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1755 Lisbon, Portugal Tsunami
The 1755 Lisbon, Portugal, earthquake produced a tsunami that, along with the earthquake and resulting fire, killed an estimated 20,000
people. Tsunami waves that crossed the Atlantic Ocean amplified to heights of 7 m or more in the West Indies. -
1883 violent explosion of Krakatoa Tsunami
The 1883 violent explosion of Krakatoa volcano in the Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra caused the top of the volcano to collapse into
the ocean. This sudden collapse produced a giant tsunami more than 35 m high that destroyed 165 villages and killed more than 36,000
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1946 Aleutians earthquake turned tsunami
1946 Aleutians earthquake produced a tsunami in the Hawaiian Islands that killed about 160 people. -
1960 Chile Tsunami
The 1960 Chile earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling for 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean. -
1964 Alaska's deadly tsunami
The 1964 Alaskan earthquake generated a deadly tsunami that killed about 130 people in Alaska and California. -
1993 earthquake in Sea of Japan
The 1993 earthquake in the Sea of Japan caused a tsunami that killed 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan. -
1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami
The 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2100 people. -
2004 Sumatra tsunami
The 2004 Sumatra earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 230,000 people. -
2009 Samoa Tsunami
The 2009 Samoa earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people. -
2010 Chile tsunami
The 2010 Chile earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 700 people in coastal towns. -
2011 Japan, Tsunami nuclear disaster
The 2011 Japan earthquake generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people. The waves of the tsunami quickly
reached the coastline of northern Japan where millions of people live, and several nuclear power plants were located. Within seconds of the earthquake, an automated tsunami warning system alerted the people of coastal communities to evacuate to high ground as they
had been taught, and the nuclear power plants immediately shut down as they were designed to do.