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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The Magnitude was a 9. This wave killed over 20,000 people and got up to 23 feet high. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
This tsunami was caused by the explosion of a volcano. This tsunami was 115 ft high, and it destroyed 165 villages and killed 36,000 people. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The magnitude of this earthquake was an 8.1. This earthquake caused a tsunami in the Hawaiian islands that killed 160 people. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of this earthquake was a 9.5. This tsunami killed 61 people after traveling 15 hours across the Pacific. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.2. This tsunami killed 130 people total between Alaska and California. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude of this quake was a 7.8. This earthquake was in the the sea of japan and formed a tsunami that killed 120 people in Okushuri. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
The magnitude of this quake was a 7.1 and caused a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed 2,100 people. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.1, and generated a tsunami that killed over 230,000 people! -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
The magnitude was 8.1, and it generated a wave that killed over 200 people. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude was 8.8 and killed around 700 people who lived in coastal towns. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude was 9.1 and made a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people in Japan!
