The Tsunami Timeline

Lisbon Earthquake

Nov 1, 1755

This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.5- 9 with a death toll of 70,000 people. The max height of waves were 20 feet and come in 3 waves. It struck many nearby towns along the coast.

Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

Aug 26, 1883

This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.5 and death toll of 36,417 people. The force of this quake was 13,000x more powerful then the Hiroshima bomb.

Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

Apr 1, 1946

The magnitude of this earthquake was 4.0 and killed around 165-173 people. A newly built lighthouse named "Scotch Cap" was destroyed bringing down 5 men who were inside leaving them dead.

Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

Mar 27, 1956

This quake had a magnitude of 9.2 with 139 deaths. In Chenega, 25 of the 76 villagers drowned due to tsunami impacts.

Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

May 23, 1960

This was a huge quake with a magnitude of 9.5 with 1,655 people dead. This is known as the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.

Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan)

Jul 12, 1993

This quake had a magnitude of 6.0 totaling around 230 people dead. This tsunami was triggered instantly only taking the wave 2-5 minutes to reach the coast.

Papua New Guinea Earthquake

Jul 17, 1998

This quake had a magnitude of 7.0 with 2,700 people dead This earthquake caused a large under sea landslide which caused a tsunami to hit the coast.

Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

Dec 26, 2004

This quake had a huge magnitude of 9.1 with a deadly number of 227,898 people. This is known as the deadliest disasters in history as it killed so many people.

Samoa Earthquake

Sep 29, 2009

This quake had a magnitude of 8.1 with 192 deaths. These tsunami waves were giant with them over 72 feet.

Chile Earthquake

Feb 27, 2010

This quake had a magnitude of 8.8 with 525 deaths. This earthquake and tsunami totaled around $30 Billion USD making it a very awful and costly disaster.

Tohoku Earthquake

Mar 11, 2011

This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 with 18,000 deaths. This earthquake caused the earth to shift on an axis of rotation by redistributing the mass. It also shortened the length of day by a microsecond.

Sulawesi Earthquake

Sep 27, 2018

This quake had a magnitude of 7.5 and 4,340 deaths The earthquake and tsunami was caused by movement on the Palu-koro fault. Evidence shows 150 km of the fault ruptured.