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Most Damaging Tsunamis (Keturah Phillips)

  • Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
    (M 9) Earthquake produced a tsunami that along with the earthquake resulted in fire. It killed an estimated 20000 people
  • Krakatoa Eruption (Java/ Sumatra)

    Krakatoa Eruption (Java/ Sumatra)
    The top of the volcano collapsed into the ocean. This sudden collapse produced a giant tsunami. 115 ft high. Destroyed 165 villages and killed over 36,000 people
  • Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
    (M 8.1) Aleutians earthquake produced a tsunami, that killed about 160 people
  • Great Chilean Earthquake

    Great Chilean Earthquake
    (M 9.5) Chile earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii after travelling for 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean
  • Good Friday Earthquake

    Good Friday Earthquake
    (M 9.2) Alaska earthquake generated a deadly tsunami that killed 130 people in Alaska and California
  • Hokkaido Earthquake

    Hokkaido Earthquake
    (M 7.8) Earthquake in the Sea of Japan that caused a tsunami that killed 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan
  • Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)

    Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
    (M 7.1) It was triggered by a submarine landslide that produced a Tsunami that killed more than 2100 people
  • Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
    (M 9.1) Sumatra earthquake generated a tsunami that killed more than 280000 people
  • Samoa Earthquake (Samoa Islands)

    Samoa Earthquake (Samoa Islands)
    (M 8.1) Samoa earthquakes generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people
  • Chile Earthquake (Chile)

    Chile Earthquake (Chile)
    (M 8.8) Chile earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 700 people in coastal towns
  • Tohoku Earthquake

    Tohoku Earthquake
    (M 9.1) Japan earthquake generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000