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The 1775 Lisbon, Portugal Tsunami
The Lisbon earthquake produced a tsunami that along with the earthquake and resulting fire damage caused 20k people to die. The wave was 23 ft tall. -
The 1883 explosion of Krakatoa volcano
The Krakatoa volcano erupted in the sundra strait between java and Sumatra caused the top of the volcano to collapse into the ocean generating a 115 ft high wave that killed 36,000 people -
The 1946 Aleutians Earthquake
The 1946 Alaskan earthquake caused a tsunami that killed about 160 people. This earthquake was a 8.1 magnitude. -
The 1960 Chile Erthquake
The 1960 Chile earthquake was a 9.5 magnitude earthquake that generated a tsunami that killed about 61 people in Hawaii after traveling for 15 hours -
The 1964 Alaska Earthquake
The 1964 earthquake in Alaska caused a tsunami that killed 130 people in Alaska and California -
The 1993 Earthquake In The Sea Of Japan
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake in the sea of japan caused a massive tsunami that killed 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan -
The 1998 Earthquake In Papa New Guinea
The 1998 earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude. The earthquake caused a submarine landslide which led to a tsunami killing 2100 people. -
The 2004 Sumatra Earthquake
This earthquake generated a massive tsunami that killed around 230,000 people -
The 2009 Samoa Earthquake
The 2009 Samoa Earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people -
The 2010 Chile Earthquake
This earthquake was a 8.8 magnitude quake that caused a tsunami and it killed about 700 people -
The 2011 Earthquake In Japan (Tohoku)
The 2011 earthquake in japan caused a massive tsunami that destroyed the town and caused a nuclear power plant to have a meltdown and it spreaded radiation through the area