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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.0. The death toll of this tsunami was more than 20,000 people. The earthquake generated a tsunami that produced waves about 20 ft.
Worshipers filled churches to escape asd God why he did this. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
The magnitude of this eruption was 8.5. The death toll was about 36,000 people. This eruption was the first eruption that caused a tsunami. The waves were 675mph fast. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The magnitide of this earthquake was 8.1. The death toll was about 160 people. The waves traveled on average speed of 490mph.
The waves were as high as 27 feet in the air. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.5. The death toll was 61 people. The waves during the tsunami were higher than 10.7 meters!
This earthquake left 2 million people homeless. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.2. The death toll for this earthquake was about 130 people. This earthquake created 21 tsunamis.
The waves made it to 20 different countries. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 7.8. The death toll was 120 people. This is one of the largest tsunamis in Japan's history.
The waves were 10 meters tall. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 7.1. The death toll was more than 2,100 people. The run-up heights reached 15 meters at the village.
The tsunami comprimised three waves each about 5 meters high. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.1. The death toll was about 230,000 people. The tsunami estimated to have released equivilent to 23,000 hiroshma (a type of atomic bomb).
The tsunami's waves were 100 feet tall. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.1. The death toll was about 200 people. The waves of the tsunami were 22 meters tall.
The tsunami produced 7 large waves. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.8. tThe death toll was about 700 people. Only 124 out of 550 missing people have been identified.
The waves of the tsunami were 25 meters tall. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.1. The death toll was over 20,000 people. The waves of the tsunami were 40 meters high.
More than 2,500 people are still missing after 11 years. -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
The magnitude of this earthquake wasa 7.5. The deah toll was about 4,340 people. The waves of this tsunami were more than 2 meters tall.
It created destruction to the areas of Puluard Donggula.