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Tsunami Events where Cause for the Tsunami <= 8 and Validity of Tsunami Occurence >= 3 and Runup Country = USA and Runup Region = 88 and Runup Validity = null

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Date Tsunami CauseAddl Tsu Info Tsunami Source Location Tsunami Parameters Tsunami Effects Photos
Val Code Earth-
quake Mag
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cano
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Water
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Runups
Magnitude Tsu
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Warn Status Deaths Injuries Damage Houses
Destroyed
Year Mo Dy Hr Mn Sec Country Name Latitude Longitude Abe Iida Num De Num De $Mill De Num De
1812 12 21 19 0 4 3 7.1 * USA S. CALIFORNIA 34.200 -119.900 3.40 4 1.80 1.50 1
1854 10 4 18 19 3 0 * USA N. CALIFORNIA .03 1
1854 12 23 0 0 4 1 8.3 * JAPAN ENSHUNADA SEA 34.000 137.900 21.00 45 4.00 3.00 300 3 3 8300 4
1854 12 24 8 0 4 1 8.4 * JAPAN NANKAIDO 33.100 135.000 28.00 16 4.00 3.00 3000 4 3 15000 4
1855 7 11 4 15 3 3 6.0 * USA S. CALIFORNIA 34.100 -118.100 1
1856 2 15 13 25 3 3 5.5 * USA N. CALIFORNIA 37.500 -122.300 .60 1 -1.00
1856 8 23 4 30 4 1 7.8 * JAPAN SE. HOKKAIDO ISLAND 40.500 143.500 6.00 28 2.60 2.00 26 1 2 193 3
1862 5 27 20 0 4 3 5.9 * USA S. CALIFORNIA 32.700 -117.200 1.20 1 .30
1865 10 8 20 46 3 3 6.3 * USA N. CALIFORNIA 37.200 -121.900 1 .50
1868 4 3 2 25 4 1 7.9 Vol * USA HAWAII 19.000 -155.500 13.70 26 4.30 3.40 47 1 1 108 3
1868 8 13 21 30 4 1 8.5 * CHILE N. CHILE -18.600 -71.000 18.00 98 4.20 3.50 25000 4 4
1868 10 21 15 53 3 3 6.8 * USA N. CALIFORNIA 37.700 -122.100 4.50 4 2.20 .50
1869 6 1 3 0 * USA N. CALIFORNIA 1
1872 8 23 18 6 4 1 * * USA FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, AK 52.200 -168.500 1.30 8 1.60 .50
1872 9 16 3 0 * USA SAN FRANCISCO, CA .10 1
1873 11 23 5 9 3 3 6.7 * USA N. CALIFORNIA 42.000 -124.000 3.05 1
1877 5 10 0 59 4 1 8.3 * CHILE N. CHILE -19.600 -70.200 24.00 96 4.40 3.50 4 3 3
1878 11 22 3 8 * USA S. CALIFORNIA 35.180 -120.731 1.00 9 2.00 1.50 1 1 1
1891 11 29 23 21 3 3 * * USA WASHINGTON 48.000 -123.500 2.44 3 1.30
1894 3 8 * USA PUYALLUP RIVER DELTA, TACOMA, WA 47.286 -122.445 3.00 1 2 1 1
1896 6 15 10 33 4 1 7.6 * JAPAN SANRIKU 39.500 144.000 38.20 49 5.20 3.80 27122 4 9247 4 3 11000 4
1901 3 3 7 45 3 3 6.7 * USA MONTEREY BAY, CA 36.000 -120.500 1
1906 1 31 15 35 4 1 8.8 * ECUADOR OFF COAST 1.000 -81.500 5.00 53 1.00 3.00 1000 3 3 3
1906 4 18 13 12 3 3 7.9 * USA N. CALIFORNIA 37.700 -122.500 .10 2 -3.30 -2.00
1906 8 17 0 40 4 1 8.2 * CHILE CENTRAL CHILE -33.000 -72.000 3.60 31 1.80 2.00 1
