Tsunamis

  • Tsunami 1

    Lisbon, Portugal
    1755
    Magnitude 9
    Killed 20,000 people
  • Tsunami 2

    Violent explosion of Krakatoa volcano in the Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra caused the top of the volcano to collapse into the ocean, causing a tsunami more than 35m high.
    desytoyed 165 villages and killed 36,000 people+
    1883
  • Tsunami 3

    1946
    Magnitude 8.1
    Aleutians, Alaska
    Killed about 160 people
  • Tsunami 4

    1960
    Magnitude 9.5
    Chile
    Killed 61 people
  • Tsunami 5

    Alaska and California
    Alaska Earthquake generated tsunami
    Killed 130 people
    Magnitude 9.2
    1964
  • Tsunami 6

    1993
    Magnitude 7.8
    Sea of Japan
    Killed 120 people on island of Okushiri
  • Tsunami 7

    1998
    Triggered submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2,100 people.
    Papua, New Guinea
  • Tsunami 8

    2004
    Magnitude 9.1
    Sumatra
    Killed 230,000 people
  • Tsunami 9

    2009
    Magnitude 8.1
    Samoa
    Killed about 200 people
  • Tsunami 10

    2010
    Chile
    Magnitude 8.8
    Killed 700 people in coastal towns
  • Tsunami 11

    2011
    Magnitude 9.1
    Japan
    Killed over 20,000 people