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Libsson, Portugal 1755
Magnitude: 9
Death Toll: 20,000
Interesting Facts: The tsunami came 45 minutes after the earthquake, and the epicenter was 200km from cape Vicente -
Krakatoa, Indonesia 1883
Magnitude: N/A
Death Toll: 36,000
Interesting Facts: The eruption from the volcano, produced the loudest sound recorded ever in history. The hot ash flew 50 miles into the air -
Aleutians, Alaska 1946
Magnitude: 8.1
Death Toll: 160
Interesting Facts: The earthquake was 13,000 feet beneath the ocean surface, The earth quake only lasted 4.5 minutes -
Valdivia, Chile, 1960
Magnitude: 9.5
Death Toll: 61
Interesting Facts: The damage cost an estimated $550,000,000, the epicenter was in Lumaco Chile. -
Good Friday, Alaska, 1964
Death Toll: 130
Magnitude: 9.2
Interesting Facts: 119 of the 130 died in the tsunami, several of the towns villages were relocated after the event. -
Hokkaido, Sea of Japan, 1993
Magnitude: 7.8
Death Toll: 120
Interesting Facts: The tsunami hit 2-5 minutes after the earthquake, The waves reach 4.5 miles high -
Papua New Guinea, 1998
Magnitude: 7.1
Death Toll: 2,100
Interesting Facts: The earthquake was on a reverse fault, the tsunami was caused by a landslide -
Sumatra, Indian Ocean, 2004
Magnitude: 9.1
Death Toll: 230,000
Interesting Facts: The waves traveled across the Indian ocean at about 500 MPH, this caused a shift in earths mass which changed the earths rotation. -
Samoa, 2009
Magnitude: 9.1
Death Toll: 200
Interesting Facts: The waves reached 72 Feet tall, and caused over $200,000,000 in damage -
Chile, 2010
Magnitude: 8.8
Death Toll: 700
Interesting Facts: The earthquake lasted three minutes, the earthquake affected 1.5 million people -
Great East, Japan, 2011
Magnitude: 9.1
Death Toll: 20,000
Interesting facts: The earth quake was 231 miles from Tokyo Japan, The tsunami waves reached 30 Feet tall.
