Deadly Tsunamis- Caroline W

Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal0

Nov 1, 1755

Magnitude: 9 (estimated)
Death Toll: 20,000
Details: the earthquake resulted in a fire

Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

Aug 27, 1883

Death Toll: 36,000
Details: top of the volcano collapsed into the ocean

Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

Apr 1, 1946

Magnitute: 8.1
Death Toll: 160
Details: over $26 million in damage

Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

May 22, 1960

Magnitute: 9.5
Death Toll: 61
Details: traveled for 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean

Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

Mar 27, 1964

Magnitude: 9.2
Death Toll: 130
Details: also hit California

Sea of Japan Earthquake (Japan)

Jul 12, 1993

Magnitute: 7.8
Death Toll: 120
Details: near the Island of Hokkaido

Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)

Jul 17, 1998

Magnitute: 7.1
Death Toll: 2100
Details: maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII

Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

Mar 28, 2004

Magnitude: 9.1
Death Toll: 230,000
Details: ruptured the greatest fault length of any recorded earthquake

Somoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)

Sep 29, 2009

Magnitude: 8.1
Death Toll: 200
Details: largest earthquake of 2009

Chile Earthquake (Chile)

Feb 27, 2010

Magnitude: 8.8
Death Toll: 700
Details: off the coast of central chile

Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

Mar 11, 2011

Magnitude: 9.1
Death Toll: 20,000
Detais: near the east coast of Honshu, Japan