Tsunamis

Lisbon, Portugal

Nov 1, 1755

Magnitude- 9
Death Toll- 20,000 people
Interesting Facts-
This tsunami resulted in fire.
It was about 23 feet.

Krakota, Sumatra

Aug 28, 1883

Magnitude- none
Death Toll- 36,000 people
Interesting Facts-
This tsunami destroyed 165 villages.
It was about 115 feet.

Aleutians, Alaska

Apr 1, 1946

Magnitude- 8.1
Death Toll- 160 people
Interesting Facts-
This tsunami was produced in the Hawaiian islands.
The focal depth was 25 km.

Valdivia, Chile

May 22, 1960

Magnitude- 9.5
Death Toll- 61 people
Interesting Facts-
It traveled 15 hours across the pacific ocean.
It caused $550 million in damages.

Good Friday, Alaska

Mar 27, 1964

Magnitude- 9.2
Death Toll- 130 people
Interesting Facts- This killed people in both Alaska and California.
The Pacific and the north American plates ruptured.

Hokkaido, Japan

Jul 12, 1993

Magnitude- 7.8
Death Toll- 120 people
Interesting Facts- The age of the widely distribution tsunami deposit is older than 1741 Oshima.
The tsunami hit an island in Japan.

Papua New Guinea

Jul 17, 1998

Magnitude- 7.1
Death Toll- 2,100 people
Interesting Facts- There were 5 waves that villagers saw in the distance.
Many people seem to believe that it was a submarine landslide that caused it.

Sumatra, Indonesia

Dec 26, 2004

Magnitude- 8.1
Death Toll- 230,000 people
Interesting Facts- 12 nations were effected by this tsunami.
Tectonic subsidence and liquefication were significant contributors to the devestation.

Samoa

Sep 29, 2009

Magnitude- 8.1
Death Toll- 200 people
Interesting Facts- Caused by at least two or more earthquakes.
Many people did research and found out signs of the impending tsunami.

Chile

Feb 27, 2010

Magnitude- 8.8
Death Toll- 700 people
The large sesmic gap had increase the earthquake hazard overtime. The after shock had effected the ecosystem.

Tohoku, Japan

Mar 11, 2011

Magnitude- 9.1
Death Toll- 20,000 people
The earthquake was the deadliest in Japan.
This event also affected the world globally.