Deadly Tsumanis - Ethan Robinson

Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

Nov 1, 1755

The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.0 and the death toll was 20000. The fire from the tsunami and earthquake destroyed 2/3 of the city\

Krakatota Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

Aug 26, 1883

The cause of this tsunami was a volcano collapse. The death toll was less than 36,000 people. The volcano collapse caused waves to be over 120 feet tall.

Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

Apr 1, 1946

The cause of this tsunami was an earthquake. The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1. The death toll from this was 160 people. These events caused $26 million in damages

Great Chilean Earthquake (Chili)

May 23, 1960

This tsunami was caused by an earthquake. The magnitude of the earthquake was over 9.0. The death toll of this event was 61 people. This tsunami hit the coast of Chili then raced down the pacific to Hawaii with waves still 35 feet tall.

Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

Mar 27, 1964

This event was caused by an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.3. The death toll from this tsunami was 130 people. The earthquake that caused this struck in the middle of Anchorage and Valdez.

Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

Jul 12, 1993

The earthquake that caused the tsunami had a magnitude of 7.8. This tsunami killed 120 people. The earthquake that was affiliated with this was the largest of the coast of Japan at the time.

Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)

Jul 17, 1998

This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1. It caused a death toll of 2100 people. This earthquake occurred on a reverse fault

Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

Dec 26, 2004

This earthquake had a magnitude of over a 9.1. The death toll from this was 230,000 people. This tsunami was caused by an undersea megathrust.

Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)

Sep 29, 2009

This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1. The death toll from the earthquake and 200 people. This submarine earthquake occurred in an extensional environment

Chili Earthquake (Chili)

Feb 27, 2010

This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8. The death toll was around 700 people. This tsunami struck at 3:34 am.

Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

Mar 11, 2011

This earthquake had an extreme magnitude of 9.1. The death toll was a staggering 20,000 people. This quake is also refereed to the Great east japan quake.

Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)

Sep 27, 2018

This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5. The death toll was 4,340 people. This was the deadliest quake in the area since 2006