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The tsunami caused great destruction in the city of Tumaco, as well as in the towns of El Charco, San Juan, Mosquera, and Salahonda on the Pacific coast of Colombia. Casualties included 259 dead, 798 injured and 95 missing or presumed dead. 1980: Spirit Lake, Washington, U.S. Spirit Lake (Washington), 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, Mount St ...
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1980 2,633-5,000 1980 El Asnam earthquake: Algeria Earthquake October 10 1981 3,000 1981 Golbaf earthquake: Iran June 11 1982 2,800 1982 North Yemen earthquake: Yemen December 13 1983 1,342 1983 Erzurum earthquake: Turkey October 30 1984 1,474 Typhoon Ike: Philippines Tropical cyclone August 26 – September 6 1985 23,000 Armero tragedy: Colombia
Earthquakes which did not affect the United States directly, but caused tsunamis which did: 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 9.5 earthquake, between 2200 and 6000 fatalities, including 61 in Hilo, HI; 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 8.3 earthquake, no injuries or fatalities anywhere
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Tsunamis can occur when an underwater earthquake rapidly displaces massive amounts of water, leading to a large, long wave that builds in intensity as it crosses the ocean. When it reaches land it ...
The first wave of the tsunami struck the coast about 12 minutes after the earthquake, with a maximum run-up height of 14.9 m (49 ft) recorded on the Oga Peninsula. [7] The initial models of the earthquake were unable to reproduce the short time interval between the shock and the first wave arrival at the coast.
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