Most damaging tsunamis

Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

Nov 1, 1755

Magnitude - 7.7M
Death toll- 20,000 people
I find it interesting facts on how at the time of the tsunami they where all worshipping in the church at the time.

Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

Aug 26, 1883

Magnitude-9.2M
Death toll-More than 36,000 people
I found it interesting that this tsunami washed away 165 coastal villages on Java and Sumatra.

Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

Apr 1, 1946

magnitude -8.1M
Death tool -160 people
An interesting Aleutian Earthquake facts is that it Had over 26 Million dollars in damage and waves that demolished 77 homes and many other building.

Great Chilean Earthquake (chile)

May 23, 1960

Magnitude- 9.5M
Death toll-61 people
An interesting fact about this earthquake is that it left two million homeless

Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

Mar 27, 1964

Magnitude- 9.2M
Death toll- 130 people
Interesting facts is that Severals towns were moved to safer ground after the tsunami.

Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

Jul 12, 1993

Magnitude-7.8M
Death toll-120 people
Interesting facts is that this tsunami was a maximum felt intensity of VLL on the mercali intensity scale.

Papua New Guinea Earthquake(Papua New Guinea)

Jul 17, 1998

Magnitude- 7.1M
Death Toll-more than 2100 people
This earthquake effected water sources and destroying crops. Also, trigging landslides, killing and burying people and houses.

Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

Dec 26, 2004

Magnitude- 9.1 M
Death Toll-230,000 people
A sad interesting fact is that the Sumatra Earthquake was so bad that Total material losses from the tsunami were estimated at 10 million dollars.

Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)

Sep 29, 2009

Magnitude-8.1M
Death Toll-200 people
An interesting fact about the Samoa earthquake is that it was it was so big it took to be the biggest earthquake of 2009.

Chile Earthquake (Chile)

Feb 27, 2010

Magnitude-8.8M
Death Toll-700 people
An important fact about the Chile Earthquake the chilean army dispatched more than 10,000 troops to the devastated areas around the epicenter to direct recovery operations and keep the peace the day after the quake.

Tohoku Earthquake

Mar 11, 2011

Magnitude-9.1M
Death Tolls- more than 20,000 people
An interesting fact is that the Tohoku earthquake was one of one of the most expensive natural disasters and was estimated at 220 billions dollars.

Sulawesi Earthquake(Indonesia)

Sep 27, 2018

Magnitude-7.5M
Death Toll-2,000 people
2.4 millions people where effected by this earthquake the ASEAN coordinating centre for humanitarian assistance estimated that some 191,000 people were in need of immediate humanitarian assistance.