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  • Lisbon Earthquake-Portugal

    Lisbon Earthquake-Portugal

    he occurred on all saints day when many where in churches increases casualties. Also the tsunami reached across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and Brazil.
  • Krakatoa Eruption-Java/Sumatra

    Krakatoa Eruption-Java/Sumatra

    The eruption produced tsunami waves up to 30 miles high. Over ninety percent of the deaths where due to the tsunami rather than direct volcanic blast.
  • Aleutian Earthquake-Alaska

    Aleutian Earthquake-Alaska

    the tsunami recorded heights 42 meters and 30 feet in Hawaii. The event led to the establishment of the pacific tsunami warning center.
  • Great Chilean Earthquake-Chile

    Great Chilean Earthquake-Chile

    It was the largest recorded earth quake magnitude in history. The Tsunami waves traveled across the pacific hitting Hawaii and Japan.
  • Good Friday Earthquake-Alaska

    Good Friday Earthquake-Alaska

    This was the largest U.S. earthquake on record. the tsunami caused major damage as far away as California.
  • Hokkaido Earthquake-Japan

    Hokkaido Earthquake-Japan

    The tsunami run up reached 30.5m on some parts of Oku Shiri island. The shaking preceded the tsunami by minutes giving little time to evacuate.
  • Papua New Guinea Earthquake-Papua New Guinea

    Papua New Guinea Earthquake-Papua New Guinea

    The tsunami was caused not just by a quake, but also by an underwater landslide making the waves much larger than expected. Some of those waves reached over 45 feet high.
  • Sumatra Earthquake-Indonesia

    Sumatra Earthquake-Indonesia

    This was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. The rupture was so long that it shifted for over 80 miles.
  • Samoa Earthquake-Samoan Islands

    Samoa Earthquake-Samoan Islands

    This is was a triple earthquake where three quakes struck within minuets. Locals reported hearing a strange roaring sound right before the waves came.
  • Chile Earthquake-Chile

    Chile Earthquake-Chile

    Earthquake shifted earths axis slightly and shortened the length of a day by micro seconds. Tsunami waves crossed the pacific and even reached Japan.
  • Tohoku Earthquake-Japan

    Tohoku Earthquake-Japan

    The tsunami waves reached up to 128 feet in some areas. This disaster caused the Fukushima nuclear meltdown.
  • Sulawesi Earthquake-Indonesia

    Sulawesi Earthquake-Indonesia

    the tsunami occurred because of liquefaction where the ground turned to a mud like liquid. Drone footage after the event showed entire neighborhoods had slid away.