Most devastating tsunami

Deadly Tsunamis - Anna Bellitta

  • Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
    The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.5 and the death toll was 70,000 people. The earthquake happened on All Saints Day. Also, a lot of people were at mass when the earthquake happened.
  • Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

    Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
    The magnitude of the eruption was VEI of 6 and the death toll was about 36,417. The volcano was a cone-shaped mountain but when the mountain's top was destroyed the pieces made four small islands. The explosions of the eruption was heard 2,200 miles away in Australia.
  • Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
    The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.6 and the death toll was 165 people. There was a tsunami that happened 5 hours after the earthquake without warning. Wave heights reached an estimated 115 feet in Alaska.
  • Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

    Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
    The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.5 and the death toll was about 1,655 dead. There were foreshocks that happened the previous day. Two days after the earthquake the Cordón Caulle volcano in chile Lake District erupted after 40 years of inactivity.
  • Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

    Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
    The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.2 and the death toll is 131. The earthquake lasted nearly 3 minutes. Two hundred miles southwest, some areas of coastline were permanently raised by 30 feet.
  • Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

    Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
    The magnitude of this earthquake was 6.6 and the death toll was 230.
  • Papua New Guinea Earthquake

    Papua New Guinea Earthquake
    The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.0 ad the death toll was 2,183. The earthquake occurred on a reverse fault near the north coast of Papua New Guinea. Three very big tsunami waves happened after the earthquake.
  • Sumatra Earthquake(Indonesia)

    Sumatra Earthquake(Indonesia)
    The earthquake's magnitude was 9.1 and the death toll was about 200,000. The earthquake caused a shift in the earth's mass, changing the planet's rotation. The total material loss from the tsunami was estimated to be 10 million dollars.
  • Samoa Earthquake

    Samoa Earthquake
    The magnitude of this Earthquake was 8.1 and the death toll was 192. The tsunami was triggered from two earthquakes near the Tonga Trench. The earthquakes happened about 3 minutes after each other.
  • Chile Earthquake

    Chile Earthquake
    This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and a death toll of 525. The earthquake struck at 3:34 Am. The epicenter was located about 200 miles southwest of the Chilean capital of Santiago.
  • Tohoku Earthquake(Japan)

    Tohoku Earthquake(Japan)
    The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and a death toll of more than 18,000 people. The earthquake was caused by the rupture of a stretch of the subduction zone. It occurred at a depth of 18.6 miles below the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
  • Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
    This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5 and a death toll of 3,879. Over 200,000 people were displaced from their homes. The earthquake was felt as far away as Samarinda on East Kalimantan.