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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal):
Magnitude-9, Death Toll- 20,000. Started a fire adding to the death. Waves of the Tsunami reached up to 23ft. high. -
Krakatoa Volcano (Java/ Sumatra)
The eruption of Krakatoa ended up killing nearly 36,000 people, and destroyed more than 165 villages. The top of the volcano had collapsed and slid into the ocean, causing a tsunami with waves reaching up to 115 feet high. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The Aleutian Earthquake generated a tsunami in the Hawaiian islands and killed somewhere around 160 people, ending up being a magnitude 8.1 earthquake. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
What started as a magnitude 9.5 earthquake generated a tsunami that killed 61 people, after traveling 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
An Alaskan 9.2 magnitude earthquake generated a deadly tsunami that killed 130 people in Alaska and California. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
With a magnitude of 7.8 the earthquake in the sea of Japan generated a tsunami that killed 120 people on the Okushiri Island. -
Papua New Ginuea (Papua New Ginuea)
The Papua New Ginuea earthquake triggered a submarine landslide and produced a tsunami that ended up killing 2100 people. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The magnitude 9.1 Sumatra earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 230,000 people -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
Somoa earthquake was a magnitude 8.1, and generated a tsunami that killed around 200 people -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
Magnitude earthquake in Chile generated a tsunami that killed over 700 people in coastal towns. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
A Japan earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people.
