APPENDIX 

 TSUNAMIS OCCURRING BETWEEN 1891 AND 1961 



Date 



Source 



Remarks 



30 July 1891 

 29 Nov. 1891 



16 May 1892 

 1893 

 1894 



22 Mar. 1894 



Apr. 1894 



10 June 1894 



9 Jan. 1896 

 15 June 1896 



Lerdo, Mexico 

 Seattle, Washington 



Marianas Islands 

 Greece 



5 Aug. 



21 Sept. 



29 Nov. 



22 Jan. 



Sept. 



30 Sept. 

 7 Oct. 



1897 

 1897 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 



1899 

 1899 

 1899 



9 Aug. 1901 



26 Feb. 



S July 



25 June 



8 Sept. 

 31 Jan. 



1902 

 1902 

 1904 

 1905 

 1905 

 1906 



Nemuio, Japan 



Lokris, Greece 



i Turkey 



Kashima Sea 

 Sanriku, Japan 



Tohoku District, Japan 

 Sulu Sea 



West Indies 



Greece 



Southwest Peloponessus , 

 Greece 



Yakutat Bay, Alaska 



Banda Sea 



Kyushu 



Rikuchu, Japan 



El Salvador 

 Thessaloniki, Greece 

 Kamchatka 



Calabria, Italy 

 Ecuador - Columbia 



Tidal wave of considerable height at head of the Gulf 

 of California. 



Water in Lake Washington surged on to the beach 2 feet 

 above the mark of the highest water and 8 feet above 

 the lake stage on that date. 



Minor tsunami at Guam. 



Wave 4 feet high at Bizerte, Tunisia; some damage. 



Tsunamis associated with these earthquakes were 

 generally small. 



Large tsunamis induced by earthquakes at Constantinople 

 (Istanbul) . 



Slight tsunami in Japan. 



Much damage and loss of life, devastated ports along 

 the northeast coast of Japan. Runup 80 feet high at 

 Shirahama. Variation in terrestrial magnetism 

 observed at Sendai preceding the tsunami. Maximum 

 height of 30 feet at Napoopoo, Hawaii. 



Tsunami . 



Severe damage at Tacloban, Philippines (western shores 

 of Basilan Island) . 



Large tsunami at Montserrat. 



Tsunami reported at Marathos . 



Waves generated did little damage. 



Large tsunami on south coast of Ceram, Indonesia. 



Tsunami in Tagonoura, Japan. 



Tsunami at Hilo, Kailua, and Keauhou, Hawaii; minor 

 damage. 



Tsunami in El Salvador and Guatemala. 



Saloniki Harbor flooded by waves. 



Wave at Avachinskaya Bay. 



Tsunami at Bizerte, Tunisia; believed minor. 



Possible tsunami. 



Waves observed in Hawaii; maximum height 3.6 meters 

 observed at Hilo; no damage. 



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