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1755 Lisbon, Portugal Tsunami
Occurred in 1755 along with a terrible earthquake. The location of the tsunami was Lisbon, Portugal. It is estimated that 20,000 people were killed from the 23 ft tall waves. -
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Krakatoa Volcano Tsunami
This tsunami happened from the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia exploded and fell into the ocean to cause a tsunami. This tsunami had wave at 115 ft tall. It killed 36,000 people and 165 villages. -
Aleutian Islands Earthquake Tsunami
This tsunami happened in the Aleutian Islands near Alaska in April of 1946. There was an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.6 that caused a tsunami with 30 ft high waves. There was between 165-173 deaths. -
1960 Chile Tsunami
May 22, 1960 an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.5 causing a tsunami. This happened in Valdivia, Chile with 25 meter tall waves. 61 people died from the earthquake that caused this tsunami. -
1964 Alaska Tsunami
It was March 27, 1964 in Alaska when an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2 caused a tsunami. This Tsunami killed almost 130 people in Alaska and California. The height of the waves from this tsunami were 220 ft tall. -
1993 Hokkaidō, Japan Tsunami
This was a tsunami in Hokkaidō, Japan 1993. This was caused by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8. 120 people were killed from this deadly tsunami. -
1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami
In Papua, New Guinea an earthquake with a 7.1 magnitude caused a tsunami. This happened from a submarine landslide triggered by the earthquake a deadly tsunami occurred. Killing 2100 people with it's 49 foot tall waves. -
2004 Sumatra Tsunami
An earthquake in Sumatra with a 9.1 magnitude in 2004. There were 230,000 people killed from the waves of the tsunami. -
2009 Samoa Tsunami
It was the 29th of September in 2009 and in Samoa there was an earthquake with a magnitude at 8.1. Then with this earthquake came a tsunami killing 200 people. -
2010 Chile Tsunami
In February, 2010 another tsunami hit Chile from an earthquake with a 8.8 magnitude. 700 people died from this event in 2010. -
2011 Tōhoku, Japan Tsunami
There was an earthquake back in 2011 an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 caused a tsunami. In Tōhoku, Japan this tsunami killed over 20,000 people with its 128 foot tall waves.
