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Around a magnitude 9 earthquake struct Lisbon, Portugol and along with fires and the earthquake a total of 20,000 people died. It caused heights of 7m in the Atlantic Ocean.
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A violent explostion of the krakatoa volcano caused the volcano to collapse into the ocean. This caused a tsunami with waves of 35m high. It destroyed 165 villages.
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This tsunami was caused by the magnitude 8.1 Aleutians (Alaska) earthquake. It killed 160 people.
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The magnitude 9.5 Chile earthquake triggered an earthquake that traveled 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. It killed 61 people.
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A magnitude 9.2 earthquake hit Alaska causing a deadly tsunami that killed 130 people in Alaska and California.
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A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struct the Sea of Japan causing a disastrous tsunami that killed 20 people on Okushiri Island, Japan.
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A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struct Papua new Guinea that caused a submarine landslide which produced a tsunami that killed more than 2,100 people.
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A 9.1 Sumatra earthquake generated a tsunami that killed 230,000 people. It was actually an undersea megathrust tsunami.
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An 8.1 magnitude earthquake in Samoa killed around 200 people.
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A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struct Chile and caused a tsunami that killed around 700 people.
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A magnitude 9.1 Japan earthquake killed over 10,000 people.