Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (moment magnitude 9.1–9.3) [43] triggered a series of tsunamis on 26 December 2004 that devastated coastlines surrounding the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people (167,540 in Indonesia alone), making it the deadliest tsunami and one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history.
Language links are at the top of the page across from the title.
The Ancient Greek historian Thucydides suggested in his 5th century BC History of the Peloponnesian War that tsunamis were related to submarine earthquakes, [12] [13] but the understanding of tsunamis remained slim until the 20th century, and much remains unknown. Major areas of current research include determining why some large earthquakes do ...
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history. According to United Nations estimates, more than 220,000 people were killed ...
One of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history, with a death toll of 227,898. 2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami: 17 July 2006: South and west coasts of West Java and Central Java: 668 deaths occurred as a result of a tsunami which inundated 300 km of coast line on the southern Java coast. 2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami
List of historical tropical cyclone names; Outline of tropical cyclones; List of tsunamis; List of large volcanic eruptions. List of volcanic eruptions 1500–2000; List of volcanic eruptions in the 21st century; List of volcanic eruptions by death toll
6.3–6.7 M L 30: 1868 Hayward earthquake: February 20, 1871: Hawaii 6.8 M L 0 1871 Lānaʻi earthquake [2] March 26, 1872: California: 7.4–7.9 M w 27: 1872 Owens Valley earthquake [3] December 14, 1872: Washington: 6.5–7.0 M w 0: 1872 North Cascades earthquake: November 23, 1873: California-Oregon 7.3 M L 0 1873 Oregon-California ...
The 1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami (also called 明和の大津波, the Great Tsunami of Meiwa) was caused by the Yaeyama Great Earthquake at about 8 A.M. on April 24, 1771, south-southeast of Ishigaki Island, part of the former Ryūkyū Kingdom and now part of present-day Okinawa, Japan.