Deadly Tsunamis-Jacqui Mahoney

By Jacquimahoney
  • Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    M9 killed 20,000. Height of 7m(~23ft) or more. Affected kingdom of Portugal, kingdom of Spain, kingdom of Morocco, Great Britain and Ireland
  • Krakatoa eruption (Java/ Sumatra)

    Krakatoa eruption (Java/ Sumatra)

    35m (~115 ft) destroyed 165 villages killed more than 36,000
    caused by a eruption of volcano
  • Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    M 8.1 killed about 160 people. tsunami in Hawiian islands
  • Great Chilean Earthquake

    Great Chilean Earthquake

    M 9.5 killed 61 people. Took 15 hours to cross Pacific Ocean
  • Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

    Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

    M 9.2 killed 130 people. Happened in Alaska and California.
  • Hokkaido earthquake

    Hokkaido earthquake

    M 7.8 killed 120 people. Hollaido island and Russia
  • Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)

    Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)

    M 7.1 Submarine landslide killed more than 2,100 people
  • Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

    M 9.1 killed 20,000 people. Undersea megathrust earthquake
  • Samoa Earthquake (Samoa Islands)

    Samoa Earthquake (Samoa Islands)

    M 8.1 killed 200 people. 200 km from Apia, capital and largest city of the island
  • Chile Earthquake (Chile)

    Chile Earthquake (Chile)

    M 8.8 killed 700 people
  • Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

    Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

    M 9.1 killed over 20,000 people