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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The Lisbon Earthquake was a M9 earthquake that produced a tsunami. The tsunami killed an estimated 20,000 people. Many people were inside churches for All Saint's Day when the shaking occurred and the churches collapsed. The tsunami occurred in the Atlantic Ocean and the waves rose to seven meters. In the West Indies, some waves were higher than seven meters and fires raged after the tsunami. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
In 1883, an explosion of the Krakatoa volcano caused the volcano to collapse and flow into the ocean, creating a tsunami. The waves of the tsunami rose to an incredible height of thirty-five meters that caused an estimated 36,000 people to die and 165 villages were destroyed. After the collapse of the volcano and the tsunami, there was so much rock and ask from the eruption that people could not see the sky for several days. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
A M 8.1 earthquake off the Alaskan coast caused a tsunami in the Hawaiian islands that killed a total of 160 people. The tsunami wave hit as far as father down the West Coast and even Chile, but there were no casualties in Chile. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
A M 9.5 Chile earthquake caused a tsunami to occur about fifteen hours after the initial shaking. After traveling in the Pacific Ocean, the tsunami hit Chile, killing 61 people and leaving two million people homeless. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
A M 9.2 earthquake produced a tsunami in Alaska. The tsunami waves travelled in the Pacific Ocean to hit California. Afterwards, about 130 people were killed in both Alaska and California. At the time, this earthquake had the most powerful recording in American history. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
A 7.8 Earthquake, which occurred in the Sea of Japan, triggered a tsunami in the Okushiri Island about 2-5 minutes after the earthquake. The tsunami devastated the island and left about 120 people killed. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)
In 1998, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake created an underwater landslide that triggered a tsunami. The tsunami occurred ten minutes after sources said it was to arrive. The tsunami killed 2,100 people and injured thousands more. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
In 2004, a Sumatra 9.1 earthquake produced a large tsunami all across the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000. This tsunami is one of the largest tsunamis in history. No one was prepared for the initial wave or the tsunami, which caused more preparedness and signal warnings to be created. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
An 8.1 earthquake in Samoa created a tsunami that killed an estimated 200 people. The earthquake occurred underwater. The U.S. provided federal funds and resources to help the islands rebuild. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
In 2010, an 8.8 earthquake in Chile triggered a tsunami, which killed about 700 people along Chilean coastal towns. The initial shaking lasted at least three minutes, while the aftershocks of the tsunami caused fires. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
In 2011, a record 9.1 Japan earthquake produced a tsunami that occurred all along the coast of Japan. The tsunami, despite warning signals, killed about 20,000 people. The tsunami and earthquake was one of the largest recorded in the past century and resulted in 300,000 Japanese refugees from the Tohoku region of Japan.
