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Lisbon Earthquake
The magnitude was 9 and 20,000 people died. Waves were 7 meters high. -
Krakatoa Eruption
There was no magnitude but 36,000 people died. The top of the volcano collapsed into the ocean -
Aleutian Earthquake
The magnitude was 8.1 and 160 people died. $26 million in damage. -
Great Chilean Eathquake
The earthquakes magnitude was 9.5 and 61 people died. It traveled 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. -
Good Friday Earthquake
The magnitude of ths earthquake was 9.2 and killed 130 people. Lasted four minutes and 38 seconds. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
The magnitude was 7.8 and it killed 120 people.The tsunami reached Okushiri between 2 and 7 minutes after the earthquake. -
Papua New Guinea Quake
The magnitude was 7.1and it killed 2,100 people. They called it a submarine landslide. -
Sumatra Earthquake
The magnitude was 9.1 and it killed 230,000 people. Distance of 1500 km or longer than the state of California. -
Samoa Earthquake
The magnitude was 8.1 and killed a total of 200 people. It was the larges earthquake of 2009. -
Chile Earthquake
Magnitude of the earthquake was 8.8 killing 700 people. It was felt strongly in six Chilean regions. -
Tohoku Earthquake
Magnitude was a 9.1 and killed 20,000 people. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded to have hit Japan.
