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Libson, Portugal Tsunami
An earthquake produced tsunami that crossed over the Atlantic Ocean. There was an estimation of 20,000 people that were killed. The earthquakae had a magnitude of 9 which casued waves to get as high as 23 feet. -
Krakatoa Tsunami
After the collapse of the Krakatoa volcano, the sudden collapse of teh top of teh volcano triggered a deadly tsunami. Between Java and Sumatra, the tsnuami had waves of up to 115 feet high. More than 36,000 people were killed and 165 villages were completeley destroyed. -
Aleutian Tsunami
Produced by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, the tsunami brought waves of up to 100 feet high. Waves traveled up to 500 mph killing around 160 people and destroyed over a third of the city. -
Chile Tsunami
Just 15 minutes after a 9.5 magnitude eathquake hit Chile, a massive tsunami hit Hawaii. After traveling 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean with waves up to 25 meters high, it caused damage to cost over half a billion dollars and killed over 2,000 people ( including the earthquake). -
Alaskan Tsunami
Resulting from a 9.2 earthquake was a deadly tsunami that hit the Pacific coast of Canada and the United States killing around 130 people. -
Japan Tsunami
The 7.7 magnitude earthquake in the Sea of Japan produced a tsunami causing over 230 fatalities. -
Papua New Guinea Tsunami
After a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Papa New Guinea, a submarine landslide occured that triggered a major tsunami. Waves up to 59 feet high destroyed several towns leaving 9,500 homeless, 500 people missing, and 2,200 people dead. -
Sumatra Tsunami
The 9.1 Sumatra earthquake triggered a tsunami hitting the coastline of 11 Indian Ocean countries. Waves reached up to 98 feet high killing around 230,000 people. -
Samoa Tsunami
An earthquake triggered tsunami hit the coasts of Samoa and Tonga. There was no major damaged recorded and about 200 people died. -
Chile Tsunami
An 8.8 magnitude earthquake triggeed a tsunami that caused intense shaking for up to 3 minutes. Many coastal towns were left devastated and were left in a blackout that affected 93% of teh population. -
Japan Tsunami
The deadly 9.1 earthquake generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people. Many nuclear power plants suffered explosions, 4.4 million people were left wihtout homes, and 1.5 million poeple were left without water. -
Iquique Chile Tsunami
The 8.2 magnitude earthquake triggered many small landslides causing a tsunami to occur. Waves reached up to 6 feet and had a depth of 12.5. Over 200,000 people were left killed or wounded.
