Most damaging Tsunamis

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  • Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Magnitude 9 earthquake; Killed 20,000 people; 7m high wave
  • Krakatoa Eruption

    Krakatoa Eruption

    Krakatoa Erupted and caused the tsunami; Killed 36,000 people
  • Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    Magnitude 8.1 earthquake; killed 160 people
  • Great Chilean earthquake

    Great Chilean earthquake

    M9.5 earthquake; killed 61 people in Hawaii
    Traveled 15 hours across the pacific
  • Good Friday Earthquake

    Good Friday Earthquake

    M9.2 Earthquake; killed 130 people in Alaska an California
  • Hokkaido Earthquake

    Hokkaido Earthquake

    M7.8 Earthquake; Killed 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan
  • Papuan New Guinea Quake

    Papuan New Guinea Quake

    M7.1 submerged Earthquake caused an underwater landslide; killed 2,100 people
  • Sumatra Earthquake

    Sumatra Earthquake

    M9.1 earthquake; killed 230,000
  • Samoa Earthquake

    Samoa Earthquake

    M8.1 earthquake; killed 200
  • Chile Earthquake

    Chile Earthquake

    M8.8 Earthquake; killed 700
  • Tohoku Earthquake

    Tohoku Earthquake

    M9.1 earthquake; killed over 20,000 and caused a nuclear power plant meltdown