Deadline Tsunamis-Breanna DiMatteo

By bredimatteo

  • The Great Lisbon Earthquake-Lisbon, Portugal

    The Great Lisbon Earthquake-Lisbon, Portugal
    The magnitude of the earthquake that led to the tsunami was a 9 and this led to a death toll of about 20,000 people. The day that it happened was the day of The Feast of All Saints.

  • Krakatoa Earthquake of 1833-Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra

    Krakatoa Earthquake of 1833-Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra
    With a magnitude of 6, there was a death toll of more than 36,000 people. The bomb that destroyed Hiroshima was 10,000 times less powerful then this event.

  • Aleutian Island Earthquake of 1946-Alaska

    Aleutian Island Earthquake of 1946-Alaska
    Killing 160 people, it had a magnitude of 8.1 and caused almost $26 million in damage.

  • The 1960 Valdivia Earthquake-Chile, Pacific Rim

    The 1960 Valdivia Earthquake-Chile, Pacific Rim
    Being the most powerful earthquake every recorded, it had a magnitude of 9.5 and killed 5,700 people.

  • Great Alaskan Earthquake-Alaska and California

    Great Alaskan Earthquake-Alaska and California
    This earthquake and tsunami happened on a Good Friday. It had a magnitude of 9.2 and killed 131 people.

  • 1993 Hokkaidō earthquake-Okushiri Island, Japan

    1993 Hokkaidō earthquake-Okushiri Island, Japan
    The whole catastrophe, which included an earthquake, a tsunami, and a landslide, had a magnitude of 7.8 and killed 120 people.

  • Papua New Guinea Earthquake-Papua, New Guinea

    Papua New Guinea Earthquake-Papua, New Guinea
    With a magnitude of 7.1, this event killed 2,100 people. The earthquake caused a large undersea landslide which caused a tsunami that hit the coast.

  • The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake-Sumatra, Indonesia

    The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake-Sumatra, Indonesia
    This earthquake and tsunami killed 227,898 people and had a magnitude of 9.1. Materials lost in the Indian Ocean amounted to over $10 billion.

  • 2009 Samoa Earthquake and Tsunami-Southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone

    2009 Samoa Earthquake and Tsunami-Southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone
    The magnitude of this earthquake was a 8.1 but only killed 189 people. The earthquake generated tsunami waves of up to 20m.

  • The 2010 Chile Earthquake-Off the coast of central Chile

    The 2010 Chile Earthquake-Off the coast of central Chile
    With a magnitude of 8.8 this earthquake killed 700 people. It can be said that intense shaking lasted for about 3 minutes.

  • 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami-Off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku

    2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami-Off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku
    With a magnitude of 9.1, this earthquake and tsunami killed over 20,000 people. Citizens reported to have felt violent shaking for almost 5 whole minutes.