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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The tsunami killed roughly 20,000 people and the earthquake had a magnitude of 9.0. The waves of the tsunami reached 7 m high (about 23 ft) or higher in the West Indies -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
The tsunami killed 36,000+ people and destroyed 165 villages. It also had waves that reached 115 ft. high. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and the tsunami that followed killed 160 people in Hawaii. The tsunami was caused by the earthquake -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5 and the tsunami that followed resulted in 61 people dead in Hawaii. The tsunami traveled 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2 and resulted in roughly 130 people dying in Alaska and California combined. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 and it the tsunami that followed killed 120 people on Okushiri Island in Japan. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 and the death total was about 2,100 people. The tsunami was caused by a submarine landslide that was triggered by the earthquake. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and the tsunami/earthquake killed about 230,000 people. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1 and the tsunami/earthquake killed about 200 people. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and the tsunami/earthquake killed approximately 700 people in the coastal towns. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and the tsunami/earthquake killed over 20,000 people.
