Deadly Tsunamis- Christopher Tangi

The Great Lisbon Earthquake located in Lisbon, Portugal

Nov 1, 1755

With over a Magnitude of 8.5 this earthquake caused over 30,000 deaths.Great fires were created from the tsunami by knocked down candles and lanterns causing building to erupt in flames from waves
which were almost 30 feet high when they hit Lisbon.

Krakatoa eruption located Krakatoa archipelago, Sunda Strait;

Aug 26, 1883

With a magnitude of 6.0 The explosion of the volcano was over 200 megatons leaving a shock wave causing waves over 117 feet high to wipe out local villages leaving 36,000 people killed.

Alaska Earthquake located at Aleutian Islands

Apr 1, 1946

This earthquake was triggered 13,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific ocean causing a 8.6 earthquake and the closest island was the Aleutian island being the first to be hit killing 160 people.

Valdivia Earthquake located in Valdivia, Chile

May 22, 1960

With magnitude of 9.5 in Chile this quake killed 5,700 people, and left 2 million people homeless, leftover 4.8 billion dollars in damages in today’s money.

Alaska earthquake located Shoup bay, Alaska

Mar 27, 1964

This 9.2 earthquake brought 7 deadly tsunamis and deadly landslides. Left over 330 millions dollars in damage and ended 131 lives.

Hokkaidō earthquake, Hokkaidō, Japan

Jun 12, 1993

This 7.7 earthquake brought devastating tsunamis ravaging small fishing villages along the coast killing 120 people.These tsunamis would reach up to 32 feet high.

Papua New Guinea earthquake

Jun 17, 1998

The tsunami was caused by a 7.0 earthquake which an undersea landslide brought tsunamis along leveling all building to ground zero the coast of New Guinea killing 2,100.

Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Dec 26, 2004

This was every devastating quake of 9.1 which sent a 100 foot tsunami wiping out thousands of villages, cars, and people killing over 230,000 people.

Chile Earthquake, Central Chile

Feb 27, 2010

This 8.8 magnitude quake took most damage on the coast line with a tsunami ,95 ft tall killing most people along Chile’s coast with a death toll of 700 deaths.

Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Japan

Mar 11, 2011

The waves of the 9.0 quake swept in Japanese ships and boats into streets along the coast line and waves dangerously swept areas of Japan’s Nuclear power plant which led to a shutdown. Besides destroyed buildings this tsunami killed 20,000 people.