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Lisbon, Portugal
Magnitude 9 earthquake that produced a tsunami and fires, killing an estimated 20,000 people. -
Krakatoa volcano in the Sundra Strait
The Krakatoa volcano violently exploded, causing the top of the volcano to collapse into the ocean. This produced a giant tsunami of more than 35 m high that destroyed 165 villages and killed more than 36,000 people. -
Alaska Earthquake
A magnitude 8.1 Aleutian Islands earthquake produced a tsunami in the Hawaiian Islands that killed about 160 people -
Chile Earthquake
Magnitude 9.5 earthquake that triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling for 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. -
Alaska Earthquake
Magnitude 9.2 earthquake that generated a deadly tsunami that killed about 130 people in Alaska and California -
Okushiri, Japan
M 7.8 earthquake in Sea of Japan caused a tsunami that killed 120 people. -
Papua New Guinea
M 7.1 earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2100 people -
Sumatra
M 9.1 Sumatra earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 230,000 people -
Samoa
M 8.1 earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people -
Chile
M 8.8 Chile earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 700 people in coastal towns -
Japan
M 9.1 earthquake generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people
