29Sep,2024
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It was a 9.1 magnitude earthquake that hit the coast of Sumatra and occured at the depth of 30 km. This fault zone that caused the tsunami was roughly 1300 km long.
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The earthquake of 7.8 to 8.3 magnitude and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI caused the displacement of 90 million tonnes of water into the narrow inlet of Lituya Bay in Alaska.
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A magnitude 8.5 earthquake caused a series of three huge waves that hit the towns of the west coast of Portugal and south of Spain. It reached upto 30 metres high in some places. This tsunami affected the waves even in Carlisle Bay in Barbados where the people reported as high as 1.5 metres waves.
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It was a 9.2 magnitude earthquake and it wobbled Seattle's Space Needle 1200 miles afar too. This earthquake broke all water, gas pipelines etc and continued for 4 long minutes.
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Japan was hit by a tsunami travelling 800 km per hour with 10 m high waves that swept its east coast killing more than 18000 people. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake resulted in this tsunami that had reached the depths upto 24.4 km.
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This tsunami was due to the explosion of the Krakatau caldera volcano. Many waves were generated which were as high as 37 metres and were propagated by the violent eruptions and demolished the towns of Anjer and Merak.
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This tsunami was also known as Boxing Day Tsunami and it hit the Indian ocean. The earthquake was caused by a rupture along the fault between the Burma Plate and the Indian Plate. The waves reached as high as 30 metres after heading inland.
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