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In 1755 an earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed about 20,000 people. It occurred in Lisbon, Portugal, and had a magnitude of 9.
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The Krakatoa volcano erupted in the Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra which led to the volcano collapsing in the ocean. The size of the tsunami was 35 meters or 115 feet tall and it killed more than 36,000 people.
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In 1946 a tsunami in the Hawaiian islands occurred, cause by an earthquake in Alaska. It had a magnitude of 8.1 and killed an estimated 160 people.
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A Chilean earthquake in 1960 generated a deadly tsunami which killed 61 People in Hawaii. It had a magnitude of 9.5 and even traveled across the Pacific Ocean for 15 hours.
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Earthquake created a massive tsunami with a magnitude of 9.2 that took the lives of 130 people in Alaska and California.
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In 1993, and earthquake in the Sea of Japan resulted in a deadly tsunami, killing around 120 people. It occured on Okushiri Island, and had a magnitude of 7.8.
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Earthquake generated a landslide later causing a tsunami with a 7.1 magnitude that took the lives of 2100.
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A Sumatra earthquake in 2004 triggered a tsunami killing an estimated 230,000 people with a magnitude of 9.1.
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Earthquake in Samoa caused a 8.1 magnitude tsunami that killed 200.
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An Chilean earthquake in 2010 with an 8.8 magnitude triggered a tsunami killing an estimated 700 people
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Killing over 20,000 people, an earthquake in Japan occurred with a magnitude of 9.1, resulting in a tsunami.