Tsunami Timeline

  • Alaska earthquake triggers Tsunami in Hawaiian Islands

    Killed about 160 people
    Magnitude of 8.1
  • Chile earthquake triggers Hawaii tsunami

    killed 61 people
    Magnitude of 9.5
  • Alaska earthquake triggers tsunami in Alaska and California

    Killed 130 people
    magnitude 9.2
  • Earthquake in sea of japan triggers tsunami Okushiri Island, Japan

    Killed 120 people
    Magnitude 7.8
  • Papua New Guinea earthquake triggered a landslide that produced a tsunami

    killed 2100 people
    Magnitude 7.1
  • Sumatra earthquake made tsunami in Indonesia

    Killed 230,000 people
    Magnitude 9.1
  • Samoa earthquake made a tsunami

    killed 200 people
    Magnitude 8.1
  • Chile earthquake made a tsunami

    killed 700 people
    magnitude 8.8
  • Japan earthquake generated a tsunami

    killed over 20,000 people
    magnitude 9.1