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The 1755 Lisbon earthquake was also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake which impacted Portugal in such a great way. It had a magnitude of 8.5-9.0 and killed over 20,000 people with it being the most destructive earthquake in European history. -
The Krakatau eruption had an explosive force of a 200-megatonne bomb, killing more than 36,000 people and cooling the entire Earth by an average of 0.6°C for months to come. -
The 1946 Aleutian earthquake occurred near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska on April 1, 1946, and generated a large tsunami. The magnitude 8.1 earthquake caused 160 casualties. -
The 1960, Great Chilean earthquake on 22 May 1960 was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. It is said that it has a magnitude of 9.5 . -
In 1964 known as Good Friday Earthquake, was a megathrust quake that began at 5:36 P.M on March 27, 1964. It had a moment magnitude of 9.2, making it the second largest earthquake on record. -
A magnitude-6.2 earthquake occurred in the Hokkaido Region at 18:54 June 11. The epicenter was about 68 km southeast of Sapporo with a death toll of 230 people and has the greatest devastating tsunamis that caused significant damage in japan. -
On the evening of 17 July 1998, Papua New Guinea, a strongly felt earthquake was followed by a destructive tsunami. The tsunami comprised of three waves, each estimated to be about 4 m high. -
The Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, which caused a massive tsunami, is thought to have released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. The earthquake struck 150 miles from the coast of Sumatra Island. -
The earthquakes generated tsunami waves of up to 22 meters that engulfed the shores, killing at least 200 people. It is said that it destroyed 862 buildings inlcueding11 schools -
The Chile earthquake occurred off the Maule coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 03:34, having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for nearly four minutes. -
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake struck with a magnitude of 9.1 in Tohoku Japan . A tsunami that was generated by the earthquake arrived at the coast within 30 minutes destroyed the city with it being the most expensive natural hazard in the history of japan. -
On 27 September 2018, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, resulting in 1.5 meter tsunami waves that caused widespread damage and destruction and economic loses of $1.3 billion.