Tsunami

tsunami

  • April fools tsunami 1946

    on April 1 1946 an earthquake occur in Alaska that made a shock of 8.6 magnitude, only took it 5 hours to reach Hawaii that killed 200 people that called it April fool tsunami
  • Lituya bay 1958

    the tsunami in Lituya Bay, Alaska was caused by a landslide triggered by an 8.3 magnitude earthquake.
  • Chilean coast 1960

    on may 22 1960 The largest recorded earthquake,with the of magnitude 8.6 in Chile, created a tsunami that hit the Chilean coast within 15 minutes. The surge, up to 75 feet high, killed 1,500 people in Chile and Hawaii.
  • good Friday tsunami 1964

    March 27 1964
    The Alaskan Good Friday earthquake,with the of magnitude 8.4, shocked a 201-foot tsunami in the Valdez Inlet. It travelled at over 400 mph, killing about 200 people.
  • Philippines 1976

    On August 16, 1976, a devastating earthquake with the magnitude of 6.8, on the Cotabato Trench caused destruction on the island of Mindanao the southernmost and largest of the Phillipine Islands and caused a tsunami that killed 8,000 people
  • new Guniea 1998

    on July 28 1998, A magnitude 7.1 earthquake generated a tsunami in Papua New Guinea that quickly killed 2,200.
  • Indian ocean tsunami

    Indian ocean tsunami
    On December 26 2004 a earthquake of 9.1 - 9.3 magnitude shocked the people to Sumatra Indonesian, that later formed a tsunami that killed over 250,00 . The amount of damage cost is 19.9 billion dollars
  • Panganda 2006

    Panganda 2006
    on July 17 in the coast of east at java island by Indonesia

    had the magnitude of 7.7 that caused an tsunami in central java killing 668 lives
  • Solomon islands 2007

    Solomon islands  2007
    On July 2 2007 a tsunami hit Solomon islands waves got up to 12m it destroyed 900 homes and and whipped out 13 or more villages and killed 60 people.
  • Samoa 2009

    Samoa 2009
    On September 29 a tsunami happened in Samoa that waves got up to 46 ft and killed 189 people.
  • Chile 2010

    Chile 2010
    February 27 at 3:34 a tsunami hit Chile and destroyed over 100o homes and killed 525 people.
  • mentawai 2010

    mentawai 2010
    October 25 a tsunami hit Mentawai and destroyed 4000 homes killed 435 people and the waves got up to 9 Ft