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Nov 25, 1343
Naples Tsunami
The 1343 tsunami struck the Tyrrhenian Sea and Bay of Naples on 25 November 1343. Underground shocks were felt in Naples and caused significant damage and loss of lives.[1] Of major note was a tsunami created by the earthquake which destroyed many ships in Naples and destroyed many ports along the Amalfi Coast including Amalfi itself. 2] A 2019 study attributes the event to a massive submarine landslide (possibly greater than 1 km3), caused by flank collapse of the Stromboli volcano.[3] -
Libson Tsunami
Modern research indicates that the main seismic source was faulting of the seafloor along the tectonic plate boundaries of the mid-Atlantic. The earthquake generated a tsunami that produced waves about 20 feet (6 metres) high at Lisbon and 65 feet (20 metres) high at Cádiz, Spain. -
Africa Tsnunami
The 1868 Arica earthquake occurred on 13 August 1868, near Arica, then part of Peru, now part of Chile, at 21:30 UTC. It had an estimated magnitude between 8.5 and 9.3. A tsunami (or multiple tsunamis) in the Pacific Ocean was produced by the earthquake, which was recorded in Hawaii, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.[3][4] -
Krakatoa Tsunami
the eruption of Krakatoa, an island volcano in Indonesia, caused a tsunami that killed around 36,000 people -
Sanriku Japan Tsunami
After the weak ground quake, a huge tsunami struck the coast of Sanriku. The highest wave reached 38.2 meters. The tsunami caused considerable damage, killing 22,066 people and destroying 8,891 houses. -
Messina Tsunami
Moments after the quake's first jolt, a devastating tsunami formed, causing forty-foot waves to crash down on dozens of coastal cities. The Messina quake was undeniably the most destructive to ever hit Europe. Most of southern Italy's cities lost as many as half their residents that morning. -
Southern Chile Tsunami
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami, also known as the Great Chilean earthquake, was the largest earthquake ever recorded and caused a tsunami that affected the coast of Chile and other parts of the Pacific -
Indonesian Tsuami
230,000 were killed many hundreds or thousands injured, millions displaced -
Samoa Tsunami
The earthquakes generated tsunami waves of up to 22 meters (72 feet) that engulfed the shores, killing at least 192 people—149 in Samoa, 34 in American Samoa, and 9 in Niuatoputapu, Tonga.
The devastation extended beyond human casualties with houses destroyed, cars swept out to sea and some villages being virtually annihilated. With over $200 million dollars in damages, the islands were ravaged both physically and economically. -
Japan Tsunami
The event began with a powerful earthquake off the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island, which caused widespread damage on land and initiated a series of large tsunami waves that devastated many coastal areas of the country, most notably in the Tōhoku region (northeastern Honshu). The tsunami also instigated a major nuclear accident at a power station along the coast.