1917 5 1 18 27 4 1 8.0 * NEW ZEALAND KERMADEC ISLANDS -29.200 -177.000 .30 6 3.60 3.00
1917 6 26 5 49 42.0 4 1 8.3 * SAMOA SAMOA ISLANDS -15.500 -173.000 12.20 9 3.60 3.00 2
1918 9 7 17 16 4 1 8.2 * RUSSIA S. KURIL ISLANDS 45.500 151.500 12.00 22 3.60 3.00 23 1 7 1 3 3
1918 11 8 4 38 4 1 7.8 * RUSSIA S. KURIL ISLANDS 44.500 151.500 .50 7 1.00 2.00
1918 12 4 11 47 48.0 4 1 7.8 * CHILE N. CHILE -26.000 -71.000 5.00 4 2.30 2.50 1
1919 4 30 7 17 5.0 4 1 8.3 * TONGA TONGA ISLANDS -19.000 -172.500 2.50 9 1.30 1.50
1922 11 11 4 32 36.0 4 1 8.5 * CHILE N. CHILE -28.500 -70.000 9.00 34 3.20 2.50 300 3 3
1923 2 3 16 1 41.0 4 1 8.3 * RUSSIA KAMCHATKA 54.000 161.000 8.00 36 3.00 3 1 1.500 2
1923 4 13 15 30 4 1 7.2 * RUSSIA KAMCHATKA 56.500 162.500 30.00 11 4.90 3.50 18 1
1927 11 4 13 50 53.0 4 1 7.5 * USA N. TO S. CALIFORNIA 34.900 -120.700 1.80 8 1.00 1.00
1928 6 16 3 19 27.0 4 1 7.8 * MEXICO S. MEXICO 16.250 -98.000 .20 10 3.00 1.00 4 1 1
1929 3 7 1 34 37.9 4 1 7.8 * USA FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, AK 50.880 -169.710 1.00 6 1
1930 8 31 0 40 38.0 3 3 5.2 * USA S. CALIFORNIA 34.030 -118.643 6.10 3 -1.00 -.50 1 1
1931 10 3 19 13 13.0 4 1 7.9 * SOLOMON ISLANDS SAN CRISTOBAL ISLAND -10.500 161.750 9.00 12 3.30 2.50 50 1 3 3
1932 6 3 10 36 50.0 4 1 8.1 * MEXICO CENTRAL MEXICO 19.500 -104.250 3.00 13 1.50 2.00 400 3
1933 3 2 17 31 4 1 8.4 * JAPAN SANRIKU 39.100 144.700 29.30 306 4.90 3.50 3022 4 4 5851 4
1938 11 10 20 18 41.2 4 1 8.3 * USA SHUMAGIN ISLANDS, AK 55.480 -158.370 .30 9 -1.70
1943 4 6 16 7 15.0 4 1 8.2 * CHILE CENTRAL CHILE -30.750 -72.000 1.00 14 1
1944 12 7 4 35 4 1 8.1 * JAPAN OFF SOUTHEAST COAST KII PENINSULA 34.000 137.100 10.00 153 2.90 2.50 1223 4 2135 4 3 3159 4
1946 4 1 12 28 56.0 4 1 8.1 * USA UNIMAK ISLAND, AK 53.320 -163.190 35.05 509 5.10 4.00 165 3 26.260 4 3 303
1946 12 20 19 19 5.0 4 1 8.1 * JAPAN HONSHU: S COAST 33.000 135.600 6.60 295 2.70 2.00 1362 4 4 1451 4
1949 4 13 19 56 3 3 7.0 * USA PUGET SOUND, WA 47.167 -122.617 1 0
1949 4 16 10 55 4 8 * USA PUGET SOUND, WA 2.40 1
1952 3 4 1 22 41.0 4 1 8.1 * JAPAN SE. HOKKAIDO ISLAND 42.150 143.850 6.50 219 2.70 2.00 33 1 3 3 3
1952 11 4 16 58 4 1 9.0 * RUSSIA KAMCHATKA 52.750 159.500 18.00 296 4.20 4.00 4 3 2
1957 3 9 14 22 31.9 4 1 9.1 * USA ANDREANOF ISLANDS, AK 51.292 -175.629 22.80 323 3.90 3.50 1 1 3
1958 11 6 22 58 8.6 4 1 8.3 * RUSSIA S. KURIL ISLANDS 44.530 148.540 5.00 57 2.00 2.50 2 2
1960 5 22 19 11 17.0 4 1 9.5 Vol * CHILE CENTRAL CHILE -39.500 -74.500 25.00 1042 4.60 4.00 1263 4 75.000 4 22
1963 10 13 5 17 55.8 4 1 8.5 * RUSSIA S. KURIL ISLANDS 44.810 149.540 4.50 89 2.30 2.50
1964 3 28 3 36 14.0 4 3 9.2 * USA PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, AK 61.100 -147.500 67.10 391 6.10 5.00 124 3 124.000 4 3 8
