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Lisbon, Portugal Tsunami
It had a magnitude of 9 on the Richter Scale. With a death toll of an estimated 20,000. Interesting Facts: The waves had a height of at least 23 feet. The tsunami was so severe that it even affected the surrounding countries including Portugal and Morocco. -
Krakatoa, Indonesia Tsunami
It had a magnitude of 8.3 on the Richter Scale. With a death toll of 36,000 people. Interesting facts: It destroyed 165 villages. It was caused by violent volcano explosion in the Sundra Strait. The top of the volcano collapsed into the ocean. -
Aleutians, Alaska Tsunami
It had a magnitude of 8.1 on the Richter Scale. With a death toll of 160 people in the Hawaiian Islands. Interesting facts: The waves reached up to 115 feet tall in Alaska, and 30 feet in Hawaii. -
Chilean Tsunami
It had a magnitude of 9.5 on the Richter Scale. With a death toll of 61 people. Interesting Facts: It was caused by the largest ever recorder earthquake on the coast of Chile. It affected Hawaii, Japan, and the Philippines. -
The Great Alaskan Earthquake and Tsunami, South-central Alaska
It had a magnitude of 8.3 on the Richter Scale. With a death toll of 130 people in both Alaska and California. Interesting Fact: It caused $311 million in damages. -
Sea of Japan Tsunami, Okushiri Island, Japan
It had a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter Scale. With a death toll of 120 people. Interesting Facts: The main cause of the quake and tsunami was soil liquification. The liquification was the worst the country had seen since the 1964 Niigata earthquake. -
Papau New Guniea Tsunami
It had a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter Scale. With a death toll of 2100 people. Interesting Facts: It was caused by submarine landslide that triggered an earthquake. -
The Sumatra-Andaman Tsunami
It had a magnitude of 9.1 on the Richter Scale. With a death toll of 230,000 people. Interesting Facts: It is defined as an undersea megathrust earthquake and tsunami. It was caused by a rupture along the Burma Plate and Indian Plate. -
Samoa Tsunami
It had a magnitude of 8.1 on the Richter Scale. With a death toll of 200 people. Interesting Fact: It was generated by an unusual type of earthquake that originates near deep ocean trenches. -
Chilean Earthquake and Tsunami
It had a magnitude of 8.8 on the Richter Scale. With a death toll of 700 people. Interesting Fact: It caused $15-30 Billion in damages. -
Tōhoku, Japan earthquake and tsunami
It had a magnitude of 9.1 on the Richter Scale. With a death toll of 20,000 people. Interesting Facts: The waves were so powerful the carried ships inland, that were previously out at sea. Damages to the TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant caused even more damage to the area.
