Tsunami Timeline

Alaska earthquake triggers Tsunami in Hawaiian Islands

1946

Killed about 160 people
Magnitude of 8.1

Chile earthquake triggers Hawaii tsunami

1960

killed 61 people
Magnitude of 9.5

Alaska earthquake triggers tsunami in Alaska and California

1964

Killed 130 people
magnitude 9.2

Earthquake in sea of japan triggers tsunami Okushiri Island, Japan

1993

Killed 120 people
Magnitude 7.8

Papua New Guinea earthquake triggered a landslide that produced a tsunami

1998

killed 2100 people
Magnitude 7.1

Sumatra earthquake made tsunami in Indonesia

2004

Killed 230,000 people
Magnitude 9.1

Samoa earthquake made a tsunami

2009

killed 200 people
Magnitude 8.1

Chile earthquake made a tsunami

2010

killed 700 people
magnitude 8.8

Japan earthquake generated a tsunami

2011

killed over 20,000 people
magnitude 9.1