1965 2 4 5 1 21.6 4 1 8.7 * USA RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, AK 51.290 178.550 10.70 77 3.30 2.50 .010 1
1966 10 17 21 42 4 1 8.1 * PERU CENTRAL PERU -10.700 -78.800 3.00 60 1.60 1.50
1968 5 16 0 48 55.4 4 1 8.2 * JAPAN OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU ISLAND 40.800 143.200 6.00 306 2.30 -.50 1 3 3 529 3
1971 7 26 1 23 21.3 4 1 7.9 * PAPUA NEW GUINEA BISMARCK SEA -4.900 153.200 3.00 39 3.30 1.50 1
1974 10 3 14 21 29.1 4 1 8.1 * PERU CENTRAL PERU -12.270 -77.790 .92 35 .80 1.00
1975 11 29 14 47 40.4 4 3 7.1 Vol * USA HAWAII 19.334 -155.024 14.30 76 3.00 3.00 2 1 19 1 1.500 2 1
1977 6 22 12 8 33.4 4 1 7.2 * TONGA TONGA TRENCH -22.878 -175.900 .40 19
1986 5 7 22 47 10.8 4 1 8.0 * USA ANDREANOF ISLANDS, AK 51.520 -174.776 1.40 66 -.10
1987 11 30 19 23 19.5 4 1 7.9 * USA GULF OF ALASKA, AK 58.679 -142.786 .90 10 -1.00 1
1988 3 6 22 35 38.1 4 1 7.7 * USA GULF OF ALASKA, AK 56.953 -143.032 .19 8 -2.30 .005 1
1989 10 18 0 4 15.2 4 1 6.9 * USA CALIFORNIA 37.036 -121.883 .40 3 -3.30
1992 4 25 18 6 4.2 4 1 7.2 * USA CAPE MENDOCINO, CA 40.368 -124.316 1.80 14 .80 .50
1994 9 1 15 15 53.0 4 1 7.0 * USA CALIFORNIA 40.402 -125.680 .07 1 -3.30 -3.00
1994 10 4 13 22 55.8 4 1 8.3 * RUSSIA S. KURIL ISLANDS 43.773 147.321 10.40 113 2.30 2.60 40
1995 7 30 5 11 23.6 4 1 8.0 * CHILE N. CHILE -23.340 -70.294 3.00 90 1.60 1.50 .131 1 3
1995 12 3 18 1 8.9 4 1 7.9 * RUSSIA S. KURIL ISLANDS 44.663 149.300 1.10 35 .10 .50
1996 2 17 5 59 30.5 4 1 8.2 * INDONESIA IRIAN JAYA -.891 136.952 7.68 108 2.90 1.80 110 3 100 2 3
1996 6 10 4 3 35.4 4 1 7.9 * USA ANDREANOF ISLANDS, AK 51.564 -177.632 .51 64 .50
1999 11 26 13 21 15.5 4 1 7.5 * VANUATU VANUATU ISLANDS -16.423 168.214 6.00 43 0 5 1 3 3
2001 6 23 20 33 14.1 4 1 8.4 * PERU S. PERU -16.265 -73.641 7.00 92 2 26 1 3 2000 4
2003 9 25 19 50 6.3 4 1 8.3 * JAPAN HOKKAIDO ISLAND 41.815 143.910 3.90 51 2
2003 11 17 6 43 6.8 4 1 7.8 * USA RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, AK 51.146 178.650 .33 20 4
2004 12 26 0 58 53.4 4 1 9.0 * INDONESIA OFF W. COAST OF SUMATRA 3.295 95.982 50.90 997 4 227898 4 3 10000.000 4 3 39
2005 6 15 2 50 53.1 4 1 7.2 * USA N. CALIFORNIA 41.301 -125.970 .10 5 4
2006 5 3 15 26 40.2 4 1 8.0 * TONGA TONGA -20.187 -174.123 .27 52 2
2006 11 15 11 14 13.5 4 1 8.3 * RUSSIA S. KURIL ISLANDS 46.592 153.266 .88 122 1 1 1 1
2007 1 13 4 23 21.1 4 1 8.1 * RUSSIA S. KURIL ISLANDS 46.243 154.524 .32 35 2
2007 4 1 20 39 56.3 4 1 8.1 * SOLOMON ISLANDS SOLOMON ISLANDS -8.460 157.044 3.50 49 1 52 2 3 2500 4 8
2007 8 15 23 40 57.8 4 1 8.0 * PERU S. PERU -13.386 -76.603 .37 56 1
84 events returned.
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