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684 Hakuhō earthquake, Nankai earthquake. Earthquake. The first recorded tsunami in Japan struck on 29 November 684 AD off the coast of the Kii, Shikoku, and Awaji region. The earthquake, estimated at a magnitude of 8.4, [40] was followed by a large tsunami, but there are no estimates of the number of deaths. [56]
The term "tsunami" is a borrowing from the Japanese tsunami 津波, meaning "harbour wave."For the plural, one can either follow ordinary English practice and add an s, or use an invariable plural as in the Japanese. [14]
List of natural disasters by death toll. Global multihazard mortality risks and distribution (2005) for cyclones, drought, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes (excluding heat waves, snowstorms, and other deadly hazards). A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life ...
0–9. 2000 tsunamis (2 P) 2002 tsunamis (3 P) 2003 tsunamis (3 P) 2004 tsunamis (1 C, 3 P) 2005 tsunamis (1 P) 2006 tsunamis (3 P) 2007 tsunamis (5 P) 2009 tsunamis (5 P)
List of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. This is an alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least US$ 100,000 in damage or at least one death.
The following is a summary list of earthquakes with over approximately 100,000 deaths. [1] The 893 Ardabil earthquake probably relate to the 893 Dvin earthquake, due to misreading of the Arabic word for Dvin, 'Dabil' as 'Ardabil'. [2] This is regarded as a 'fake earthquake'. [3]
A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume within a body of water, often caused by earthquakes, or similar events. This may occur in lakes as well as oceans, presenting threats to both fishermen and shoreside inhabitants. Because they are generated by a near field source region, tsunamis generated in lakes ...
The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake of a magnitude of 9.1 was prompted by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times. On December 26, 2004, the earthquake, which struck off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, generated a tsunami that wreaked havoc along much of the rim of the Indian Ocean.