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Lisbon, Portugal
A week after the earthquake over 90% of the buildings in Lisbon had either collapsed by the earthquake, flooded by the tsunami, or burnt by the fires. The destruction included the 70,000-volume royal library, the royal Ribeira Palace, and the whole of Baixa. -
Krakatoa Volcano in the Sundra Straight
WHEN the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa erupted in 1883, sending 25 cubic kilometers of rock and ash into the air, it did more than generate the loudest sound ever recorded. It also cooled the world's oceans and suppressed rises in sea level for decades afterward. -
Aleutian Islands
The 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake occurred near the Aleutian Islands, Alaska on April 1. The shock had a moment magnitude of 8.6 and maximum Mercalli intensity of VI. It resulted in 165–173 casualties and over $26 million in damage. -
Valdivia Earthquake
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or the Great Chilean earthquake on 22 May 1960 is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Various studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon and lasted for approximately 10 minutes. -
1964 Alaska Earthquake
The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27. Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis resulting from the earthquake caused about 131 deaths. -
Hokkaidō Earthquake
The 1993 southwest-off Hokkaido earthquake occurred at 13:17:12 UTC on 12 July 1993 in the Sea of Japan near the island of Hokkaido. It had a magnitude of 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum felt the intensity of VIII on the Mercalli intensity scale. -
Eastern New Guinea Earthquake
Magnitude 6.9 quake off Papua New Guinea, tsunami danger passes. Dellie Minding, a receptionist at the Rabaul Hotel in the east of New Britain, around 20 minutes from the coast, told Reuters that the earthquake was felt, with many guests running outside, but there was no damage. -
Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami occurred at 07:58:53 in the local time on 26 December, with an epicenter off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. It was an undersea megathrust earthquake that registered a magnitude of 9.1–9.3 Mw, reaching a Mercalli intensity up to IX in certain areas. -
Samoa Earthquake and Tsunami
The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone. The submarine earthquake occurred in an extensional environment and had a moment magnitude of 8.1 and maximum Mercalli intensity of VI. -
Chile Earthquake
The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34 local time, having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes. -
Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Tōhoku region of Japan's Honshu island on March 11, 2011. The Great East Japan Earthquake the name given to the event by the Japanese government triggered a massive tsunami that flooded more than 200 square miles of coastal land.
