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Deadly Tsunamis-Nate Wiggins

By NWIGGY
  • Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
    It was a magnitude earthquake. It cause 600 deaths. The tsunami crossed the Atlantic ocean. The earthquake also caused fires.
  • Krakatoa Eruption

    Krakatoa Eruption
    It was a volcano eruption that cause a Tsunami. It has killed 36,000 people. It was in Indonesia and the top of the volcano fell off.
  • Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
    The magnitude was 8.1. It caused 160 deaths. The Tsunami hit both Alaska and Hawaii.
  • Great Chilean

    Great Chilean
    Magnitude was a 9.5. In Chile caused a tsunami traveled 15 hours to Hawaii. It ended up killing 61 people to die.
  • Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

    Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
    It had a Magnitude of 9.2. Alaska earthquake made a tsunami. Killed people in both California and Alaska. Killed 130 people.
  • Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

    Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
    Was a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. The earthquake took place in the sea of japan. Killed 120 people, and the casualties came on Okushiri Island.
  • Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)

    Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
    Was a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. The earthquake ended up causing a underwater landslide. The tsunami killed 72,100 people.
  • Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
    Magnitude 9.1 earthquake. Took place off the coast of Sumatra. Killed people in 12 different countries. Total deaths was 230,000.
  • Samoa Earthquake (Samoan islans)

    Samoa Earthquake (Samoan islans)
    Magnitude 8.1 earthquake. Killed 200 people in Oceania. This was cause it caused a tsunami.
  • Chile earthquake (Chile)

    Magnitude 8.8 earthquake. Killed 700 people, also cause a tsunami. The deaths came in coast regions.
  • Tohoku earthquake (Japan)

    Tohoku earthquake (Japan)
    Magnitude 9.1 earthquake. This caused a tsunami. Killed over 20,000 people. Had many smaller after shock quakes.