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most dangerous tsunamis

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  • Lisbon Earthquake

    Lisbon Earthquake
    The magnitude of this quake was a 9, 20,000 people died. 85% of Lisbon's buildings were destroyed. This quake lasted 3 and a half minutes.

  • Krakatoa Eruption

    Krakatoa Eruption
    The magnitude for this eruption was VEI of 6, 36,000 people died. 165 villages and towns were destroyed. The force of this was 13,000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

  • Aleutian Earthquake

    Aleutian Earthquake
    The magnitude of this quake was a 8.1, 160 people died. This caused a tsunami with the height ranging from 45-130 feet, this tsunami obliterated the scotch cap lighthouse.

  • Great Chilean Earthquake

    Great Chilean Earthquake
    The magnitude of this quake was a 9.5, only 61 people died. This quake shifted the earth's axis, and shortened the day on earth by 1.26 microseconds.

  • Good Friday Earthquake

    Good Friday Earthquake
    The Magnitude of this quake was 9.2, 130 people died. This quake released about 500 years of stress, this was the second largest ever recorded quake.

  • Hokkaido Earthquake

    Hokkaido Earthquake
    The Magnitude of this quake was 7.8, 120 people died. This quake also shortened earths day by a micro second, more than 5,000 after shocks took place the following year

  • Papua New Guinea Earthquake

    Papua New Guinea Earthquake
    The magnitude of this quake was 7.1, 2,100 people died. This quake was 53 kilometers deep and cause a huge undersea land slide

  • Sumatra Earthquake

    Sumatra Earthquake
    The magnitude of this quake was 9.1, 230,000 people died. This quake was estimated to have the same energy as 23,000 Hiroshima bombs the tsunami after lasted 7 hours

  • Samoa Earthquake

    Samoa Earthquake
    The Magnitude of this quake was 8.1, 200 people died. The earthquake lasted up to 3 minutes, the tsunami came only 10-20 minutes after

  • Chile Earthquake

    Chile Earthquake
    The magnitude of this quake was 8.8, 700 people died. The tsunami came after and was 80 feet tall. The economic damage added up to 550 million dollars.

  • Tohoku Earthquake

    Tohoku Earthquake
    The magnitude of this quake was 9.1, 20,000 people died. This quake shifted the earth on its access this quake was 18.6 miles deep.

  • Sulawesi Earthquake

    Sulawesi Earthquake
    The magnitude of this quake was 7.5, 4,340 people died. 6,500 buildings just disappeared from liquefaction and the quake reached 20 km deep