Deadly tsunami timeline

By jatlee17

  • Honshu, Japan

    Honshu, Japan
    An 8.3 earthquake followed by a tsunami hitting the island resulted in over 3,000 deaths

  • Kamchatka Peninsula, USSR

    Kamchatka Peninsula, USSR
    9.0 earthquake led to a massive tsunami on the country's pacific​ seaboard. More than 2,300 dead.

  • Chile

    Chile
    Earthquake measuring​ 9.5 followed by a tsunami led to a 5,700 death pole

  • Island of Mindanao, Philippines

    Island of Mindanao, Philippines
    Slight tremor caused a tsunami to hit the island which left 5,000 people dead

  • Flores, Indonesia

    Flores, Indonesia
    Several tsunamis set off by a tremor, all of which struck the island. Resulted in 2,000 deaths

  • New Guinea

    New Guinea
    Two 7.0 quakes caused a tsunami to ravage the coastline of Papua. Death toll reached 8,000

  • Turkey

    Turkey
    7.6 tremor caused a devasting tsunami​ that took 17,000 lives

  • Asia

    Asia
    An earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale triggered the Boxing Day tsunami that struck 10 Asian and two African countries, killing almost 250,000 people

  • the Pacific

    the Pacific
    Two earthquakes measuring 8.1 and 8.0 occurred at almost the same time, causing tsunamis that devastated Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga. Five-metre-high waves killed 192 people.

  • Japan (2011)

    Japan (2011)
    A series of tsunamis triggered by a massive 9-magnitude earthquake leaves hundreds dead