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Lisbon Earthquake
It had a 8.5-9 magnitude. 30,000 deaths in the first 2 minutes. 90,000 deaths in Lisbon, 10,000 in Morocco. 30 minutes into the quake the tsunami finally hit. -
Krakatoa Eruption
It had a magnitude of 6 and had a death toll of 35,000 people died. The four massive volcanic explosions took place at the island of Krakatoa in Indonesia producing the loudest sound ever recorded in history. -
Aleutian Earthquake
It had a magnitude of 7.4 and had a death toll of 165-173K casualties. It had $26 million in damage. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
It had a magnitude of 9.4-9.6 and had a death toll of 2,000 lives. It was preceded by three earthquakes known as the 1960 Concepción earthquakes. -
Good Friday Earthquake
It had a magnitude of 9.2 and killed 139 people. It created $300 in damage ($2.3 bil in 2013 dollars.) -
Hokkaido Earthquake
It had a magnitude of 7.8 and had a death toll of 239 people. $15 million stained glass windows for each victim. -
Papua New Guinea Quake
It had a magnitude of 7 and killed 2,183-2,700. Earthquakes are common in Papua New Guinea, which sits on the Pacific's “Ring of Fire”, a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates. Part of PNG's northern coast was devastated in 1998. -
Sumatra Earthquake
It had a magnitude of 9.1 and killed 227,898 people. It was the longest earthquake in known history. -
Samoa Earthquake
It has a magnitude of 8.1 death and killed 189 people. It injured hundreds of people. -
Chile Earthquake
It had a magnitude of 8.8 and killed 525 people. The epicentre was located some 200 miles (325 km) southwest of the Chilean capital of Santiago, and the focus occurred at a depth of about 22 miles (35 km) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. -
Tohoku Earthquake
It had a magnitude of 9 and it recorded 19,575 deaths. The earthquake shifted Earth on its axis of rotation.
