Tsunami Time Toast By Nicholas Heckman

Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

Nov 1, 1775

Magnitude 9. Killed 20,000. Traveled Atlantic Ocean and was amplified to 7 meters high.

Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

Aug 26, 1883

Killed 36,000. Destroyed 165 villages and was 35 feet high. Krakatoa volcano in the Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra caused the top of the volcano to collapse into the ocean, creating the tsunami.

Aleutia Earthquake (Alaska)

Nov 9, 1946

Magnitude 8.1. Killed 160 in Hawaiin Islands.

Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

May 22, 1960

Magnitude 9.5. Killed 61 in Hawaii. Traveled Pacific Ocean for 15 hours.

Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

Mar 27, 1964

Magnitude 9.2. Killed 130 in Alaska and California.

Sea of Japan Earthquake (Japan)

May 26, 1993

Magnitude 7.8. Killed 120 in Okushiri Island, Japan.

Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)

Jul 17, 1998

Magnitude 7.1. Killed 2,108. Tsunami was created by a submarine landslide.

Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

Mar 28, 2004

Magnitude 9.1. Killed 230,000.

Samoa Earthquake (Samoa Islands

Sep 29, 2009

Killed 200 in samoa. Magnitude 8.1

Chile Earthquake

Feb 27, 2010

Killed 700 people in coastal towns. Magnitude 8.8

Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

Mar 11, 2011

Killed 20,000 in Japan with magnitude 9.1.