Deadly Tsunamis- Aaron T.

By athorpe
  • Lisbon earthquake

    Lisbon earthquake
    The M9 earthquake that happened in Lisbon had waves 7 meters and up in the west indies. The tragedy that happened killed 20.000.
  • Krakatoa

    Krakatoa
    The massive eruption that this volcano produced was a 6 on the VEI scale. Is produced tsunami waves over 35 meters high; destroyed 165 villages and killed over 36,000 people.
  • Aleutian earthquake

    Aleutian earthquake
    The M8 tsunami produced waves up to 32 meters. it killed about 160 people.
  • Great Chilean earthquake

    Great Chilean earthquake
    The staggering 9.5 M earthquake killed 61 people after traveling 15 hours across the pacific ocean.
  • Good Friday earthquake

    Good Friday earthquake
    The M 9.2 earthquake generated a tsunami that killed 130 in California and in Alaska combined.
  • Hokkiado earthquake

    Hokkiado earthquake
    On July 12th the 7.8 M earthquake in the sea of japan killed about 120 people on Okashiri island
  • Papua New Guinea quake

    Papua New Guinea quake
    A 7.1 M earth quake triggered a submarine landslide causing a tsunami that killed more than 2,100 people
  • Sumatra earthquake

    Sumatra earthquake
    A 9.1 M earthquake created a tsunami that killed about 230,000
  • Samoa earthquake

    Samoa earthquake
    A 8.1 M earthquake caused a tsunami that killed about 200 people.
  • Chile earthquake

    Chile earthquake
    yet again in Chile only 50 years after the last big earthquake an 8.8 earthquake struck and killed more than 700 people
  • Tohoku earthquake

    Tohoku earthquake
    in 2011 a 9.1 earthquake close off the shore of japan caused a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people and disabled a nuclear power plants generators, leading to hydrogen explosions spreading nuclear dust for miles.