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The wave caught the Japanese off guard, not knowing its origin, and was explained in the book, The Orphan Tsunami. [81] 1707: Nankai, Japan: 1707 Hōei earthquake: Earthquake: On 28 October 1707, during the Hōei era, an 8.4 magnitude earthquake and tsunami up to 10 metres (33 ft) high [82] hit Tosa Province (Kōchi Prefecture). More than ...
An example of this was the July 17, 1998, Papua New Guinean landslide tsunami where waves up to 15 m high impacted a 20 km section of the coast killing 2,200 people, yet at greater distances the tsunami was not a major hazard. This is due to the comparatively small source area of most landslide tsunami (relative to the area affected by large ...
The tsunami which had a 4.2 m (14 ft) run-up damaged the city's fishing port and its facilities. [103] Tsunami observations in the peninsula were made difficult by the coastal uplift raising parts of the coast by up to 4.1 m (13 ft) and extending the coastline further seawards. [130]
Tsunami survivor Dendy Montgomery, 46, wasn't planning on working on Dec. 26, 2004 — then the world's worst tsunami was triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia.
The subsequent mega-tsunami — one of the highest in recent history — set off a wave which became trapped in the bendy, narrow fjord for more than a week, sloshing back and forth every 90 seconds.
The tsunami warning stretched down nearly 500 miles of coastline where more than 5 million people live. It was canceled a short time later and there were reports of widespread damage or serious ...
World's Biggest Tsunami: The largest recorded tsunami with a wave 1,720 feet (520 m) tall in Lituya Bay, Alaska; Photos of damage from the 1958 tsunami; Eyewitness reports of the tsunami; Video interview with survivors Howard and Sonny Ulrich (boat "Edrie"). "Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction". Air Date: BBC2, October 12, 2000.
Tsunami waves would batter the coast for 10 hours. Inland hillsides would liquify, taking out roads and bridges. Some 620,000 buildings would be critically damaged or collapse, including an ...