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Tsunami Timetoast

By kgreene22

  • 1755 Lisbon

    1755 Lisbon
    Occured in Portugal
    Magnitude: 9
    Killed about 20,000 people
    Facts:
    1. This earthquake was one of the deadliest earthquakes in history
    2. The 3 waves struck various towns along the west coast of Portugal

  • 1883 Krakatoa

    1883 Krakatoa
    Occurred in a small, uninhabited volcanic island east of Sumatra and west of Java
    Magnitude: 6
    Killed more than 36,000 people
    Facts:
    1.Caused by a high pressure buildup
    2. This eruption released 11 cubic miles of ash into the atmosphere

  • 1946 Aleutians

    1946 Aleutians
    Occurred in the Hawaiian Islands
    Magnitude: 8.1
    Killed about 160 people
    Facts:
    1.Caused $26 million (1946 damage) in damage
    2. Generated a Pacific-wide tsunami

  • 1960 Chile

    1960 Chile
    Occurred in Hawaii
    Magnitude: 9.5
    Killed about 61 people
    Facts:
    1. Damage costs estimates were over a half billion dollars
    2. People used small boats to evacuate

  • 1964 Alaska

    1964 Alaska
    Occurred in Alaska and California
    Magnitude: 9.2
    Killed about 130 people
    Facts:
    1. The disaster took place at 5:36pm
    2. Epicenter was about 6 miles

  • 1993 Okushiri

    1993 Okushiri
    Occurred in the Sea of Japan on the Okushiri Island
    Magnitude: 7.8
    Killed about 120 people
    Facts:
    1. waves ranged from 5 to 10 meters
    2. It specifically took place along the central west and southwestern shores of Hokkaido

  • 1998 Papua New Guinea

    1998 Papua New Guinea
    Occurred in New Guinea
    Magnitude: 7.1
    Killed about 2100 people
    Facts:
    1. Duration was 19 seconds
    2. Depth was 30km (19mi)

  • 2004 Sumatra

    2004 Sumatra
    Occurred on the Sumatra Island
    Magnitude: 9.1
    Killed about 230000 people
    Facts:
    1. released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima type atomic bombs
    2. tsunami waves topped 10 feet

  • 2009 Samoa

    2009 Samoa
    Occurred in the southern Pacific Ocean
    Magnitude: 8.1
    Killed about 200 people
    Facts:
    1. Depth was 15km (9.3mi)
    2. occurred near ocean trenches

  • 2010 Chile

    2010 Chile
    Occurred off the coat of Central Chile
    Magnitude: 8.8
    Killed about 700 people
    Facts:
    1. spawned by a straight/forward dip of Nazcaplate
    2. 220000 homes were destroyed and washed away

  • 2011 Japan

    2011 Japan
    Occurred in Japan
    Magnitude: 9.1
    Killed over 20000 people
    Facts:
    1. took place at 2:46pm
    2. smashes into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant