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A tsunami hitting a coastline. This article lists notable tsunamis, which are sorted by the date and location that they occurred.. Because of seismic and volcanic activity associated with tectonic plate boundaries along the Pacific Ring of Fire, tsunamis occur most frequently in the Pacific Ocean, [1] but are a worldwide natural phenomenon.
2011 TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami: Japan Earthquake, Tsunami March 11 2012 1,901 Typhoon Bopha: Philippines Tropical cyclone December 4 – 5 2013 6,340 Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines, Vietnam, China November 8 – 10 2014 2,700 2014 Badakhshan mudslides: Afghanistan Landslide May 2 2015 8,964 April 2015 Nepal earthquake: Nepal, India Earthquake ...
Studies of the earthquake has placed the moment magnitude (M w ) of this earthquake at 9.0 to 9.3 and the surface-wave magnitude at 8.3 to 8.5. [3] [4] The tsunamis generated by this earthquake is thought to be the most destructive and largest ever sourced from the region, alongside the 1952 earthquake. It is thought to be similar in size or ...
A magnitude 9.2 temblor, the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded globally, caused widespread damage in the Anchorage area in 1964 and killed 131 people, including some in Oregon and California by the ensuing tsunami. Most destructive tsunamis. In 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake occurred off Sumatra, an Indonesian island in the Indian ...
Fiji accounts for most of the deaths attributed to the tsunami. 1877 Iquique earthquake: 7 September 1882 03:50 (local time) San Blas Islands, Panama: 250 8.3 Destructive tsunami 1882 Panama earthquake: 6 September 1889 12:00 (local time) Celebes Sea, Indonesia: 8.0 Damaging tsunami up to 4 meters in height. 15 June 1896 19:32 (local time ...
The most destructive tsunami to hit California occurred on March, 28, 1964. Several surges reaching 21 feet high swept into Crescent City four hours after a magnitude 9.2 earthquake in Alaska ...
Mega Disasters is an American documentary television series that originally aired from May 23, 2006, to July 2008 on History Channel.Produced by Creative Differences, the program explores potential catastrophic threats to individual cities, countries, and the entire globe.
The event caused a large tsunami with a maximum run-up height of 15 metres (49 ft) at the eastern coast. [9] The tsunami washed away yurts belonging to the native population. [8] At Hilo, Hawaii, the tsunami measured 4.6 metres (15 ft). It is Hawaii's first historically recorded tsunami sourced from the Kamchatka Peninsula. [10]