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On November 1st, 1755, the city of Lisbon in Portugal was ravaged when a Earthquake approximately M 9 struck off the coast, demolishing structures and leading to mass fires. But since the quake occurred off the coast, a Tsunami was generated and would strike Lisbon, killing enough to make the disaster itself claim an estimated 20,000 (HUMAN) lives. -
On August 26th, 1883, a volcano in the Sumatra Strait of Indonesia exploded, sending a chunk of blasted material from the upper half of the volcano into the ocean as a landslide, which generated a tsunami about 115 ft (35.052 m) high and a sound that could be heard from 3000 mi (4800 km) away. The sound is, on record, the loudest sound recorded, at around 316 decibels, and circled the planet multiple times. -
On April 1st, 1946, an Earthquake of 8.1 Magnitude struck the Aleutian island chain of Alaska, generating a large tsunami ranging from 45ft to 138ft in height. The earthquake had a Mercalli rating of VI (Strong), and caused 26 Million USD (419 Million USD in 2025) in damages. The tsunami also destroyed parts of Hawaii, and claimed a total of 160 lives. -
On May 23rd, 1960, Chile witnessed the strongest earthquake measured to date, with a record Magnitude of 9.5. This "Megathrust" earthquake had generated a tsunami that, combined with the nature of the earthquake. has been pushed to the shoreline that bared the blunt of the earthquake to finish off whatever stood in it's wake. About 1,655 people were directly killed in this megaquake. Waves of 82ft finished the job on those in Chile's coastline, and waves of 35ft severely battered Hilo, Hawaii. -
on March 27th, 1964, an Earthquake with a Magnitude of 9.2- the second strongest earthquake on record, shook Alaska, originating from Prince William Sound. The earthquake generated an 100 ft tall and very long tracking tsunami that reached Antarctica from Alaska! The tsunami caused extensive damage along California and Hawaii's coastlines, and 139 lives were lost from this. This wasn't a very "good" Friday, was it? -
In the summer of July 12th, 1993, an earthquake of Magnitude 7.8 struck offshore of the southwestern side of Hokkaido Island, generating a tsunami which also hit the Russian Kuril Island Chain north of Hokkaido, and Okushiri. The earthquake generated ground acceleration peaking at .5g, about 100km from the Southwestern shoreline of Hokkaido. The tsunami had a runup of about 30.5m and had claimed 120 lives in the event, as well as causing extensive damage to Southwestern Hokkaido and Okushiri. -
On July 17th, 1998, an earthquake would strike north of the Domain of P.N.G. with an Magnitude of 7.1. The tsunami that came from this would be one of the deadliest tsunamis of the 20th century, or at least the near-turn of the century. The tsunami killed over 2,100 people along the whole north coast. The tsunami was approximately 49ft high, creating a runup approximately 15m high. -
The infamous tsunami that earned a name for itself, and currently the most deadly tsunami on record for this century. On December 26th, 2004, an incredibly devastating tsunami struck the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, erasing portions of some islands and killing over 236,000 people in total across the Indian Ocean. Unfortunately this Earthquake and Tsunami struck right after Christmas while many people were off vacationing for the holiday in the tropics, explaining the amount of death. -
On September 29th, 2009, Doublet Earthquakes of Magnitude 7.9 combined to a total of Magnitude 8.1 produced a tsunami which struck the Samoan islands in Oceania. The death toll was about 200 people in the aftermath of the tsunami. But, what's odd (or rather unique) about this was that Two earthquakes happening at the same time with the same magnitude is something that makes a tsunami like this something you'd see only once in a lifetime. -
On February 27th, 2010, Chile experienced another violet earthquake that caused lots of destruction, along with the earthquake's tsunami which erased parts of Chile's coastline that may have still been recovering from the Great 1960 Chile Earthquake. Due to the time this tsunami occurred at, it was still deadly as many people were caught off guard or sleeping. The stunami was about 95 ft (29 m) high and created a runup about 6.5 ft (2 m) high. About 700 people were killed. -
Another very devastating tsunami, this time in the Tohoku Region of Japan. This tsunami is also the one responsible for the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster which just amplified the chaos of the disaster. On March 11, 2011, an Magnitude 9.1 earthquake would occur offshore of the Tohoku region, causing a tsunami that took over the Fukushima Power Plant, causing a meltdown that was partially contained. The tsunami claimed over 20,000 lives, and the nuclear incident displaced another 100,000. -
On September 27th, 2018, a Magnitude 7.5/7.6 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Central Indonesia, on a group of islands east of Borneo in the Minahasa Peninsula. The tsunami resulted from this was up to 20 ft high. The earthquake also produced aftershocks, the strongest being a Magnitude 6.1, and the shock of the earthquake was felt from Malaysia. The Tsunami killed an estimated 4,340 people.