Deadly Tsunamis BJ Silver

  • Lisbon Earthquake

    Lisbon Earthquake
    8.5-9.0 earthquake
    10,000 to 100,000 killed
  • Krakatoa Eruption

    Krakatoa Eruption
    36,417 dead
    extremely loud
    4 times more powerful then any thermonuclear bomb
  • Alcutian Earthquake

    Alcutian Earthquake
    8.1 magnitude earthquake
    165 dead
  • Great Chilean Earthquake

    Great Chilean Earthquake
    9,5 magnitude earthquake
    between 2000-6000 dead
  • Good Friday Earthquake

    Good Friday Earthquake
    lasted 4 mins 38 seconds
    9.2 megathrust earthquake
    killed about 98 people
  • Sea of Japan Earthquake

    Sea of Japan Earthquake
    7.8 magnitude earthquake, 104 dead,100 from tsunami, waves in excess of 33 feet.
  • Papa New Guinea Earthquake

    Papa New Guinea Earthquake
    7 magnitude, 2183 dead, tsunami caused by undersea landslide.
  • Papa New Guinea quake

    Papa New Guinea quake
    7.0 magnitude, 2183 dead. undersea landslide caused tsunami.
  • Sumatra Earthquake

    Sumatra Earthquake
    9,1-9.3 magnitutde, 3rd largest ever recorded on seismograph.
    230,000-280,000 dead. More missing.
  • Samoa Earthquake

    Samoa Earthquake
    8.1 submarine earthquake. 3 inch rise in sea level at epicenter. 189 dead, hundreds injured.
  • Chile Earthquake

    Chile Earthquake
    8.8 magnitude earthquake, 525 dead, 25 missing, 9% of people affected lost their homes.