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the Great Lisbon earthquake/Lisbon, Portugal
Death toll- over 30,000
Magnitude- 9
Fact: This Tsunami was caused by a great earthquake. -
Eruption of Krakatoa/Sundra Strait
Death toll- over 36,000
Magnitude- 6 VEI
over 165 villages destroyed -
Aleutians Earthquake/Alaska
Death Toll-165
Magnitude-7.4
Over $26 million in damage -
Chile Earthquake/Hawaii
Death Toll- 61 people
Magnitude- 9.5
The water traveling at speeds of 400 mph -
Alaska Earthquake/Alaska and California
Magnitude-9.2
Death Toll-131
Struck Alaska's Prince William Sound -
Sea of Japan/Okushiri Island, Japan
Death Toll-230
Magnitude-7.7
The tsunami reached Okushiri between 2 and 7 minutes after the earthquake -
Papua new Guinea earthquake/Guinea
Death toll- 2,700
Magnitude-7
The tsunami raised awareness among scientists of the potential for small earthquakes to trigger large tsunamis. -
Sumatra–Andaman earthquake/Indonesia
Death Toll-227,898
Magnitude-9.1
The earthquake was caused by a rupture along the fault between the Burma Plate and the Indian Plate. -
Samoa Earthquake/southern Pacific Ocean
Death toll- 14
Magnitude-8.1
The two magnitudes of 7.8 earthquakes had a combined magnitude equivalent to 8.0. The event can be considered a double earthquake. -
2010 Chile earthquake/Chile
Death Toll- 700
Magnitude-8.8
The earthquake triggered a tsunami that devastated several coastal towns in south-central Chile and damaged the port at Talcahuano. -
Tōhoku earthquake/Japan
Death toll-19,759
Magnitude- 9.0
It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900.