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Lisbon, Portugal
Earthquake that caused a tsunami with heights over 23 ft. With a magnitude of 9 and killed over 20,000 people. -
Sundra Straight
A volcanic explosion caused the top of the volcano to collapse in the ocean. An over 115 ft high tsunami destroyed 165 villages and killed over 36,000 people -
Aleutians (Alaska) Earthquake
Earthquake that produced a tsunami in the Hawaiian Islands that killed about 160 people -
Chile
Tsunami triggered by an earthquake that killed 61 people in Hawaii. After it traveled over 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. -
Alaska Earthquake
Earthquake in Alaska generated a very deadly tsunami that killed about 130 people in Alaska and California. -
Sea of Japan
120 people were killed on Okushiri Island, Japan due to an earthquake in the Sea of Japan that produced a tsunami -
Papua New Guinea
A submarine landslide was triggered by an earthquake which caused a tsunami to occur killing over 2100 people. -
Sumatra
230,000 people were killed from a tsunami generated from an earthquake. -
Samoa
About 200 people were killed from an earthquake generated tsunami with an 8.1 magnitude. -
Chile Earthquake
In the coastal towns of Chile 700 people were killed from an 8.8 magnitude earthquake which generated a tsunami. -
Japan
Over 20,000 people were killed from a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami.