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Libson Earthquake
The Libson earthquake in Portugal produced a 7m high tsunami from it's magnitude 9 shaking. It resulted in 20,000 fatal casualties. No photographs exist of the event due to the time period it occurred in. -
The Eruption of Krakatoa
The eruption of Krakatoa read a 6 on the Volcanic Expolsivity Index. A tsunami soon followed due to the ferocity of the eruption. The tsunami killed 36,000 and destroyed approximately 165 villages. -
The Aleutian Earthquake
This quake occurred in Alaska and held a 8.1 magnitude. Fatalities were estimated to only be 160. The resulting tsunami did not occur in Alaska, but hit Hawaii instead -
Great Chilean Earthquake
The quake itself was a massive 9.5 magnitude. On the contrary, the tsunami it formed resulted in only 61 deaths. This is because the tsunami travelled an approximate 15 hours to Hawaii. -
Good Friday Earthquake
The earthquake hit a 9.2 magnitude. It resulted in 130 fatal casualties. The tsunami it created had an impact that ranged from Alaska to California. It turned out not to be that good of a Friday. -
Hokkaido
A tsunami formed from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Hokkaido. It resulted in 120 killed. Multiple landslides occurred from the shaking. -
Papau New Guniea Quake
The earthquake rated a 7.1 magnitude. The death toll measured around 2,100 killed. The earthquake itself caused a submarine landslide that altered the seafloor. -
The Indonesian Earthquake
The 9.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Indonesia in 2004 was devastating. An astonishing 230,000 killed by the tsunami alone, this is still considered to be one of the worst earthquakes in history. -
Samoa Earthquake
With a magnitude of 8.1 and 200 killed, the Samoan earthquake was the result of a Dip-Slip plate movement -
Chile Earthquake
The tsunami caused by the 8.8 earthquake killed about 700. Flights in and out of Chile's international airport were shut down for 24 hours. -
Tohoku Earthquake
The earthquake that hit Japan in 2011 rated a 9.1 on the moment magnitude scale and combined with the tsunami killed 20,000. The flooding and shaking shut down a nuclear power plant and caused a meltdown scare.
