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UTC time: 1975-11-29 14:47:43: ISC event: 722344: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: November 29, 1975 (): Local time: 04:47:43: Magnitude: M w 7.7 [1]: Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Areas affected: Hawaii United States: Total damage: $4–4.1 million [2] [3]: Max. intensity: MMI VIII (Severe) [3]: Tsunami: 14.3 m (47 ft) [4]: Casualties: 2 dead [3] several–28 injured [3] [4 ...
The Pacific Tsunami Museum (originally, the Hilo Tsunami Museum) is a museum in Hilo, Hawaii dedicated to the history of the April 1, 1946 Pacific tsunami and the May 23, 1960 Chilean tsunami [2] which devastated much of the east coast of the Big Island, especially Hilo.
A similar earthquake occurred November 29, 1975, with a magnitude of 7.2. A 40-mile (64 km) wide section of the Hilina Slump slid 11 feet (3.4 m) into the ocean, widening the crack by 26 ft (7.9 m). This movement also caused a tsunami that reached a maximum height of 47.0 feet (14.3 m) at Keauhou Landing. [31]
Apr. 2—Gov. Josh Green on Monday—the 78th anniversary of a devastating tsunami in Hilo—proclaimed April as Tsunami Awareness Month in Hawaii. Gov. Josh Green on Monday—the 78th anniversary ...
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On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history. According to United Nations estimates, more than 220,000 people were killed ...
A BBC reporter looks back to the day in 2004 when the tsunami hit while she was on the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Twenty years on: 'My boat was metres from the shore when the tsunami hit' Skip ...
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake, whose tsunami pummeled Hilo and led to the deaths of 65 people, [1] exposed serious deficiencies in the island-wide warning system for natural disasters. The islands' existing warning system had been created in 1946, after a tsunami killed 150, and was described by scientists after Valdivia as a "horse and buggy ...