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Deadly Tsunamis Idaliz Hernandez

  • Lisbon, Portugal

    Lisbon, Portugal

    Earthquake that caused a tsunami with heights over 23 ft. With a magnitude of 9 and killed over 20,000 people.
  • Sundra Straight

    Sundra Straight

    A volcanic explosion caused the top of the volcano to collapse in the ocean. An over 115 ft high tsunami destroyed 165 villages and killed over 36,000 people
  • Aleutians (Alaska) Earthquake

    Aleutians (Alaska) Earthquake

    Earthquake that produced a tsunami in the Hawaiian Islands that killed about 160 people
  • Chile

    Chile

    Tsunami triggered by an earthquake that killed 61 people in Hawaii. After it traveled over 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean.
  • Alaska Earthquake

    Alaska Earthquake

    Earthquake in Alaska generated a very deadly tsunami that killed about 130 people in Alaska and California.
  • Sea of Japan

    Sea of Japan

    120 people were killed on Okushiri Island, Japan due to an earthquake in the Sea of Japan that produced a tsunami
  • Papua New Guinea

    Papua New Guinea

    A submarine landslide was triggered by an earthquake which caused a tsunami to occur killing over 2100 people.
  • Sumatra

    Sumatra

    230,000 people were killed from a tsunami generated from an earthquake.
  • Samoa

    Samoa

    About 200 people were killed from an earthquake generated tsunami with an 8.1 magnitude.
  • Chile Earthquake

    Chile Earthquake

    In the coastal towns of Chile 700 people were killed from an 8.8 magnitude earthquake which generated a tsunami.
  • Japan

    Japan

    Over 20,000 people were killed from a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami.