Deadly Tsunamis-Jack Magee

Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

Nov 1, 1755

Moment Magnitude of 9,0 killed more than 20,000 people. Tsunami waves amplified up to 7m. (23ft)

Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

Aug 27, 1883

Produced tsunami waves with heights of 35m. (115ft.). Killed 36,000 people

Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

Apr 1, 1946

Moment magnitude of 8.1. Produced tsunami in Hawaiian Islands that killed 160 people.

Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

May 22, 1960

Moment magnitude of 9.5 that killed 61 Hawaiian people after traveling across the Pacific Ocean.

Good Friday Earthquake

Mar 27, 1964

Moment magnitude of 9.2 that killed about 130 people in Alaska and California.

Sea of Japan Earthquake (Japan)

Jul 12, 1993

Moment magnitude of 7.8. Tsunami killed 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan.

Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)

Jul 17, 1998

Moment magnitude of 7.1 triggered submarine landslide that produced a tsunami killing more than 2,100 people.

Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

Dec 26, 2004

Moment magnitude of 9.1, triggered tsunami that killed 230,000 people.

Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)

Sep 29, 2009

Moment magnitude of 8.1 generated a tsunami killing about 200 people.

Chile Earthquake (Chile)

Feb 27, 2010

Moment magnitude of 8.8. A tsunami killed about 700 people in coastal towns.

Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

Mar 11, 2011

Moment magnitude of 9.1 generated a tsunami that killed more than 20,000 people.