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Deadly Tsunamis-Paolo

By PaoloShorjian
  • Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    This earthquake was of a 8.5-9.0 magnitude which had a death toll of as many as 50,000 people. It killed more than the third of the entire population of the Portuguese.
  • Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

    Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

    This eruption created an earthquake of a 8.5 magnitude which had a death toll of as many as 36,417 people. The explosion fired up hot ash 50 miles into the air. The force was about 13,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima explosion.
  • Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    This earthquake was of a 8.1 magnitude which had a death toll of as many as 165 people. This earthquake generated one of the most destructive Pacific-Wide tsunamis of the 20th century.
  • Great Chilean earthquake (Chile)

    Great Chilean earthquake (Chile)

    This earthquake was of a 9.5 magnitude which had a death toll of as many as 1,655 people. This quake left about two million people homeless.
  • Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

    Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

    This earthquake was of a 9.2 magnitude which had a death toll of as many as 139 people. This earthquake is the largest recorded in U.S. history and the second largest ever recorded in the world.
  • Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

    Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

    This earthquake was of a 7.8 magnitude which had a death toll of as many as 230 people. This earthquake produced one of the largest tsunamis in Japan history.
  • Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)

    Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)

    This earthquake was of a 7.0 magnitude which had a death toll of as many as 2,200 people. This earthquake caused a large undersea landslide which caused a tsunami that hit the coast.
  • Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

    This earthquake was of a 9.1 magnitude which had a death toll of as many as 230,000 people. This earthquake is estimated to have released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs.
  • Samoa earthquake (Indonesia)

    Samoa earthquake (Indonesia)

    This earthquake was of a 8.1 magnitude which had a death toll of as many as 192 people. The earthquakes generated tsunami waves of up to 22 meters (72 feet) that engulfed the shores.
  • Chile earthquake (Chile)

    Chile earthquake (Chile)

    This earthquake was of a 8.8 magnitude which had a death toll of as many as 525 people. 220,000 homes were destroyed, along with 4,500 schools, 56 hospitals and 53 ports.
  • Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

    Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

    This earthquake was of a 9.1 magnitude which had a death toll of as many as 18,000 people. The temblor shortened the length of a day by about a microsecond.
  • Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)

    This earthquake was of a 7.5 magnitude which had a death toll of as many as 4,340 people, during this earthquake, about 2.4 million were affected.