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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
Earthquake of a magnitude of 8.5-9.0 triggered a tsunami with waves greater than 23 feet, resulted in a fire, killed around 20,000 people -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
When the volcano Krakatoa exploded, the top of it landed into the ocean and created a tsunami with was higher than 115 feet, destroyed more than 165 villages, and killed more than 36,000 people -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
Tsunami in Hawaii caused by an Alaskan earthquake of a magnitude of 8.6, killed more than 160 people -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
After traveling across the Pacific Ocean, a tsunami caused by a Chile earthquake of a magnitude of about 9.4-9.6, killed 61 people in Hawaii -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
Alaska earthquake of a magnitude of 9.2 created a tsunami that killed about 130 people in Alaska and California -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
Earthquake in the sea of Japan of a magnitude of 7.7 killed over 120 people on the Okushiri Island, Japan -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
Papua New Guinea earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2,100 people -
Sumatra Earthquake
Sumatra earthquake of a magnitude of 9.1-9.3 triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
Samoa earthquake with a magnitude of about 8.1, killed more than 200 people -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
Chile earthquake with a magnitude of about 8.8 that triggered a tsunami that killed 700 in coastal towns -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
A Japan earthquake of a magnitude of about 9.0 killed over 20,000 people
