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Deadly Tsunamis - Julia Thornton

By 22jthornton

  • Lisbon Earthquake

    Lisbon Earthquake
    Magnitude: 7.7
    Death Toll: 40,000-50,000
    Fact: 85% of Lisbon's buildings were destroyed by the Tsunami.

  • Krakatoa Eruption

    Krakatoa Eruption
    Magnitude/VEI: 6
    Death Toll: 36,147
    Fact: The explosion has been theorized to be one of the main sources of inspiration for Edward Munch's famous 1893 painting, "The Scream".

  • Aleutian Earthquake

    Aleutian Earthquake
    Magnitude: 8.6
    Death Toll: 165-173
    Fact: This earthquake is also known as the April Fools day tsunami in Hawaii because it happened on April 1, and many thought the warnings of the earthquake to be an April Fool's day prank.

  • Great Chilean Earthquake

    Great Chilean Earthquake
    Magnitude: 9.5 (9.4-9.6)
    Death Toll: 1,655
    Fact: After this Earthquake, a committee was formed to solve problems caused by the earthquake, Thus the committee was then officially founded as ONEMI in 1974 and became an independent governmental office.

  • Good Friday Earthquake

    Good Friday Earthquake
    Magnitude: 9.2
    Death Toll: 131
    Fact: This 9.2 magnitude earthquake released enough energy to snap 800,000 spaghetti strands according to the U.S. geological survey.

  • Hokkaido Earthquake

    Hokkaido Earthquake
    Magnitude: 7.7
    Death Toll: 230
    Fact: There were about 600 million in property losses caused primarily by the Tsunami.

  • Papua New Guinea Earthquake

    Papua New Guinea Earthquake
    Magnitude: 7.0
    Death Toll: 2,183-2,700
    Fact: A Submarine landslide generated by the earthquake triggered the tsunami, unlike how most tsunamis are triggered.

  • Sumatra Earthquake

    Sumatra Earthquake
    Magnitude: 9.1-9.3
    Death Toll: 227,898
    Facts: The Sumatra earthquake is estimated to have released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs.

  • Tohoku Earthquake

    Tohoku Earthquake
    Magnitude: 9.0
    Death Toll: 18,000
    Fact: This was the most powerful earthquake recorded in Japan since 1900.

  • Samoa Earthquake

    Samoa Earthquake
    Magnitude: 8.1
    Death Toll: 192
    Facts: The prime minister of Somoa lost two relatives in the tsunami.

  • Chile Earthquake

    Chile Earthquake
    Magnitude: 8.8
    Death Toll: 500
    Facts: Nearly 400,000 homes sustained significant damage in this tsunami.

  • Sulawesi Earthquake

    Sulawesi Earthquake
    Magnitude: 7.5
    Death Toll: 4,340
    Fact: A month after the earthquake over 200,000 (206,524) people had been made refugees.