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This earthquake killed an estimated 20,000 people. With a magnitude of 9, the Lisbon earthquake produced a tsunami thats waves soon crossed the Atlantic Ocean getting to heights of about 23 feet.
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This earthquake killed 36000 people. There is no recored magnitude for this specific earthquake. Although, Krakatoa made the loudest sound ever recorded on the planet. The sound was even heard in Central Australia, nearly 3000 miles away.
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This earthquake killed about 160 people. With a magnitude of 8., the earthquake quickly created a fast moving tsunami. Waves traveled across the ocean and reached Hawaii 4.5 hours after the earthquake.
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This earthquake with a magnitude of 9.5 unexpectedly only killed 61 people. The earthquake was followed by three earthquakes known as the 1960 Concepcion Earthquakes.
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This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2 killing nearly 130 people. Most were not killed by the earthquake induced tsunami, but by the tsunamis triggered by underwater landslides.
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This earthquake killed nearly 120 people with a magnitude of 7.8. The first shock lasted nearly 20 seconds, while the last one lasted 35 seconds.
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This earthquake killed nearly 2100 people with a magnitude of 7.1. This earthquake raised awareness among scientists that small earthquakes tend to trigger larger tsunamis that create underwater landslides.
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This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and killed 230,000 people. The tectonic plates had been pushing against each other and building up pressure for thousands of years.
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This earthquaked killed nearly 200 people with its magnitude of 8.1. A tsunami was then caused by the three earthquakes that occurred within minutes of each other.
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This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8, killing nearly 700 people. The stretch of the fault that separates the South America Plate and the Nazca Plate was felt from as far away as Brazil.
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This earthquake killed nearly 20000 people with its magnitude of 9.1. The damage from this disaster was estimated to be about 199 billion dollars in repairs.
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This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5 killing about 2000 people. About 65000 houses were damaged or destroyed from the disaster. This left 330,000 people to be left homeless without adequit shelter.
