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he occurred on all saints day when many where in churches increases casualties. Also the tsunami reached across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and Brazil. -
The eruption produced tsunami waves up to 30 miles high. Over ninety percent of the deaths where due to the tsunami rather than direct volcanic blast. -
the tsunami recorded heights 42 meters and 30 feet in Hawaii. The event led to the establishment of the pacific tsunami warning center. -
It was the largest recorded earth quake magnitude in history. The Tsunami waves traveled across the pacific hitting Hawaii and Japan. -
This was the largest U.S. earthquake on record. the tsunami caused major damage as far away as California. -
The tsunami run up reached 30.5m on some parts of Oku Shiri island. The shaking preceded the tsunami by minutes giving little time to evacuate. -
The tsunami was caused not just by a quake, but also by an underwater landslide making the waves much larger than expected. Some of those waves reached over 45 feet high. -
This was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. The rupture was so long that it shifted for over 80 miles. -
This is was a triple earthquake where three quakes struck within minuets. Locals reported hearing a strange roaring sound right before the waves came. -
Earthquake shifted earths axis slightly and shortened the length of a day by micro seconds. Tsunami waves crossed the pacific and even reached Japan. -
The tsunami waves reached up to 128 feet in some areas. This disaster caused the Fukushima nuclear meltdown. -
the tsunami occurred because of liquefaction where the ground turned to a mud like liquid. Drone footage after the event showed entire neighborhoods had slid away.