tsunami time coast

By tplatt

  • The 1755 Lisbon, Portugal

    (M9) Earthquake produced a tsunami that, along with the earthquake and resulting fire, killed an estimated 20,000 people

  • The 1883 violent explosion of Krakatoa volcano

    This collapse produced a giant tsunami more than 35m(115 ft) high that destroyed 165 villiages and killed more than 36,000 people

  • The 1946 Aleutians(Alaska)

    (M8.1) Earthquake produced a tsunami in the Hawaiian Islands that killed about 160 people

  • The 1960 (M9.5) Chile earthquake

    Chile earthquakes triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling for 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean

  • The 1964 (M9.2) Alaska earthquake

    Alaska earthquake generated a deadly tsunami that killed about 130 people in Alaska and California

  • The 1993 (M 7.8) Earthquake on the Sea of Japan

    Earthquake on the Sea of Japan caused a tsunami that killed 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan

  • The 1998 (M 7.1) Papua New Guinea earthquake

    Papua New Guinea earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2100 people

  • The 2004 (M 9.1) Sumatra earthquake

    Sumatra earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 230,000 people

  • The 2009 (M 8.1)Samoa earthquake

    Samoa earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people

  • The 2010 (M 8.8) Chile earthquake

    Chile earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 700 people in coastal towns

  • The 2011 (M 9.1) Japan earthquake

    Japan earthquake generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people