Tsunami Timeline

  • Earthquake M

    Earthquake M
    Location: Lisbon, Portugal.
    Magnitude: 23 ft or more in West Indies
    Death rate: killed 20,000 people
    Date: 1755
  • Eruption of Krakatoa

    Eruption of Krakatoa
    Location: Indonesia
    Death Rate: 36,000 people killed
    Date: 1883
    Magnitude: 116ft high
  • Earthquake in Aleutians

    Earthquake in Aleutians
    Death rate: 160 people
    Location: Hawaii islands
    Magnitude: 50 ft
    Date: 1946
  • Valdivida Earthquake

    Valdivida Earthquake
    Date: 1960
    Location: Chile
    Magnitude: 82 feet
    Death Rate: 61 people
  • Alaskan Earthquake

    Alaskan Earthquake
    Date: 1964
    Magnitude: 5.3 magnitude
    Location: Alaska
    Death Rate: 130 people
  • Sea of Japan earthquake

    Sea of Japan earthquake
    Location: In the Sea of Japan
    Death Rate: 120
    Magnitude: 7.8 magnitude
    Date: 1983
  • Papua New Guinea Earthquake

    Papua New Guinea Earthquake
    Location: Papua New Guinea
    Magnitude: 7.0
    Death Rate: 2100
    Date: 1998
  • Sumatran Earthquake

    Sumatran Earthquake
    Location: Indian Ocean
    Date: 2004
    Death Rate: 230,000 people
    Magnitude: 9.1
  • Samoa Earthquake

    Samoa Earthquake
    Magnitude: 8.1
    Death Rate: 200 people
    Location: Samoa
    Date: 2009
  • Chile Earthquake

    Chile Earthquake
    Date: 2010
    Location: Chile
    Death Rate: 700 people
    Magnitude: 8.8
  • Earthquake in Japan

    Earthquake in Japan
    Location: Japan
    Date: 2011
    Magnitude: 9.1
    Death Rate: 20,000