most damaging tsunamis

By courtneypizzitola

  • lisbon earthquake (portugal)

    magnitude 9
    20,000 dead
    23ft high waves

  • krakatoa eruption (java/sumatra)

    volcano
    115ft waves
    36,000 died

  • aleutian earthquake (alaska)

    magnitude 8.1
    160 died

  • great chilean earthquake (chile)

    magnitude 9.5
    61 died
    traveled 15 hours

  • good friday earthquake (alaska)

    magnitude 9.2
    130 killed in Alaska and California

  • hokkaido earthquake (japan)

    magnitude 7.8
    120 killed on Okushiri Island

  • papua new guinea quake (papua new guinea)

    magnitude 7.1
    2,100 died
    formed from an underwater landslide

  • sumatra earthquake (indonesia)

    magnitude 9.1
    230,000 died
    deadliest “earthquake” on record

  • samoa earthquake (samoan islands)

    magnitude 8.1
    200 killed

  • chile earthquake (chile)

    magnitude 8.8
    700 people died on coast

  • tohoku earthquake (japan)

    magnitude 9.1
    20,000 died