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Lisbon Earthquake-Portugal
This magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami killed 20,000 people. To escape the coming waters, earthquake survivors tried to gallop away as fast as possible on horseback to get to higher ground. -
Krakatoa Eruption- Java/Sumatra
This volcano and earthquake killed more than 36,000 people. One ship, the Berouw, was deposited a mile inland. -
Aleutian Earthquake- Alaska
This 8.1 earthquake and tsunami killed 160 people. The lighthouse on the nearby Unimak Island was completely destroyed. -
Great Chilean Earthquake-Chile
This 9.5 earthquake and its tsunami killed 61 people. The earthquake that caused the tsunami is the largest ever recorded. -
Good Friday Earthquake-Alaska
This 9.2 earthquake and tsunami killed 130 people. Since this tsunami occurred during the Cold War, many people believed the earthquake was an atomic bomb at first. -
Hokkaido Earthquake-Japan
This 7.8 earthquake and its tsunami killed 120 people. One island, Okushiri, had been struck by a tsunami ten years prior. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake- Papua New Guinea
This 7.1 earthquake and tsunami killed more than 2100 people. A submarine landslide actually triggered the tsunami, not the earthquake. -
Sumatra Earthquake-Indonesia
This 9.1 earthquake and tsunami killed 230,000 people. At the time, there was no tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean. -
Samoa Earthquake-Samoan Islands
This 8.1 earthquake and its tsunami killed 200 people. The Samoan Prime Minister's home was destroyed by the wave. -
Chile Earthquake-Chile
This 8.8 earthquake and its tsunami killed 700 people. The tsunami hit the island that inspired the book Robinson Crusoe. -
Tohoku Earthquake-Japan
This 9.1 earthquake and its tsunami killed over 20,000 people. It was the strongest earthquake in Japan's history. -
Sulawesi Earthquake-Indonesia
This 7.5 earthquake and its tsunami killed 2,100 people. The tsunami resulted from an earthquake on a strike-slip fault.
