Deadly Tsunamis - Grace Risbon

Lisbon Earthquake-Portugal

Nov 1, 1755

M9 earthquake produced a tsunami and fire all killing 20,000 people.

Krakatoa Eruption- Java

Aug 27, 1883

Volcanic explosion causing top of volcano to fall into the ocean. 35 m high tsunami killing 36,000 people.

Aleuteian Earthquake-Alaska

Jun 1, 1946

M7.9 was created the Hawaiian Islands and killed roughly 160 people.

Great Chilean Earthquake- Chile

May 22, 1960

M9.5 earthquake that triggered as tsunami that traveled 15 hours across the ocean. It killed 61 people.

Good Friday Earthquake-Alaska

Mar 27, 1964

M9.2 earthquake that killed about 130 people in Alaska and California.

Hokkaido Earthquake-Japan

Nov 2, 1993

M7.8tsunami that killed 120 people.

Papua New Guinea Quake- Papua New Guinea

Oct 31, 1998

M7.1earthquake triggered submarine landslide producing a tsunami killing more than 2,100 people.

Sumatra Earthquake-Indonesia

Dec 26, 2004

M9.1 Intense tsunami killing a whopping 230,000 civilians.

Samoa Earthquake-Samoan Islands

Sep 29, 2009

M8.1 creating of a tsunami that killed 200 people.

Chile Earthquake- Chile

Feb 27, 2010

M8.8 A tsunami that killed 700 people.

Tohoku Earthquake-Japan

Mar 11, 2011

M9.1 Tsunami that ultimately caused the death of 20,000 lives.