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An earthquake, estimated to have been magnitude 8.3, caused tsunami waves along the coasts of Kii, Mikawa, Surugu, Izu and Sagami. Homes were flooding and being swept away throughout the region, with a total of at least 31,000 people killed.
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The earthquake that caused the Ise Bay tsunami is estimated of magnitude 8.2. The waves rose to a height of 6m. The Ise Bay tsunamis caused more than 8000 deaths.
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A magnitude 8.4 earthquake caused sea waves as high as 25 m to go into the Pacific coasts of Kyushyu, Shikoku and Honshin. A total of nearly 30,000 buildings were damaged and about 30,000 people were killed.
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A magnitude 8.5 earthquake caused a series of three huge waves to hit towns along the west coast of Portugal and southern Spain. The earthquake and tsunami killed 60,000 people in the Portugal, Morocco and Spain.
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A magnitude 7.4 earthquake is believed to have caused a tsunami that damaged a large number of islands in the region, the most serious damage happened to Ishigaki and Miyako Islands. The tsunami destroyed a total of 3,137 homes, killing nearly 12,000 people in total.
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This tsunami event was caused by a series of two significant earthquakes, estimated at a magnitude of 8.5, off the coast of Arica, Peru. Waves reported to be up to 21 m high, which lasted between two and three days.
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This tsunami is actually linked to the explosion of the Krakatau caldera volcano. Multiple waves as high as 37 m were created by the violent eruptions and demolished the towns of Anjer and Merak. Around 40,000 people in total were killed.
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This tsunami happened after an estimated magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred off the coast of Sanriku, Japan. The tsunami was reported to have reached a height of 38.2 m, causing more than 11,000 damaged homes and killing some 22,000 people.
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The magnitude 9.2 earthquake was the most powerful recorded in North American history, and the second most powerful recorded in world history. Tsunami waves were 67 m in height.
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A 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra hit the area. It was estimated to occur at a depth of 30 km. The tsunami was as tall as 50 m, reaching 5 km inland near Meubolah, Sumatra. This tsunami is also the most widely recorded. 230,000 people reported dead.
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A tsunami travelling 800km per hour with 10m-high waves swept over the east coast of Japan, killing more than 18,000 people. The tsunami was created by an 9.0 magnitude earthquake that reached 24.4km, making it the fourth-largest earthquake ever recorded.
