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Lisbon Tsunami
Tsunami hit on all saints day. Up to 60 feet tall. Death toll: 30,000. Magnitude: 8.5-9. -
Krakatoa Eruption
Bodies of victims were found floating in the ocean months after the tsunami. The town of Merak was destroyed by a 46m wave. Death toll: Less than 2000. Magnitude: 6. -
Aleutian Tsunami
Underwater landslide killed 32 people. The wave reached up to 27 feet tall. Death toll: 131. Magnitude: 9.2. -
Great Chilean Tsunami
Strongest earthquake ever recorded. Quaking lasted more than 10 minutes. Death toll: 490-2290. Magnitude: 9.5. -
Good Friday Tsunami
Most powerful earthquake recorded in North America. Shook for about 4 minutes and 38 seconds. Death toll: 131. Magnitude: 9.2 -
Hokkaido Tsunami
5.7 magnitude aftershock. Strongest recorded aftershock ever. Death toll: 41. Magnitude: 6.6 -
Papa New Guinea Tsunami
Magnitude 7 earthquake. Death toll of around 2200. It occured around 5:49 pm and struck along the northern coast. -
Sumatra Tsunami
Magnitude 9.1 earthquake. Death toll of 230000. in under 30 minutes tsunami waves 100ft+ pounded the Bonda aceh coast. It killed about 170k people in less then 1.5 hours! -
Samoa Tsunami
magnitude 8.1 earthquake. Death toll 189. The earthquake generated tsunami waves up to 72 feet. Waves engulfed the shores kiling around 200 people -
Chile Tsunami
The magnitude was 8.8 and the death toll was 500. It caused widespread damages to the land devastating coastal areas of the country. -
Tohoku Tsunami
The magnitude was 9.1 and had a death toll of 18,000. Several thousand victims were never recovered. The epicenter was in the middle of the ocean. -
Sulawesi Tsunami
The magnitude was 6.2 and the death toll was 84. This earthquake displaced more than 30,000 people.