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Lisbon Earthquake, Portugal.
The tusnami in Portugal had a magnitude of 8.5 to 9,0, and killed 20,000 people. Also, this earthquakes magnitude may be different as the system to judge the scale of earthquakes back then were not as accurate as they are now. -
Krakatoa Eruption
The tsunamis that had claimed the lives of 36,000 people was different from most tsunamis as it had no magnitude, since it was caused by a volcanic eruption. -
Aleutian Earthquake, Alaska
The great Aleutian earthquake had caused a tsunami with unusual power as its magnitude was an 8.1, yet covered a great deal of area. The tsunamis had killed 160 people. -
Great Chilean Earthquake
This tsunamis had an extraordinary magnitude of 9.5, and had killed 61 people. This ferocious earthquake had the greatest magnitude ever to be recorded -
Good Friday Earthquake
This tsunamis took place in Alaska, and had a magnitude of 9.2 claiming the lives of 130 people. This deadly tsunamis was the most powerful in North American history. -
Hokkaido Earthquake
The tsunamis that killed 120 people in Japan known as the Hokkaido earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8. -
Papua New Guinea Quake
The tsunami in Papua New Guinea killed 2,100 people with a magnitude of 7.1. -
Sumatra Earthquake
The horrific event that occurred in December in Indonesia was the most deadly tsunamis as it claimed the lives of 230,000 people having a magnitude of 9.1. -
Samoa Earthquake
The tsunamis in the Samoan islands, having been caused by an earthquake, had a magnitude of 8.1, and killed 200 people. -
Chile Earthquake
On February 27, 2010, 700 people woke up for the last time as a tsunamis rolled into Chile taking their lives. The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 as it caused the deadly tsunamis. -
Tohoku Earthquake
In Japan on March 11, 2011, a mighty earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 caused a tsunami, which killed over 20,000 people.
