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  2. Laupāhoehoe Community Public Charter School - Wikipedia

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    Laupāhoehoe School was started in 1883 [1] for students from the Hāmākua Coastal Sugar Cane Communities and fishing communities. The high school was established in 1904. The school, originally was located on Laupāhoehoe peninsula and was impacted by the April Fools' Day tsunami on April 1, 1946.

  3. Laupāhoehoe, Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    The tsunami had the largest impact on the Big Island, with the greatest number of deaths occurring in Hilo with 96 fatalities. The school building at Laupāhoehoe was inundated by the tsunami and 24 people drowned. Of the dead, 16 were schoolchildren, four were teachers, and four were residents. [5]

  4. 1868 Hawaii earthquake - Wikipedia

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    A tsunami was caused by coastal subsidence associated with reactivation of the Hilina Slump, triggered by the earthquake. At Kapapala the land subsided by as much as 2 m and formerly dry land was flooded to a depth of 1.5 m. [10] The tsunami on the Kaʻū and Puna coasts caused major destruction at Honu‘apo, Keauhou and Punaluʻu. The ...

  5. County, schools using new tsunami modeling to update ...

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    Jun. 20—Local leaders are focused on developing response plans for schools and communities that may be in the path of damaging tsunami waves following a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. New ...

  6. Survivor of World’s Worst Tsunami Remembers Moment He ... - AOL

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    Louis Mullan and his brother Theo last saw their parents on the beach in Khao Lak, Thailand just before the historic Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami brought devastation "We flew back on the first of Jan ...

  7. 1975 Hawaii earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The event generated a large tsunami that was as high as 47 feet (14 m) on Hawaii'i island and was detected in Alaska, California, Japan, Okinawa, Samoa, and on Johnston and Wake Islands. Significant changes to the shorelines along the southern coast of the Big Island with subsidence of 12 feet (3.7 m) was observed, causing some areas to be ...

  8. List of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku ...

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    This is an alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least US$ 100,000 in damage or at least one death.

  9. 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake - Wikipedia

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    UTC time: 1946-04-01 12:29:01: ISC event: 898313: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: April 1, 1946 (): Local time: 02:29: Magnitude: 7.4 M s, 8.6 M w, 9.3 M t: Depth: 15 km (9.3 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Megathrust: Areas affected: Hawaii, Alaska United States: Max. intensity: MMI VI (Strong): Tsunami: Up to 42 m (138 ft) at Unimak Island: Casualties: 165–173 [2]: The 1946 Aleutian Islands ...