Deadly Tsunamis - Evan Hogarth

By Evan Hogarth
  • Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    M 8.5-9 earthquake with a death toll of about 60,000 people.
    It killed more than 1/3 of the entire population of the Portuguese capital.
  • Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

    Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

    M 8.5 earthquake with a death toll of about 36,417 people.
    The force was about 13,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb.
  • Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    M 8.6 earthquake with a death toll between about 163-173 people.
    It had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI and created over $26 million in damage.
  • Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

    Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

    An M 9.5 earthquake with a death toll of about 1,655 people.
    Scientists estimate that this earthquake shifted Earth's axis and shortened the length of a day by 1.26 microseconds.
  • Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

    Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

    An M 9.2 earthquake with a death toll of about 131 people.
    It's the 2nd largest ever recorded earthquake in North America.
  • Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

    Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

    An M 7.8 earthquake with a death toll of about 230 people.
    It triggered a major tsunami that reached as far as Southeastern Russia.
  • Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)

    Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)

    An M 7.0 earthquake with a death toll of about 2,200 people.
    The maximum height of the tsunami raves reached around 49 feet tall.
  • Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

    An M 9.1 earthquake with a death toll of about 230,000 people. it released the equivalent of 23,000 Hiroshima bombs.
  • Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)

    Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)

    An M 8.1 earthquake with a death toll of about 192 people.
    It was a doublet earthquake.
  • Chile Earthquake (Chile)

    Chile Earthquake (Chile)

    An M 8.8 earthquake with a death toll of about 779 people. The Santiago airport and the port of Talcahuano were severely damaged.
  • Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

    Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

    An M 9.1 earthquake with a death toll of about 18,000 people.
    More than 5,000 aftershocks hit Japan in the year after the earthquake.
  • Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)

    An M 7.5 earthquake with a death toll of about 4,340 people.
    It affected over 2.4 million people in total.