Deadly Tsunami's- Jackson Luneburg

Lisbon earthquake

Nov 1, 1755

8.5 magnitude/10,000 deaths/ One of the most deadliest and widest earthquakes ever

Krakatoa

Aug 27, 1883

9.1 magnitude/230,000 deaths/ very deadly and strong quake that killed thousands

Aleutian

Apr 1, 1946

magnitude 9.6/ Killed 7,000/ the quake occurred during the day time and shook the world with its record breaking magnitude

Great Chilean

May 22, 1960

9.5 magnitude/ 61 people dead/ another one of the biggest earthquakes recorded for a long time after that.

Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

Mar 21, 1964

9.2 magnitude/killed 131 people/ this quake was the biggest one recorded ever in Alaska

Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

Jul 12, 1993

Magnitude of 7.7/killed 230 people/its max intensity was felt at an extremely high level scientist said it had the most intensity that have seen in a long time

Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)

Jul 17, 1998

Magnitude of 7.1/killed 2100 people/ This quake started because of a random landslide and ended up causing an extreme amount of damage

Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

Dec 25, 2004

9.1 magnitude/ killed 230,000 people/ very strong wave that killed so many people in such a short period of time

Samoa Earthquake (Samoan islans)

Sep 29, 2009

8.1 magnitude/ killed 200 people/ scientist were suprised this quake did not kill more people because of how strong and powerful it was

Chile earthquake (Chile)

Feb 27, 2010

8.8 magnitude/ killed 700 people/ this quake really shook up Chile that have not really have seen a storm this strong and dangerous

Tohoku earthquake (Japan)

Mar 11, 2011

9.1 magnitude/killed 20,000 people/ one of the most recent dangerous tsunamis in the last ten years