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Libson Earthquake (Portugal)
In 1755, a tsunami that resulted in a fire killed 20,000 people with a magnitude of 9. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
1883, a violent explosion of a volcano caused a tsunami with a magnitude of 35 m (115 ft.), causing 36,000 deaths. -
Great Chilean Eathquake (Chile)
With a magnitude of 9.5, this tsunami killed 81 people. This tsunami traveled 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. -
Aleutian Eathquake (Alaska)
1946- An earthquake that produced a tsunami with a magnitude of 8.1, killing 160 people. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
Magnitude 9.2 with a death toll of 130 after an earthquake produced a tsunami. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
With a magnitude of 7.8, 120 people were killed due to a earthquake that started in the Sea of Japan. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea
With a magnitude of 7.1, this tsunami produced a submarine landslide and killed 2,100 people. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
In 2009, a tsunami with a magnitude of 8.1 killed 230,000 people which occurred at 12:58 am. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
With a magnitude of 8.1, this tsunami started as an earthquake along a tectonic subduction zone, killing 200 people. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
In 2010, an earthquake that produced a tsunami killed 700 people, had a magnitude of 8.8. The intense shake lasted about three minutes. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
This tsunami totaled of about $360 billion US dollars of damage. The magnitude of the tsunami was 9.1 and killed 20,000 people. -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
This earthquake was the deadliest earthquake to strike this country since 2006. The magnitude was 7.5 and killed 4,340 people.
