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(M9) Lisbon, Portugal Earthquake
An earthquake with a magnitude of 9. The earthquake caused fires and killed about 20,000 people. Tsunami waves that crossed the Atlantic Ocean amplified to heights of 7 m(23 feet) or more in the West Indies -
Krakatoa Volcano
Krakatoa volcano in the Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra caused the top of the volcano to collapse into the ocean. This sudden collapse produced a giant tsunami more than 35 m (~15 ft.) high that destroyed 165 villages and killed more than 36,000 people. -
(M8.1) Aleutians Earthquake
the earthquake produced a tsunami in the Haiian Islands that killed about 160 people -
(M9.5) Chile Earthquake
the tsunami triggered by the earthquake killed 61 people and it traveled for 15 hours across the pacific ocean
Earthquake with a magnitude of 9.5 -
Alaska earthquake (M9.2)
generated a deadly tsunami that killed about 130 people in Alaska and California. -
(M7.1) Papua New Guinea earthquake
earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2100 people. -
Sea of Japan
earthquake in the Sea of Japan caused a tsunami that killed 120 people on Okushir -
(M 8.1) Samoa
earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people. -
(M 8.8) Chile earthquake
earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 700 people in coastal tows. -
(9.1) Japan Earthquake
generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people