On September 1, 1992 (September 2 at 00:16 GMT), an earthquake
with a magnitude of 7.0 generated a tsunami with waves between
8 and 15 meters high that struck 26 towns along
250 km of Nicaragua's Pacific coast. More than 40,000 people
were affected by the loss of their homes or means of income.
The waves left 116 dead, 63 missing and another 489 injured.
On December 12, 1992, a 7.8 surface wave magnitude earthquake
occurred in the Flores region of Indonesia. Flores Island is
located about 1,800 km east of Jakarta. The death toll as a
result of the combined earthquake and tsunami effects was more
than 2,000. This slide set shows damage from the
September tsunami along Nicaragua's Pacific coast (6 slides)
and the December tsunami in the Flores region of Indonesia
(14 slides). |