Most Damaging Tsunamis

  • Lisbon, Portugal Earthquake

    Lisbon, Portugal Earthquake
    The earthquake produced a tsunami resulting in fire and killing about 20,000 people. The tsunami produced waves of 23ft. tall. Also it had a magnitude of 9.
  • Krakatoa Eruption in Java/Sumatra

    Krakatoa Eruption in Java/Sumatra
    In the Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatro caused the top of a volcano to fall into the ocean. The tsunami was 115ft tall .
  • Great Chilean Earthquake in Chile

    Great Chilean Earthquake in Chile
    The magnitude of the earthquake had a magnitude of 5 and killed about 61 people after traveling for 15hrs across the Pacific Ocean
  • Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska

    Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska
    The earthquake killed about 130 people in California and Alaska combined. It also had a magnitude of 9.2
  • Aleutian Earthquake in Alaska

    Aleutian Earthquake in Alaska
    The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and killed about 160 people.
  • Papua New Guinea Quake

    Papua New Guinea Quake
    The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 and was triggered by a submarine landslide. That landslide produced a tsunami that killed more than 2,100 people
  • Hokkaido Earthquake in Japan In the sea of Japan a earthquake caused a tsunami that killed 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan

    Hokkaido Earthquake in Japan    In the sea of Japan a earthquake caused a tsunami that killed 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan
    In the sea of Japan a earthquake caused a tsunami that killed 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan
  • Sumatra Earthquake in Indonesia

    Sumatra Earthquake in Indonesia
    The earthquake killed about 230,000 people and had a magnitude of 9.1
  • Samoa Earthquake in the Samoan Islands

    Samoa Earthquake in the Samoan Islands
    The Tsunami killed about 200 people. The magnitude of it was a 8.1
  • Tsunami in Chile Earthquake

    Tsunami in Chile Earthquake
    The magnitude of the earthquake was a 8. It killed about 700 people in coastal towns.
  • Tohoku Earthquake in Japan

    Tohoku Earthquake in Japan
    This tsunami killed over 20,000 people