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“Great Lisbon Earthquake” - Lisbon, Portugal
The Lisbon Earthquake had a magnitude of about 8.4 and killed around 20,000 people. There were many people who had gotten lucky enough to survive the earthquake but did not prepare for the tsunami and unfortunately did not survive the tsunami. -
“Aleutian Islands Earthquake” - Aleutian Islands, Alaska
The Aleutian Earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and killed around 160 people. The earthquake occurred in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, however, the tsunami occurred 2,327 miles south in the Hawaiian Islands. -
“Chile Earthquake” - Valdivia, Chile
The Chile Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5 and killed 61 people. The Chile earthquake lasted for 10 minutes before triggering a tsunami in the Hawaiian Islands. -
“Good Friday Earthquake” - South-central Alaska
The Good Friday Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2 and killed around 130 people. The tallest tsunami wave height was 219 feet in Shoup Bay in the Valdez Inlet. -
“Sea of Japan Earthquake” - Hokkaido, Japan
The Sea of Japan Earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 and killed 120 people. The waves of the tsunami ranged from 5 to 10 meters high, crashing down on shorelines with great force. -
“Papua New Guinea Earthquake” - Papua New Guinea, Oceania
The Papua New Guinea Earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 and killed more than 2,100 people. More than 10,00 people were displaced by the 3 catastrophic tsunami waves that followed the earthquake. -
“Sumatra Earthquake”- Sumatra, Indonesia
The Sumatra Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and killed an estimated 230,000 people. The tsunami’s waves traveled across the Indian Ocean at 500 mph, close to the speed of a jet plane. -
“Samoa Earthquake” - Samoa Islands, Oceania
The Samoa Earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and killed almost 200 people. The earthquake generated tsunami waves that went up to 22 meters high. -
"Chile Earthquake” - Chile
The Chile Earthquake that occurred in 2010 had a magnitude of 8.8 and killed 700 people. The fault slip from the earthquake caused a tsunami with a wave amplitude of 8.6 feet. -
“Japan Earthquake” - Tohoku, Japan
The Japan Earthquake in 2011 had a magnitude of 9.1 and killed over 20,000 people. The earthquake caused the tsunami waves to reach up to 30 feet high.
