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Most Dangerous Tsunamis

  • The Italian Tsunami

    The Italian Tsunami
    The Waves were up to 15 metres high. This tsunami killed over 100,000 people
  • Japanese Tsunami

    Japanese Tsunami
    3,000 people were killed in this tsunami. It was caused by a 7.4 earthquake
  • USSR Tsunami

    USSR Tsunami
    The tsunami was generated by a major earthquake in the Pacific Ocean, 130 kilometers (81 mi) from the shore of Kamchatka, with an estimated magnitude of 9.0. There were three waves about 15–18 meters (49–59 ft) high. This Tsunami killed 2500 people.
  • Chile Tsunami

    Chile Tsunami
    Tsunami off the coast of Chile killed 5700 people in Chile, 61 in Hawaii and 130 in Japan. The waves reached heights of 10 metres high.
  • Philippine Tsunami

    Philippine Tsunami
    Killed 5,000 people near the islands of Mindanao and Sulu, in the Philippines. Its magnitude was calculated as being as high as 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale.
  • Nicaraguan Tsunami

    Nicaraguan Tsunami
    Some damage was also reported in Costa Rica. At least 116 people were killed and several more were injured. The quake was located in an active zone of stress and deformation. It created tsunamis disproportionately large for its surface wave magnitude.
  • Indonesian Tsunami

    Indonesian Tsunami
    !,700 people died in an earthquake-triggered tsunami. It occurred on December 12 on the island of Flores in Indonesia. With a magnitude of 7.8, it was the largest and also the deadliest earthquake in 1992.
  • Japanese Tsunami

    Japanese Tsunami
    ThsiTsunami killed 239 people. The Magnitude of the earthquake was 7.8. The tsunami was on okishini island
  • Papua New Guinea Tsunami

    Papua New Guinea Tsunami
    Tsunami killed 2,200 people. Magnitude 7.1 earthquake triggered a landslide which produced tsunami.
  • Turkey Tsunami

    Turkey Tsunami
    This was the strongest earthquake to strike Northern Turkey since 1967. It occurred along the Northern Anatolian fault. Its epicenter was in the Gulf of Izmit. Official estimates indicated that about 17,000 people lost their lives and thousands more were injured. a large destructive earthquake struck northwest Turkey and generated a local tsunami within the enclosed Sea of Marmara.
  • Peruvian Tsunami

    Peruvian Tsunami
    Claimed 96 lives. Southern Peru was rocked by a massive earthquake of moment magnitude between 8.3 to 8.4, making this event the largest earthquake world-wide in possibly 35 years. The quake, centered near the Peruvian coastal city of Ocoña
  • Indian Ocean Tsunami

    Indian Ocean Tsunami
    Claimed 230,000 lives, destroyed over a million homes and orphaned many children. The earthquake that caused this was a 9.3 on the Richter scale.
  • Indonesian Tsunami

    Indonesian Tsunami
    This Tsunami Killed 300 people. The wave was a 2 metre high tsunami!
  • Japan Tsunami

    Japan Tsunami
    On March 11, 2011, off the Pacific coast of Japan, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake produced a tsunami 33 feet (10 m) high along Japan's northeastern coast. The wave caused widespread devastation, with an official count of 18,550 people confirmed to be killed/missing