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The USS De Soto after repairs seen in Puerto Rico in 1868. At Saint Thomas , the first wave was described as a "straight white wall, about 4.6–7.0 m (15.1–23.0 ft)" which advanced to the harbor, ten minutes after the earthquake.
UTC time: 1918-10-11 14:14:42: ISC event: 913306: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: October 11, 1918 (): Local time: 10:14:42 [1]: Magnitude: 7.1 M w [1]: Depth: 15 km (9.3 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Unknown: Areas affected: Puerto Rico: Total damage: $4–29 million USD [2] [3]: Max. intensity: MMI IX (Violent) [3]: Tsunami: Yes: Casualties: 76–118 [2] [4]: The 1918 San Fermín earthquake, [5 ...
Felt throughout Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and the US and British Islands. It is colloquially known as the 2010 Moca earthquake. It caused minor damage in the western and northwestern regions of Puerto Rico, and a minor landslide that affected a portion of PR-111. It is the largest Puerto Rican earthquake to have occurred on land in ...
A magnitude 7.6-7.7 earthquake struck near the coast of western Mexico on 19 September 2022. A tsunami about 1.75 m (5.7 ft) high was reported near the epicentre. [212] The tsunami was detected as far away as Ecuador, where tsunami waves as high as 12 cm (4.7 in) were observed. [213] 2023 Greenland 2023 Greenland landslide: Landslide
The National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) is one of two tsunami warning centers in the United States, covering all coastal regions of the United States and Canada, except Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Until 2013, it was known as the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Tropical Storm Ernesto for Wednesday, Aug. 14. For the latest news on Ernesto as it moves across the Caribbean, view USA TODAY's story on the storm ...
Watch a live view of St John’s Harbor in Newfoundland, Canada, after five people aboard the missing Titan submersible died in a “catastrophic implosion”. OceanGate Expeditions founder and ...
In some regions, tsunami sirens are used to help alert the public. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), located on Ford Island, Hawaii, is one of two tsunami warning centers in the United States, covering Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific, as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea.