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Lisbon Earthquake ( Portugal)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.5 to 9.0 and through the tsunamis there is a death tool of 70000 deaths.The earthquake generated a tsunami that produced waves about 20 feet (6 metres) high at Lisbon and 65 feet (20 metres) high at Cádiz, Spain. Eighty-five percent of Lisbon's buildings were destroyed, including famous palaces and libraries, as well as most examples of Portugal's distinctive 16th-century Manueline architecture. -
Krakato Eruption ( Java/Sumatra)
It has an explosive force of a 200-megatonne bomb. Around 36'000 people died. Many thousands injured, mostly due to the vast tsunamis which occurred following the explosion. It was a 30m tsunami. In New Zealand, the tsunami was observed at many locations around the country, and was first noticed late in the evening of 28 August about 29-30 hours after the eruption took place. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.6. 165 people died through the tsunami. Reached heights of more than 35 meters, which destroyed a reinforced concrete lighthouse and killed its occupants. It caused over an US $26 million in damage. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of the earthquake was at 9.5. It causes 2000 death people. This earthquake generated a tsunami that was destructive not only along the coast of Chile, but also across the Pacific in Hawaii, Japan, and the Philippines. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2. It causes 139 deaths and $400 million in property loss. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.7 and the tsunami cause 230 people.It estimated 10-18m/sec overland flow velocities and 30m-high wave runup. Within 2-5 minutes, extremely large waves engulfed. -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake ( Papua New Guinea)
The magnitude was 7.0 and 2200 people died through the tsunami. Three catastrophic tsunami waves followed—devastating and razing the entire villages of Sissano, Warapu, Arop, and Malomo on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. 10–15 meters (33-49 feet) on a 25-kilometer (15-mile) stretch of coastline -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The magnitude was 9.1 and the tsunami causes 230'000 people. it has estimated to have released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. it hit with in 20 minutes. It last for 7 hours -
Samoa Earthquake( Samoan Island)
It has a magnitude of 8.1 and the tsunami causes 189 deaths. Plantations were also lost. International aid was essential to help Samoa rebuild its villages and its economy. Its recovery was swift, with many resorts back up and running by 2010 and 2011. A total of 241 homes and one school were destroyed, 3,058 homes and four other schools were damaged. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
It has a magnitude of 8.8 and causes 521 death.
The quake and tsunami caused more than $30 billion in damages, damaging or destroying 370,000 houses, 4013 schools, and 79 hospitals. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
It had a magnitude of 9.1 and causes 18000 deaths. Nearly 400,000 buildings were destroyed or irreparably damaged and another 750,000 were partially destroyed. 6 miles inland went the tsunami -
Sulawesi Earthquake ( Indonesia)
It had a magnitude of 7.5 and the tsunami causes 4340 deaths. It caused over $1.3 billion in economic losses. Five minutes after the earthquake a tsunami warning was issued, however, local tsunami alarms were not activated. As a result, hundreds of attendees at the Palu Nomoni Festival in Talise Beach were still on the beach when the tsunami struck. While the tsunami was expected to be up to 3 meters in height, the tsunami with waves reaching nearly 6 meters.