TSUNAMIS OCCURRING BETWEEN 1891 AND 1961--Continued 



19 Aug. 1906 Valparaiso, Chile 



15 Sept. 1906 Dampier Strait 



14 Jan. 1907 Jamaica 



14 Apr. 1907 Mexico 



23 Oct. 1907 Calabria, Italy 



20 Sept. 1908 Puna, Hawaii 

 28 Dec. 1908 Messina, Italy 



30 Jan. 1911 Philippine Islands 



26 Feb. 1913 



14 Mar. 1913 

 11 Oct. 1913 



South Island, New 

 Zealand 



Sangi, East Indies 



Near east end of New 

 Guinea 



12 Jan. 1914 Sakurajima, Japan 



26 May 1914 



7 Aug. 1915 



1 Jan. 1916 



1 May. 1917 



26 June 1917 



15 Aug. 1918 



7 Sept. 1918 

 11 Oct. 1918 



8 Nov. 1918 



4 Dec. 1918 



30 Apr. 1919 



5 May 1919 

 20 Sept. 1920 



North coast of New 

 Guinea 



Ionian Sea 



New Britain 



Kermadec Islands 



Tonga Islands 



Southern Mindanao, 

 Philippine Islands 



Kuril Islands 

 Puerto Rico 



Copiapo, Chile 



North of Vava'u, Tonga 



New Britain 



New Hebrides Islands 



Recorded in Hawaii and Japan; negligible along Chilean 

 coast; some damage in Hawaii. 



Tsunami in New Guinea. 



Tsunami generated, main damage at Kingston. 



Thirty-foot wave at Acapulco, Mexico. 



Tsunami recorded at Messina and Catania. 



Weak tsunami . 



Heavy damage along shoreline; breakwater destroyed at 

 Messina. 



Seismic waves in Lake Bombon washed away several 

 villages; some loss of life; waves 2.5 to 3 meters 

 high on shoreline. 



Small tsunami. 



Tsunami generated. 

 Weak tsunami . 



Wave with 10-foot amplitude caused serious damage to 

 small boats in Kagoshima Harbor. 



Probable tsunami. 



Wave height about 5 feet on Greek coast. 



Water level in Rabaul Harbor fell 15 feet and rose 

 again rapidly; causeway washed out. 



Weak tsunami in Hawaii. 



Forty-foot wave in Samoa; wave recorded at Honolulu. 



Wave swept coast from Lebak to Glan; height estimated 

 at 24 feet at some points . 



Tsunami at Uruppu Island, 24 men killed on 

 Simusirijimi; minor damage at Hilo, Hawaii. 



Tsunami caused fatalities and damage at Point 

 Borinquen and Aguadilla; also damage at Mayaguez. 



Tsunami observed at Futami Harbor, Bonin Islands. 



Tsunami height 5 meters at Port of Caldera where it 

 caused damage . 



Observed in Hawaii. 



Wave similar to 1 January 1916. 



Slight tsunami at Samoa. 



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