Top 10 Tallest Tsunami in the World

Tsunami, also known as a seismic sea wave or as a tidal wave, is a series of waves in a body of water caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations of underwater nuclear devices), landslides, glacier calvings, meteorite impacts and other disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami.

Top 10 Tallest Tsunami:

1.Lituta Bay, Alaska(USA):

Year: 1958

Height : 524 Meter = 719  feet





2. Spirit Lake, Washington(USA):

Year: 1980

Height : 260 Meter = 853 Feet



3. Vajont Dam(Italy):

Year: 1963

Height : 250 Meter = 820 Feet



4.Mount Unzen, Kyushu(Japan):

Year: 1792

Height : 100 Meter = 328 Feet



5. Ishigaki& Miyakojima Island(Japan):

Year: 1771

Height : 79.9 Meter=262 Feet



6. Lisbon(Portugal):

Year: 1755

Height : 20.1 Meter=66 Feet



7. Messina(Italy):

Year: 1908

Height : 12.2 Meter=40 Feet



8. Hoei(Japan):

Year: 1707

Height : 9.8 Meter=32 Feet



9. Meiji-Sanriku(Japan):

Year: 1896

Height : 9.1 Meter=30 Feet



10. Haiti:

Year: 2010

Height : 3.1 Meter=10 Feet