A magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed more than 5,200 people on Dec. 30, 1703, according to NOAA data. The event occurred off the southwest Boso Peninsula, which is just south of ...

The deadliest recorded tsunami in history claimed hundreds of thousands of lives after a magnitude 9.1 earthquake rocked the Indian Ocean in 2004. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

In what is now Arica, Chile, a magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck on Aug. 13, 1868. Per historical data from NOAA, the quake "generated catastrophic tsunamis that affected the entire Pacific rim and ...

The biggest tsunami ever recorded reached 1720 feet high—which is taller than the Willis Tower in Chicago.

The deadliest recorded tsunamis include two this century. See the full list.

A 200 million-ton landslide landed on the toe of Tyndall Glacier and in the water of Taan Fiord on Oct. 17, 2015, Icy Bay, Alaska. It was detected by seismologists on the other side of the country ...

The biggest tsunami ever measured occurred in Lituya Bay, Alaska, on July 9, 1958. It was 1,720 feet high - that's taller than any building in the world, almost 300 feet taller than the Sears ...

Humanity has faced some of the most terrifying natural disasters in the form of tsunamis. In this video, we rank the top 5 deadliest tsunamis ever recorded—based on human loss, destruction of ...