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Deadly Tsunami's - Spencer Cobb

By Cobb
  • West Indies

    West Indies

    Along with the earthquake and the fire, this tsunami killed an estimated 20,000 people. The magnitude of the earthquake was a 9 and reached heights of 23ft high or more in the West Indies.
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    Deadly Tsunami's

  • Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra

    Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra

    The explosion of Krakatoa caused the top of the volcano to collapse into the ocean producing a giant tsunami more that 115ft high that destroyed 165 vilages and killed more than 36,000 people.
  • Hawaiian Islands

    Hawaiian Islands

    This magnitude 8.1 earthquake produced a tsunami in the Hawiian Islands that killed 160 people.
  • Hawaii

    Hawaii

    The Magnitude 9.5 earthquake in Chile created a tsunami in Hawaii that traveled 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. After finally reaching the tsunami killed 61 people.
  • Alaska and California

    Alaska and California

    A magnitude 9.2 earthquake in Alaska generated a deadly tsunami that killed 130 people in Alaska and California
  • Okushiri Island, Japan

    Okushiri Island, Japan

    A magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Sea of Japan killed 120 people in on the Island of Okushiri, Japan.
  • Papua New Guinea

    Papua New Guinea

    A 7.1 magnitude earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2,100 people
  • Indonesian Tsunami

    Indonesian Tsunami

    A magnitude 9.1 earthquake in Sumatra generated a tsunami in Indonesia that killed more than 230,000 people.
  • Samoa

    Samoa

    A magnitude 8.1 earthquake generated a tsunami that killed 200 people
  • Chile

    Chile

    A magnitude 8.8 earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 700 people!
  • Japan

    Japan

    A magnitude 9.1 earthquake in Japan generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people!