Tsunami

Tsuanmis

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  • Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
    The Lisbon Earthquake hit Portugal on November 1st, 1755 with a magnitude of 9. The estimated death toll was 20,000 people. Many of the people in Lisbon were worshiping in church when the earthquake happened. The fires that started that day burned for five days.

  • Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
    The Lisbon Earthquake happened on November 1, 1755 and had a magnitude of 9. The estimated death toll was 20,000 people. Many of the people in Lisbon were worshiping in church when the earthquake happened. The fires that started that day burned for five days.

  • Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

    Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
    The Krakatoa Eruption happened on August 26, 1883 with a magnitude of 6. More than 36,000 people died. Krakatoa is known by geologists as the "Ring of Fire". The eruption took place generated the loudest sound ever reported in history.

  • Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
    The Aleutian Earthquake happened on April 1, 1946 with a magnitude on 8.1. About 160 people died. 20 students and 4 teachers drowned and people did not evacuate after the first wave.

  • Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

    Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
    The Great Chilean Earthquake happened on May 23, 1960 with a magnitude of 9.5. 61 people died. It was caused due to the subduction of Nazca plates under the South American plate. Waves set off by it and bounced back and fourth across the pacific for a week.

  • Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

    Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
    The Good Friday Earthquake happened on March 27, 1964 and had a magnitude on 9.2. It killed 130 people. The world rang like a bell for several weeks from the earthquake waves. The damaged totaled about $300 million in 1964.

  • Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

    Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)
    The Hokkaido Earthquake happened on July 12, 1993 and had a magnitude of 7.8. It killed 120 people. The New Chitose Airport would be closed for at least one day due to power outage and structural damage. 815 houses were destroyed.

  • Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)

    Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
    The Papua New Guinea Quake happened on July 17, 1998 with a magnitude of 7.1. More than 2,100 people died. It effected the villages of Sissano, Warapu, Arop and Malomo. The tsunami was 49 feet high.

  • Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
    The Sumatra Earthquake happened on December 26, 2004 with a magnitude of 9.1. About 230,000 people died. The violent movement of the Earth's tectonic plates displaced enormous amount of water, sending powerful shocks everywhere. The tsunami traveled to Africa.

  • Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)

    Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
    The Samoa Earthquake happened on September 29, 2009 and had a magnitude of 8.1. About 200 people died. Destructive waves only struck islands near the earthquake's epicenter. It effected Samoa, American Samoa and Tongo.

  • Chile Earthquake (Chile)

    Chile Earthquake (Chile)
    The Chile Earthquake happened on February 27, 2010 with a magnitude of 8.8. About 700 people died. 400,000 homes were damaged and the economy was halted.

  • Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

    Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
    The Tohoku Earthquake happened on March 11, 2011 with a magnitude of 9.1. Over 20,000 people died. 120,000 buildings were destroyed. It was caused because two tectonic plates collided.

  • Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
    The Sulawesi Earthquake happened on September 27, 2018 and had a magnitude of 7.5. 4,340 people died. It was caused by undersea landslides. It occurred less than two months after a series of earthquakes.