Deadly Tsunami Timeline

Lisbon Portugal Earthquake

1755

This was a 9.0 magnitude earthquake. It caused an estimated 20,000 deaths.

Explosion of the Krakatoa Volcano

1883

The explosion caused the top of the volcano to collapse into the ocean. It destroyed 120 villages and killed more than 36,000 people.

Aleutians (Alaska) Earthquake

1946

A 8.1 magnitude earthquake that caused a tsunami. The tsunami crashed into the Hawaiian islands and killed about 160 people.

Chile Earthquake

1960

This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5 and it caused a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii.

Alaska Earthquake

1964

This earthquake had the magnitude of 9.2 and generated a deadly tsunami that killed 130 people in Alaska and California.

Earthquake in the Sea of Japan

1993

This earthquake had the magnitude of 7.8 and it killed 120 people on an island in Japan.

Papua New Guinea Earthquake

1998

Triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2100 people.

Sumatra Earthquake

2004

This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and generated a tsunami that killed about 230,000 people.

Samoa Earthquake

2009

This was a 8.1 magnitude earthquake that generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people.

Chile Earthquake

2010

This was a 8.8 magnitude earthquake that generated a tsunami that killed about 700 people.

Japan Earthquake

2011

This was a 9.1 magnitude earthquake that killed over 20,000 people.