Deadly Tsunamis - Kyle Zunic

Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

Nov 1, 1755

The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 9. The tsunami started a fire and killed 20,000 people. The waves were 7 m (~23 ft.) tall.

Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

Aug 26, 1883

When Krakatoa erupted in 1883, it collapsed into the ocean, and caused a tsunami that killed 36,000 people and destroyed 165 villages.

Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

Apr 1, 1946

This was NOT an April Fools' Day joke. It was a real M 8.1 earthquake that killed 160 people. The destroyed posts at Scotch Cap couldn't send any warnings, so it caught people off-guard. (I bet the date helped too.)

Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

May 22, 1960

This one was a M 9.5 earthquake, making it the LARGEST EARTHQUAKE EVER. The resulting tsunami traveled for 15 hours and killed 61 in Hawaii.

Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

Mar 27, 1964

This one was M 9.2, the most powerful earthquake in North America. Overall, it's the second largest to the last one. It killed 130 in Alaska and California.

Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

Jul 12, 1993

This was M 7.8. It killed 120 on Okushiri Island, and led to an overhaul of Okushiri's sea defenses.

Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)

Jul 17, 1998

Wow, all this time I thought it was Papa New Guinea. Anyway, this M 7.8 earthquake made a submarine landslide, which made a large tsunami for the quake. It killed 2100.

Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

Dec 26, 2004

Here's the most important one. The earthquake was M 9.1, and it killed over 230,000. It was one of the deadliest tsunamis, and it let us know we seriously need to be educated about them.

Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)

Sep 29, 2009

This one was M 8.1 and killed 200. The earthquake's epicenter was in the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area in the Pacific Ocean where earthquakes and volcanoes are more common.

Chile Earthquake (Chile)

Feb 27, 2010

This M 8.8 earthquake's tsunami killed 700 in coastal towns. It even generated a blackout.

Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

Mar 11, 2011

This earthquake was M 9.1. The resulting tsunami killed 20,000 and flooded 3 nuclear reactors. It also makes me worried that Tenshi Hinanawi and Utsuho Reiuji aren't gonna appear in Touhou Project anymore, but that last part was most likely meaningless to most of you.