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With a Magnitude of M9, the Lisbon Earthquake in Portugal killed an estimated 20,000 people.
Fun Fact: Waves across the Atlantic were about 7m high or more. -
The Krakatoa Eruption in Sumatra with a Magnitude of M6, killed more than 36,000 people.
Fun Fact: Tsunami waves were higher than 35m and destroyed 165 villages. -
The Aleutian Earthquake in Alaska killed about 160 people.
Fun Fact: 13,000ft beneath the ocean a 7.4m tremor was recorded in the North Pacific. -
The Great Chilean Earthquake in Chile with a Magnitude of M9.5 killed about 61 people. The Tsunami travelled for about 15 hours.
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The Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska killed about 130 people. A megathrust earthquake struck Alaska, about 15 miles below Prince William Sound, halfway between Anchorage and Valdez.
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With a Magnitude of M7.8, the Hokkaido Earthquake in Japan killed about 120 people. The earthquake further crumpled roads, triggered landslides that knocked over houses, and damaged power systems.
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With a Magnitude of M7.1, The Papua New Guinea Quake killed more than 2100 people. Triggering landslides, killing and burying people and houses, affecting water sources and destroying crops.
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With a Magnitude of M9.1, this Indonesian Earthquake killed more then 230,000 people. Material losses in the Indian Ocean region were $10 billion.
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With a Magnitude of M8.1, the Samoan Earthquake killed about 200 people, and occurred 120 miles southwest, about 13 kilometers below the seabed.
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This Magnitude M8.8 Quake killed about 700 people in Chile. Intense shaking lasted for about three minutes.
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With a Magnitude of M9.1, over 20,000 people in Japan died from this Quake. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant cooling system was damaged, raising fears of a meltdown.
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This Indonesian Earthquake had a Magnitude of M5.6 and killed about 832 people. The vibrations from the earthquake caused soil liquefaction that destroyed hundreds of homes and swept victims away in rivers of flowing soil.
