Most Damaging Tsunamis

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  • Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Produced a tsunami, the death toll was 20,000, the tsunami reached heights of 7meters tall. It was a Mag 9 earthquake.
  • Krakatoa Eruption (JAVA/SUMATRA)

    Krakatoa Eruption (JAVA/SUMATRA)

    The volcano​ erupted causing the top of the volcano to fall into the ocean then it created a gigantic tsunami the height of 35 meters) It destroyed 165 villages. Death toll was 36,000
  • Aleutian Earthquake ( Alaska)

    Aleutian Earthquake ( Alaska)

    An Earthquake that produced a tsunami by Hawaii. It killed 160 people. The Magnitude was 8.1
  • Great Chilean Earthquake

    Great Chilean Earthquake

    (Magnitude 9.5) Triggered tsunami, killed 61 people in Hawaii, traveled 15 hours over the ​pacific ocean.
  • Good Friday Earthquake ( Alaska )

    Good Friday Earthquake ( Alaska )

    (Magnitude 9.2) Triggered a deadly Tsunami causing 130 people to die in Alaska and Califonia.
  • Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

    Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

    (Magnitude 7.8) Earthquake in the sea of Japan​ caused a tsunami, killed 120 citizens.
  • Papua New Guinea Quake

    Papua New Guinea Quake

    (Magnitude 7.1) Earthquake-triggered a submarine landslide​ produced a tsunami. Killed 2,100 people
  • Sumatra Earthquake

    Sumatra Earthquake

    An Earthquake that caused a tsunami, The magnitude was 9.1 it killed 230,000
  • Samoa Earthquake

    Samoa Earthquake

    (Magnitude 8.1) The earthquake​ that generated a tsunami that killed around 200 people
  • Chile Earthquake

    Chile Earthquake

    (Magnitude 8.8) The earthquake that generated a tsunami that killed around 700 people in the coastal​ towns

  • Tohoku Earthquake

    An earthquake that generated a tsunami that killed over​ 20,000 people ( Mag 9.1 )