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Lisbon Earthquake
The M 9 earthquake produced a tsunami that not only resulted in fires but killed around 20,000 people. The tsunami waves that crossed the Atlantic Ocean amplified the height of 7 meters (23 feet) or more in the West Indies. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
The explosion of the volcano in the Sandra Strait between Java ans Sumatra caused the top of the volcano to collapse into the ocean. The collapse produced a giant tsunami more than 35 miles (115 feet) high destroyed 165 villages and killed more than 36,000 people. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The M 9.5 earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
A M 8.1 earthquake produced a tsunami in Hawaiian Islands that killed 160 people. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
The M 9.2 earthquake generated a deadly tsunami that killed 130 people in Alaska and California. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The M 7.8 earthquake in the Sea of Japan caused a tsunami that killed 120 people on Okushiri Island. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
The M 7.1 earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2,100 people. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The M 9.1 off the west coast of Sumatra an earthquake generated a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
In the southern pacific Ocean adjacent to the Kermadac-Tonga subduction zone, a M 8.1 earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed around 200 people. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
off the coast of central Chile, am earthquake of M 8.8 generated a tsunami that killed around 700 people in the coastal towns. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
Off the Pacific coast of Tohoku was an earthquake with M 9.1 that triggered a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people.
