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Traumatizing Tsunamis

  • Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)

    Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
    With a magnitude of 9.0 killed 20,000 people, accentuated political tensions in the Portuguese kingdom
  • Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)

    Krakatoa Eruption (Java/Sumatra)
    Volcano in Sundra Strait between java and Suniatra destroyed 165 villages and killed 36,000 people
  • Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)

    Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
    With a magnitude of 8.1 occurring in the Hawiian Islands killing 160 people
  • Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)

    Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
    With a magnitude of 9.5 killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling 15 hours
  • Good friday earthquake Alaska

    Good friday earthquake Alaska
    An earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2 generated a deadly tsunami that killed 130 people in Alaska and California
  • Hokkaido Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Hokkaido Earthquake (Indonesia)
    A 7.8 earthquake in the sea of Japan caused a tsunami killing 120 people
  • Papua New Guinea Quake (Papa New Guinea)

    Papua New Guinea Quake (Papa New Guinea)
    With a 7.1 magnitude the earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami and killed 2,100 people
  • Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)

    Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
    With a magnitude of 9.1 the Sumatra earthquake generated a tsunami that killed 230,000
  • Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)

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

    Chile Earthquake (Chile)
    The Chile earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people
  • 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