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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The Moment Magnitude of 9 killed 20,000 people. Tsunami waves were up to 23 feet high. -
Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
This produced tsunami waves that were up to 115 feet. This killed 36,000 people. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
With a moment magnitude of 8.1, it produced a tsunami in Hawaii. Killed 160 people. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
With a moment magnitude of 9.5, this earthquake killed 61 hawaiin people after the tsunami traveled across the Pacific Ocean. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
With a moment magnitude of 9.2, it killed about 130 people across Alaska and California. -
Sea of Japan Earthquake (Japan)
With a moment magnitude of 7.8, it made a tsunami that killed 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
With a moment magnitude of 7.1, it triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed 2,100 people. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
With a moment magnitude of 9.1, it triggered a tsunami that killed nearly 230,000 people. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
With a moment magnitude of 8.1, it generated a tsunami killing about 200 people. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
With a moment magnitude of 8.8, it made a tsunami that killed about 700 people in coastal towns. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
With a moment magnitude of 9.1, it made a tsunami that killed more than 20,000 people.
