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Location- Pacific Northwest, waves were recorded in Japan
Impact- Major flooding in Japan
A (silent) Magnitude of 9.0 -
Location: Sanriku coast, Japan
Deaths: ~22,000
One of Japan’s deadliest tsunamis; waves over 125 feet. -
Location: Same Sanriku region
Deaths: ~3,000
magnitude 8.4 quake. -
Location: Kamchatka
Deaths: ~165
Led to the creation of the Pacific Tsunami warning center -
Location: Kamchatka Peninsula
Deaths: 10+
One of the strongest Pacific-wide tsunamis recorded. -
Location: Chile, Hawaii, Japan, Philippines
Deaths:~1,000
Caused by the largest earthquake ever recorded -
Location: Alaska, U.S. West Coast, Canada
Deaths: ~130
Destroyed many coastal towns; waves reached California. -
Location: Mindanao, Philippines
Deaths: ~5,000–8,000
One of the Philippines’ deadliest natural disasters -
Location: Okushiri Island and Hokkaido
Deaths: ~230
Notes: Extremely fast-arriving local tsunami. -
Location: South Pacific
Deaths: ~189
Caused by an unusual double earthquake -
Location: Northeastern Japan
Deaths:~18,000
Triggered nuclear disaster at Fukushima one of the costliest disasters in history