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damaging tsunamis

  • Lisbon Earthquake- Portugal

    Lisbon Earthquake- Portugal

    the magnitude of the earthquake was between 8.5 to 9.0. The death toll was 30,000 to 60,000. The waves reached the Caribbean and brazil. It was the first study of earthquakes.
  • Krakatoa Eruption- Java/Sumatra

    Krakatoa Eruption- Java/Sumatra

    The earthquake had a VEI of 6. The death toll reached up to 36,000. The explosion was heard from 3,000 miles away. It lowered global temperatures.
  • Aleutian Earthquake- Alaska

    Aleutian Earthquake- Alaska

    the earthquake magnitude was 8.6. the death toll was 165-173. It killed more people in hawaii then it did in alaska. stared the creation of U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
  • Great Chilean Earthquake- Chile

    Great Chilean Earthquake- Chile

    the magnitude of the earthquake was 9.4 to 9.6. the death toll got up to 6,000. It is the strongest earthquake ever recorded. the earthquake traveled across the pacific
  • Good Friday Earthquake- Alaska

    Good Friday Earthquake- Alaska

    the magnitude of the earthquake was 9.2-9.3. the death toll is around 139 souls. the shaking lasted over 4 minutes long. the wave got up to about 67 meters tall.
  • Hokkaido Earthquake- Japan

    Hokkaido Earthquake- Japan

    the magnitude of the earthquake was 7.7. the death toll got to 230 people. the wave got up to 30 meters tall. some people survived by going on top of the roof of a school.
  • Papua New Guinea Earthquake- Papua new guinea

    Papua New Guinea Earthquake- Papua new guinea

    the magnitude of the earthquake was 7.0. The death toll reached up to 2,183- 2,700. It was caused by an underwater landslide. The waves reached over 15 meters.
  • Sumatra Earthquake- Indonesia

    Sumatra Earthquake- Indonesia

    the Magnitude of the earthquake was 9.2. The death toll got up to 230,000. It shifted earths axis about 1 inch. It was the deadliest tsunami recorded in history
  • Samoa Earthquake-Samoan Islands

    Samoa Earthquake-Samoan Islands

    the Magnitude of the earthquake was 8.1. the death toll was 189-192. it was the first major tsunami after 2004. it involved two nearly simultaneals earthquakes.
  • Chile Earthquake-Chile

    Chile Earthquake-Chile

    The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.8. the death toll reached up to 521.. It shortened the day by 1.26 microseconds. It reached California and Japan.
  • Tohoku Earthquake- Japan

    Tohoku Earthquake- Japan

    The magnitude of the Earthquake was 9.1. The death toll got up to 19,800. It moved japans coastline 8 Feet east. It caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
  • Sulawesi Earthquake- Indonesia

    Sulawesi Earthquake- Indonesia

    The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.5. the death toll was 4,340. the power outage disabled the alarms. Liquefaction caused collapse of buildings.