Worlds Most deadly Tsunamis

By lilly

  • The Italian Tsunami

    Waves up to 15 metres high killed over 100,000 people

  • Japanese Tsunami

    3,000 people killed in a tsunami caused by an earthquake

  • USSR Tsunami

    Killed 2,300 people

  • Chile Tsunami

    Tsunami off the coast of Chile killed 5700 people in Chile, 61 in Hawaii and 130 in Japan. The waves reached heights of 10 metres high.

  • Philippene Tsunami

    Killed 5,000 people

  • Nicaraguan Tsunami

    Killed 170 people

  • Indonesian Tsunami

    !,700 people died in an earthquake-triggered tsunami.

  • Japanese Tsunami

    Tsunami killed 239 people

  • Papua New Guinea Tsunami

    Tsunami killed 2,200 people

  • Turkey Tsunami

    Earthquake-caused tsunami killed 17,000 people

  • Peruvian Tsunami

    Claimed 96 lives

  • Indian Ocean Tsunami

    Claimed 230,000 lives, destroyed over a million homes and orphaned many children. The earthquake that caused this was a 9.3 on the Richter scale.

  • Indonesian Tsunami

    Killed 300 people in 2 metre high tsunami