Historic Atlantic tsunamis
Posted by chris in sububia on January 12, 2005 at 08:44:30:

The wife sent me the email below...

National Geographic says:
"North Atlantic tsunamis included the tsunami associated with the 1775 Lisbon earthquake that killed as many as 60,000 people in Portugal, Spain, and North Africa. This quake caused a tsunami as high as 23 feet (7 meters) in the Caribbean."
That answer our question about how far it reached across the Atlantic...
The same site also says:
"The Caribbean has been hit by 37 verified tsunamis since 1498. Some were generated locally and others were the result of events far away, such as the earthquake near Portugal. The combined death toll from these Caribbean tsunamis is about 9,500."