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Initial wave heights were 100 metres (330 ft), but when they hit the other side of Ariake Bay, they were only 10 to 20 metres (33 to 66 ft) in height, though one location received 57-metre (187 ft) waves due to seafloor topography. The waves bounced back to Shimabara, which, when they hit, accounted for about half of the tsunami's victims.
Hawaii’s Landon McNamara, 28, won with a three-wave point total of 135.8 points. That included a perfect score of 50 on the highest-scoring wave of the contest. He won $50,000 and 350,000 miles ...
The wave came out of the lower part, and looked like the smallest part of the whole thing. The wave did not go up 1,800 feet, the water splashed there. [11] The wave made its way to his boat 2–3 minutes after he saw it and carried the Edrie down to the southern shore and then back near the center of the bay. Ulrich was able to control the ...
The wave was highest on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands, where it was as high as 23 m (75 ft), [150] and where a run-up height of 12 to 15 metres (39 to 49 ft) was observed at Scotch Cap Light, [151] Trappers Cove recorded a wave height of 13.7 m (45 ft), [152] and an 8-metre (26 ft) wave hit Sand Bay. [151] In Hawaii, the wave was 16.1 ...
Honolulu Police said Susie Jett, 72, her daughter Laura Rich, 41, and a 63-year-old California man were visiting Kei Iki Beach on Monday, Oct. 14, when they were hit by a large wave, according to ...
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Although the meanings of "tidal" include "resembling" [16] or "having the form or character of" [17] tides, use of the term tidal wave is discouraged by geologists and oceanographers. A 1969 episode of the TV crime show Hawaii Five-O entitled "Forty Feet High and It Kills!" used the terms "tsunami" and "tidal wave" interchangeably. [18]
On 3 March 2010, in the Mediterranean Sea off Marseille, France, a 26-foot (7.9-meter) wave hit the Cypriot liner Louis Majesty, killing two people on board. The height of the wave was reported to be abnormally high with respect to the sea state at the time of the incident. [58]