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The 1755 Libson, Portugal earthquake
Produced a tsunami that, along with the earthquake and resulting fire killed an estimated 20,000 people. Tsunami waves that crossed the Atlantic Ocean amplified the waves to 23 feet tall. Magnitude up to 9 -
Krakatoa volcano collapse
The Krakatoa volcano in the Sundra strain between Java and Sumatra caused the top o the volcano to collapse into the ocean. This sudden collapse produced a massive tsunami of up to 115 feet. Killing more than 36, 0000 people. The VEI of the volcano eruption was 6. -
The Aleutians tsunami
In 1946 an Alaskan earthquake that produced a tsunami in the Hawaiian Islands that killed about 160 people. The magnitude was 8.1 -
1960 Chile earthquake/tsunami
In 1960 a Chile earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling for about 15 hours in the Pacific Ocean. Magnitude up to 9.5 -
The 1964 Alaskan earthquake
In 1964 an Alaskan earthquake generated a deadly tsunami that killed 130 in Hawaii and California. Magnitude up to 9.2 -
The 1993 Sea of Japan Tsunami
In 1993 an earthquake happened in the sea of Japan creating a Tsunami that killed 120 people on Okawa Island, Japan Magnitude of 7.1 -
The 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami
In 1998 a Papua New Guinea earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that generated a tsunami killing more than 2100 people. Magnitude up to 7.1 -
The 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia Earthquake
The 2004 Sumatra eartquake generated a tsunami that killed about 230,000 people. The earthquake was generated with a magnitude 9.1. -
The 2009 Samoa
The 2009 Samoa earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people. Magnitude of 8.1 A total of 241 homes and one school were destroyed, 3,058 homes and four other schools were damaged. -
The 2010 Chilean Earthquake
The 2010 Chile earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 700 people in coastal area. Magnitude of 8.8. The epicentre was located some 200 miles (325 km) southwest of the Chilean capital of Santiago, and the focus occurred at a depth of about 22 miles (35 km) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. -
The 2011 Japanese earthquake/tsunami
The 2011 Japan earthquake generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people. The earthquake was a magnitude of 9.1. More than 120,000 buildings were destroyed, 278,000 were half-destroyed and 726,000 were partially destroyed, the agency said. The direct financial damage from the disaster is estimated to be about $199 billion dollars (about 16.9 trillion yen), according to the Japanese government.
