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Deadly Tsunamis - Rachael Waddell

By Rwaddell

  • Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
    There was an earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal. The earthquake produced a tsunami which resulted with a fire. It killed an estimated 20,000 people and the waves thaqt crossed the Atlantic Ocean amplified to heights of 23 feet or more in the West Indies. It had a magnitude of 9.

  • Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

    Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
    The Krakatoa volcano in the Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra caused the top of the volcano to collapse into the ocean. The collapse produced a giant tsunami that was more than 115 feet high. It destroyed 165 villages and killed more than 36,000 people.

  • Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
    the Aleutian Earthquake produced a tsunami in the Hawaiian Islands thqat killed about 160 people. It had a magnitude of 8.1.

  • Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

    Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
    The Chile earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling for 15 hours across the pacific ocean. The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5.

  • Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)

    Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
    The earthquake in Alaska generated a deadly tsunami that killed about 130 people in Alaska and California. The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.2.

  • Sea of Japan Earthquake (Japan)

    Sea of Japan Earthquake (Japan)
    The earthquake was in the sea of Japan which caused a tsunami that killed about 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8.

  • Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)

    Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
    The Papua New Guinea earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2,100 people. It had a magnitude of 7.1.

  • Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
    The Sumatra Earthquake generated a tsybanu that killed about 230,000 people and it had a magnitude of 9.1.

  • Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)

    Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
    Samoa earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people and it had a magnitude of 8.1.

  • Chile Earthquake (Chile)

    Chile Earthquake (Chile)
    The chile earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 which generated a tsunami that killed about 700 people in coastal towns,

  • Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)

    Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
    The Japan earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1 and it generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people.