Most Dangerous Tsunamis

The Italian Tsunami

Dec 28, 1908

The Waves were up to 15 metres high. This tsunami killed over 100,000 people

Japanese Tsunami

Mar 3, 1933

3,000 people were killed in this tsunami. It was caused by a 7.4 earthquake

USSR Tsunami

Nov 4, 1952

The tsunami was generated by a major earthquake in the Pacific Ocean, 130 kilometers (81 mi) from the shore of Kamchatka, with an estimated magnitude of 9.0. There were three waves about 15–18 meters (49–59 ft) high. This Tsunami killed 2500 people.

Chile Tsunami

May 22, 1960

Tsunami off the coast of Chile killed 5700 people in Chile, 61 in Hawaii and 130 in Japan. The waves reached heights of 10 metres high.

Philippine Tsunami

Aug 16, 1976

Killed 5,000 people near the islands of Mindanao and Sulu, in the Philippines. Its magnitude was calculated as being as high as 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale.

Nicaraguan Tsunami

Sep 2, 1992

Some damage was also reported in Costa Rica. At least 116 people were killed and several more were injured. The quake was located in an active zone of stress and deformation. It created tsunamis disproportionately large for its surface wave magnitude.

Indonesian Tsunami

Dec 12, 1992

!,700 people died in an earthquake-triggered tsunami. It occurred on December 12 on the island of Flores in Indonesia. With a magnitude of 7.8, it was the largest and also the deadliest earthquake in 1992.

Japanese Tsunami

Jul 12, 1993

ThsiTsunami killed 239 people. The Magnitude of the earthquake was 7.8. The tsunami was on okishini island

Papua New Guinea Tsunami

Jul 18, 1998

Tsunami killed 2,200 people. Magnitude 7.1 earthquake triggered a landslide which produced tsunami.

Turkey Tsunami

Aug 17, 1999

This was the strongest earthquake to strike Northern Turkey since 1967. It occurred along the Northern Anatolian fault. Its epicenter was in the Gulf of Izmit. Official estimates indicated that about 17,000 people lost their lives and thousands more were injured. a large destructive earthquake struck northwest Turkey and generated a local tsunami within the enclosed Sea of Marmara.

Peruvian Tsunami

Jun 21, 2001

Claimed 96 lives. Southern Peru was rocked by a massive earthquake of moment magnitude between 8.3 to 8.4, making this event the largest earthquake world-wide in possibly 35 years. The quake, centered near the Peruvian coastal city of Ocoña

Indian Ocean Tsunami

Dec 26, 2004

Claimed 230,000 lives, destroyed over a million homes and orphaned many children. The earthquake that caused this was a 9.3 on the Richter scale.

Indonesian Tsunami

Jun 21, 2006

This Tsunami Killed 300 people. The wave was a 2 metre high tsunami!

Japan Tsunami

Mar 11, 2011

On March 11, 2011, off the Pacific coast of Japan, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake produced a tsunami 33 feet (10 m) high along Japan's northeastern coast. The wave caused widespread devastation, with an official count of 18,550 people confirmed to be killed/missing