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The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, occurred in the Kingdom of Portugal on Saturday, 1 November, the holy day of All Saints' Day, at around 09:40 local time.
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culminated with several destructive eruptions of the remaining caldera.
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7.4 magnitude, undersea earthquake
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most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Various studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale.
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The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 P.M. AST on Good Friday, March 27. Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis resulting from the earthquake caused about 139 deaths.
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A total of 239 people were killed. Earthquake Magnitude: 7.8. large earthquake off the west coast of Hokkaido and the small offshore island of Okushiri in the Sea of Japan/East Sea, generated a destructive tsunami.
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The 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake took place on July 17 with a moment magnitude of 7.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII.
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The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on 26 December with the epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The shock had a moment magnitude of 9.1–9.3
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The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone.
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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.
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The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday 11 March 2011