Most Damaging Tsunami's

By BraylonT1

  • Lisbon Earthquake(Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake(Portugal)
    8.5 Magnitude
    Had a death toll of 60,000 people
    3 of the waves were 30 meters high, the tsunami affected waves as far away as Carlisle bay, Barbados which caused the waves to rise up 1.5 meters.

  • Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

    Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
    Was as strong as 200 megatons of TNT
    The death toll was 40,000 people
    Multiple waves as high as 37 meters, and 2000 people died from the volcanic eruption alone.

  • Aleutian Earthquake ( Alaska )

    Aleutian Earthquake ( Alaska )
    Magnitude of 8.6
    Death toll- 165-173
    The shaking lasted longer than 4 minutes and it launched several deadly tsunami's and triggered dangerous landslides

  • Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

    Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
    9.5 magnitude
    Death toll- 5,700 people
    Strongest earthquake ever recorded 675$ million in property damage, it damaged Alaska, Hawaii, Japan and the Philippine's

  • Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

    Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
    9.2 Magnitude
    Death toll- 125
    Some people said it was the most "Powerful Tremor"
    311$ in property damage
    Lasted 3 minutes

  • Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

    Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
    7.7 Magnitude
    Death toll- 185 (120 died from tsunami)
    600$ million in property damage

  • Papua New Guinea Earthquake( Papua New guinea )

    Papua New Guinea Earthquake( Papua New guinea )
    7.0 magnitude
    Death toll- 1,600-2,200 and 1000 were left injured
    The Tsunami was 15m tall and 10,000 people had to be displaced to a new village

  • Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
    9.7 magnitude
    Death toll- 230,000-290,000
    The earthquake/Tsunami was so strong is wobbled the earths rotation axis by almost an inch.

  • Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)

    Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
    8.0 magnitude
    Death toll-192
    The Samoa Tsunami hit as 6:48 AM
    It was two large earthquakes that cause the tsunami

  • Chile Earthquake (Chile)

    Chile Earthquake (Chile)
    8.8 magnitude
    521 dead and 46 missing
    The wave heights were 29 meters and had a coastal uplift of 2 meters
    30$ billion in damages

  • Tohoku Earthquake ( Chile )

    Tohoku Earthquake ( Chile )
    9.1 Magnitude
    Death toll- 15,899
    Most powerful recorded earthquake since 1990
    4th most powerful worldwide
    Strong shaking for 3-5 minutes

  • Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
    7.5 magnitude
    Death toll- 4,340
    It was caused from a Strike-Slip fault
    The Foreshock magnitude went up to 6.1
    The Tsunami was 4-7 meters tall