Tsunami timetoast

Lisbon

Nov 1, 1755

This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 there was a death toll of 70,000. an effect of this earthquake and tsunami is the fires that lasted 5 days.

Krakatoa

Aug 26, 1883

This earthquake had a magnitude of 6 and a death toll of 35,000. The eruption generated the loudest sound ever reported in history.

Aleutian

Apr 1, 1946

This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.6 and a death toll of 173. because of this earthquake the USA decided to create a seismic sea wave warning system .

Great Chilean

May 23, 1960

This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5 and a death toll of 1,655. during this a village boy was to be sacrificed to calm the sea and earth.

Good Friday

Mar 27, 1964

This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2 and a death toll of 131. After this natural disaster thee was only one building left and it was a school house.

Hokkaido

Jul 12, 1993

this earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 and a death toll of 230. more than half of the deaths were because of the tsunami.

Papua New Guinea

Jul 17, 1998

This earthquake had a magnitude of 7 and a death toll of 2,500. it wasn't the earthquake that triggered the tsunami it was actually a submarine landslide.

Sumatra

Dec 26, 2004

This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and a death toll of 230,000. sadly the deaths were very high due to no warning system put in place for the tsunami.

Samoa

Sep 29, 2009

This earthquake had a magnitude of 4.7 and a death toll of 190. This tsunami was not only triggered by one earthquake but actually two.

Chile

Feb 27, 2010

This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and a death toll of 500. A fact about this tsunami is the water build up was actually a catalyst.

Tohoku

Mar 11, 2011

This earthquake had a magnitude of 9 and a death toll of 18,000. After this disaster more than 5,000 aftershocks hit japan.

Sulawesi

Sep 27, 2018

This earthquake had a magnitude of 4.8 and a death toll of 85. Thousands of graves were dug to prevent the spread of disease.