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The Lisbon Earthquake
A magnitude 9 earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal resulted in a 23 foot tsunami to strike the town killing 20,000 people -
Krakatoa Eruption
A violent explosion of the Krakatoa volcano in the sundra strait caused the top of the volcano to collapse and caused a 115 ft tsunami that killed 36 thousand -
Aleutian Earthquake
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake caused a tsunami in Hawaii killing 160 people -
Great Chilean Earthquake
A magnitude 9.5 earthquake in Chile caused a tsunami in Hawaii. It traveled 15 hours across the pacific -
Good Friday Earthquake
A 9.2 magnitude earthquake in Alaska triggered a deadly tsunami that killed 130 people in both Alaska and California -
Hokkaido Earthquake
A magnitude 7.8 Earthquake in the sea of Japan created a tsunami that killed 120 people in the Okushiri Island -
Papua New Guinea Earthquake
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Papua, New Guinea caused a submarine landslide which caused a tsunami that killed 2,100 people -
Sumatra Indonesia Earthquake
A magnitude 9.1 earthquake caused a fatal tsunami that killed 230 thousand people -
Samoa Earthquake
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake caused a deadly tsunami in the Samoan Islands that killed over 200 people -
Chile Earthquake
An earthquake in Chile caused a tsunami that killed 700 people -
Tohoku Earthquake
An earthquake in Tohoku, Japan caused a fatal tsunami that killed over 20,00 people
