Deadly Tsunamis- Lucian Rivera

By lucian a rivera

  • Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
    It was a magnitude 9 earthquake and the death toll was 20,000. The main tectonic plate was the mid-Atlantic and it produced 20 foot wave.

  • Krakatoa Eruption (Java/sumatra)

    Krakatoa Eruption (Java/sumatra)
    VEI of 6 . the estimated Death toll was 36,417 to 120,000 people. The Eruption lasted 5 months and peaked in august when 70% of the island of krakatoa was destroyed

  • Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
    Mag. 8.6 . The Death toll was 165-173 people. april fools day event destroyed the new Scotch cap lighthouse and caused 26 million dollars to the US.

  • Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

    Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
    mag. 9.4 to 9.6. The death toll was 1655 people . This Tsunami Not only wrecked the chilean coast , but also reached Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines.

  • Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

    Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
    Mag. 9.2 The Death toll was 131 people . This was the largest recorded earthquake and caused a underwater landslide.

  • Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

    Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
    mag. 7.7 The death toll was 230 people. Okushiri island was hit the hardest with eartquake,tsunami and landslide damage. 165 deaths were recorded on Okuhiri island alone .

  • Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)

    Papua New Guinea Earthquake (Papua New Guinea)
    Mag. 7.0 The Death toll was about 2,183 people. This Earthquake also caused a undersea landslide which formed the tsunami that hit the coast.

  • Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
    Mag. 9.1 to 9.3 . the death toll was 227 to 898 deaths. The Earthquake caused the tsunami was estimated to release energy equvilent to 23 hiroshima atomic bombs

  • Samos Earthquake (samoan Islands)

    Samos Earthquake (samoan Islands)
    Mag.8.0 The Death toll was 189 people. This was the largest earthquake of 2009 , that had a faulting event with a magnitude of 8.1. Within 2 mnutes another 2 earthquakes happened.

  • Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

    Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
    Mag.9.0 to 9.1 the Death toll was 19,747 people . This Event actually shortened the day by a millisecond .

  • Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
    Mag. 7.5 the death toll was 4,340 people . The earthquake struck central Sulawesi Indonesia that caused 1.5 meter waves that affected 2.4 million people

  • Chile Earthquake (Chile)

    Chile Earthquake (Chile)
    Mag.8.8 The Death Toll was 526 people. There was about 20,000 that were destroyed . 4,500 schools and hospitals were also destroyed