in Indian Ocean near west coast of Sumatra. -
Soma earthquake (Somoan Islands)
Magnitude 8.1 earthquake killed 200 people. Was the largest earthquake of 2009. Maximum mercalli intensity VI. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude 8.8 earthquake killed 700 people. The epicenter was located 200 miles southwest of the Chilean Capital Santatias. 22 miles below the surface of Pacific Ocean -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude 9.1 earthquake. More than 5,000 aftershocks hit Japan the year after this earthquake. More than 120,000 buildings destroyed. -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude 4.3 earthquake that killed 130 people. This fault produces a magnitude 7-8 earthquake every 700 years. This quake happened two months after the deadly earthquake in Indonesians lombok island
