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Most Damaging Tsunamis
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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
On Saturday, November 1st, 1755 Lisbon was hit with a magnitude 9 earthquake. The earthquake caused a tsunami and a fire that killed 20,000 people. The Atlantic ocean was 7 meters or more in the West Indes. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
On Sunday, August 26-27 1883 Krakatoa erupted and caused a tsunami. The explosion of Krakatoa volcano in the Sundra straight between Java and Sumatra caused the top of the volcano to collapse into the ocean which caused a tsunami which made 35 meter waves that destoyed 165 viliages and killed 36,000 people -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
Earthquake by Aleutian with a magnitude 8.1. This Earthquake caused a tsunami is Hawaii which killed 160 people -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
Earthquake in Chile was magnitude 9.5. This Earthquake created a tsunami that traveled 15 hours to Hawaii where it killed 61 pepople -
Good Friday Earthquake(Alaska)
On Good Friday at 5:36 AM there was an Earthquake of a magnitude of 9.2 by Alaska which killed 130 people in Alaska and Cali. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
Off the shore of Japan, there was a magnitude 7.8 Earthquake. This caused a tsunami which killed 120 on the island of Japan. -
Papua New Guinea Quake
On July 17, 1998, an Earthquake by Papua New Guinea with a magnitude of 7.1 caused a submarine landslide which created a tsunami that killed more than 2,100 people. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
Sumatra Dec 26th, 2004, had a magnitude 9.1 Earthquake on the coast. This created a huge tsunami that affected 12 other countries and killed 230,000 people. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
On Sept 29th, 2009, Samoa's Earthquake created a magnitude 8.1 tsunami that killed 200 people. -
Chile Earthquake
On Saturday, Feb 27th, 2010, a magnitude 8.8 Earthquake grenerated a tsunami that killed 700 people in coastal towns. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
March 11th, 2011 Japan (Tohoku) had an Earthquake that generated a magnitude 9.1 that killed over 20,000 people.
