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Tsunamis
Talking about 11 of deadlty tsunamis -
1755 Lisbon,Portugal, earthquake
Magnitude 9 earthquake, Produced a tsunami that along with the earthquake and resulting fire, Killed 20,000 people(estimated) Tsunami waves crossed the Atlantic Ocean amplified to heights of 7m(~23ft) or more -
1883 violent explosion of Krakatoa volcano
The town of Merak was destroyed by a tsunami 46 m (151 ft) high. (This is from Wikipedia but on the book, it says"35m(115ft)") Some of the pyroclastics flow reached the Sumatran coast as much as 40 km (25 mi) away. Destroyed 165 villages and killed more than 36000 people -
1946 Aleutians earthquake
The 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake occurred near the Aleutian Islands, Alaska on April 1. (moment magnitude of 8.6) Triggered a Pacific-wide tsunami with multiple destructive waves at heights ranging from 45–130 ft. It also produced tsunami in Hawaiian Islands (killed 160 people) -
1960 Chile earthquake
Magnitude 9.5 earthquake in Chile triggered a tsunami. Killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling for 15hrs across the Pacific Ocean -
1964 Alaska earthquake
Magnitude 9.2 earthquake triggered the deadly tsunami (up to 220 feet (67 m) in height) 139 people died by the result of earthquake and tsunami -
1993 earthquake in the Sea of Japan
Magnitude 7.8 caused the tsunami and it killed 120 people in Okushiri (up to 4.0m in southeastern Russia and up to 2.6 m on the coast of South Korea.up of 3.5 m at Akita in northern Honshu) -
1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake triggered the submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2100 people.The tsunami was originally thought to have been caused by a 2 m (6 ft 7 in) vertical drop in the Pacific Plate along a 25 mi (40 km) long fault -
2004 Sumatra earthquake
Magnitude 9.1 earthquake triggered tsunami(30 metres (100 ft) high ), It killed about 230000 people -
2010 Chile earthquake
Magnitude 8.8, The tsunami killed 200 people. -
2011 Japan earthquake
Magnitude 9.1, Triggered tsunami, it killed 20000people waves that reached heights of up to 40.5 metres (133 ft)
