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Lisbon, Earthquake (Portugal
Magnitude 9, 20,000 killed, heights of 23 feet for waves. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
Top of volcano collapsed into ocean, tsunami waves reached heights of 115 feet, killed 36,000 people. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude 8.1 earthquake, killed 160 people in Hawaii -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chili)
Magnitude 9.5, killed 2,230-6,000 people. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude 9.2, 139 killed, Shoul Bay 220 foot waves. -
Sea of Japan Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude 7.8, 104 people killed, 33 foot waves. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
Magnitude 7, 2,100-2,700 people killed, 49 foot waves -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
Magnitude 9.1, 230,000-280,000 people killed, 100 foot waves, 14 countries hit. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
Magnitude 8.1, 189 people killed. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude 8.8, 525 people killed. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
Magnitude 9, 18,000 people killed, 130 foot waves.
