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Lisbon Earthquake- Portugal
The Lisbon Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.0. The resulting tsunami killed a estimated 20,000 people. The fires that started as a result lasted five days. Modern seismology was developed as a result of this. -
Krakatoa Eruption- Java/Sumatra
The Krakatoa Explosion had a VEI explosion rating of 6. The death toll was around 36,000. The explosion of the earthquake was and is still the loudest sound ever recorded. The volcano shot hot ash up to 50 miles into the air. -
Aleutian Earthquake- Alaska
The Aleutian Earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1. The death toll was around 160 civillians. The Earthquake caused more than $26 million in damages. The waves from the resulting Tsunami were 45-130ft tall -
Great Chilean Earthquake- Chile
The magnitude of the Chilean Earthquake was 9.5. The death toll was only 61 people. The quake itself traveled 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean.The tsunami that resulted in Japan, however, killed 130 people. -
Good Friday Earthquake- Alaska
The magnitude of the Good Friday Earthquake was a 9.2. The death toll was 130 people. The Earthquake was the second most powerful earthquake every recorded. The damage totaled a devastating $300 million -
Hokkaido Earthquake- Japan
The Hokkaido Earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8. The total death toll came to 120 people. More than half of the deaths were due to the tsunami. The earthquake damaged came to a horrible $600 million. -
Papua New Guinea Quake- Papua New Guinea
The Papua New Guinea Earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1. The total death was around 2,100 people. The proceeding tsunami was 49 feet tall. The Earthquake itself lasted 19 seconds. -
Sumatra Earthquake- Indonesia
The Sumatra Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1. The death toll was a horrible 230,000. The Sumatra quake was the third largest earthquake ever recorded. The earthquake had the energy of 23,000 atomic bombs. -
Samoa Earthquake- Samoan Islands
The earthquake is the Samoan Islands had a magnitude of 8.1. The death toll was a estimated 200 people. The tsunami that followed the quake had 46 foot waves. The quake is also part of the pacific ring of fire. -
Chile Earthquake- Chile
The Chilean Earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8. The death toll was 700 people. The earthquake lasted 3 minutes. The damages due to the quake and tsunami were $66 million. -
Tohoku Earthquake- Japan
The Tohoku Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and a death toll of 20,000. The event wiped out more than 120,000 homes. This Earthquake was the largest to ever hit Japan. -
Sulawesi Earthquake- Indonesia
The Sulawesi Earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5. The death toll was around 1,200 people. The tsunami that hit had waves of 23 feet tall. More than 70,000 homes were damaged
