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Lisbon, Portugal
(~M9) earthquake produced a tsunami that, aong with the earthquake and resulting fire, killed an estimated 20,000 people. -
1883 Krakatoa volcano
Krakatoa volcano in the Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra cause the top of the volcano to collapse into the ocean. This sudden collapse produced a giant tsunami more than 35 m(~115 ft.) high that destroyed 165 villages and killed more than 36,000 people. -
1946 Aleutians (Alaska)
Tsunami in the Hawaiian Islands that killed 160 people -
1960 Chile Earthquake
Chile earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling across the Pacific Ocean. -
1964 Alaska earthquake
Alaska earthquake genereated a deadly tsunami that killed about 130 people in Alaska and California. -
1993 Sea of Japan earthqake
1993 (M 7.8) earthquake in the Sea of Japan caused a tsunami that killed 120 people on Okushiri Islands, Japan. -
1998 Papua New Guinea
1998 (M 7.1) Papua New Guinea earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2100 people. -
2004 Sumatra earthquake
2004 (M 9.1) Sumatra earthquake generated a tsunami that killed 230,000 people. -
2009 Samoa Earthquake
2009 (M 8.1) samoa earthquake generated a tsunami that killed 200 people. -
2010 chile earthquake
2010, (M 8.8) chile earthquake generated a tsunami that killed 700 people in coastal towns -
2011 japan earthquake
2011 (M 9.1) japan earthquake generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people