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  2. 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. File:The Great Wave off Kanagawa.jpg - Wikipedia

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  4. The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Wikipedia

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    The Great Wave off Kanagawa is also the subject of the 93rd episode of the BBC radio series A History of the World in 100 Objects produced in collaboration with the British Museum, which was released on 4 September 2010. [86] A replica of The Great Wave off Kanagawa was created for a documentary film about Hokusai released by the British Museum ...

  5. Japan reports dozens of fatalities after series of strong ...

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    Tsunami warnings had been issued in the wake of the quakes in Ishikawa as well as the coastal prefectures of Niigata and Toyama, where 33,000 buildings had lost power as of 6 p.m. (4 a.m. ET ...

  6. Japan says 5-metre tsunami expected after 7.5 magnitude ... - AOL

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    Japan issued a major tsunami warning on Monday morning after it was hit by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake (Datawrapper/The Independent) ... First pictures emerge of damaged houses after 7.4 magnitude ...

  7. Japan issues tsunami warning after strong earthquakes in the ...

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    The tallest wave so far was 1.2 meters (around 4 feet) detected at Wajima Port in Ishikawa at 5:21 p.m (3:21 a.m. ET), according to Japan’s Nippon TV, but had not yet breached the port’s defenses.

  8. Tsunami - Wikipedia

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    Amplitude, Wave Height, or Tsunami Height: Refers to the height of a tsunami relative to the normal sea level at the time of the tsunami, which may be tidal High Water, or Low Water. It is different from the crest-to-trough height which is commonly used to measure other type of wave height.

  9. Earthquake scientists are learning warning signs of the 'big ...

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    Scientists recorded a slow-slip event in 2011 before the magnitude-9 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which killed more than 18,000 people and touched off the Fukushima nuclear disaster.