Great Tsunami in World History

August 27, 1883: Indonesian volcano Krakatoa erupted, and the tsunami that swept the coasts of Java and Sumatra, killing 36,000 people. Volcanic eruptions are really powerful that during many nights the sky glowing red lava due to dust.
June 15, 1896: "Sanriku Tsunami" hit Japan. Tsunamis are giant-altitude 23 meters swept the crowd of people gathered in celebration of religion and claimed 26,000 lives.
December 17, 1896: Tsunami damage to the embankment of Santa Barbara in California, United States, and caused flooding on the main highway.
January 31, 1906: Pacific Ocean earthquake destroyed part of the city of Tumaco in Colombia, including all the houses on the coast between Rioverde in Ecuador and Micay in Colombia, 1,500 people died.
1 April 1946: The tsunami that destroyed the Scotch Cap lighthouse on the Aleutian Islands along with five guards, moving to Hilo in Hawaii, killing 159 people.
May 22, 1960: altitude 11 meters Tsunami kills 1,000 in Chile and 61 in Hawaii. The giant wave crossed to the Pacific coast and shook the Philippines and the island of Okinawa in Japan.
March 28, 1964: Tsunami "Good Friday" in Alaska eliminate three villages off the map with 107 people killed, and 15 people died in Oregon and California.
August 16, 1976: A Pacific tsunami killed 5,000 people in the Moro Gulf, Philippines.
July 17, 1998: Sea waves caused by the earthquake that occurred in northern Papua New Guinea killed 2313 people, destroyed 7 villages and caused thousands of people homeless.
December 26, 2004: Earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale and giant sea waves that struck six countries in Southeast Asia killed more than 156,000 people.

March  11, 2011: Japan earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter Scale (SR) that occurs on this day the 11th of March 2011, 14:00 am that shook Japan, triggered a tsunami that hit many vehicles and several buildings on the northeast coast of Japan, which is close with the epicenter.