2:44:23
A Tsunami can travel as fast a jetliner in flight which is anywhere from 500-600 mph. The earthquake occurred about 80 miles of the coast, although a Tsunami will slow as it hits the coast line, you can figure residents had anywhere from 8 - 15 minutes to get to higher ground. Not much time!
The Southern Peru tsunami on June 23, 2001, hit the coast in the afternoon after a powerful earthquake struck near the southern city of Arequipa. The tsunami caused widespread damage along the coast and resulted in numerous casualties.
There is evidence in the sediment on the U.S. west coast and there are records of a tsunami hitting Japan during that time as well.
It is highly Possibility that a tsunami not if but when it will happen and could take out the east coast from maine to Florida the chances in our life time is 1 in 1000
The tsunami hit Japan at approximately at 3:00pm local time of japan
At the time it was a clear, calm, sunny day. The tsunami was triggered by an undersea earthquake and had nothing do do with the weather.
See below for a link to a list of all the expected landing times for the tsunami, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Note from the source: This list gives estimated times of arrival for locations along the North American Pacific coast from a tsunami generated at the given source location. THE LISTING OF A TSUNAMI ARRIVAL TIME BELOW DOES NOT INDICATE A WAVE IS IMMINENT. The listed arrival time is the initial wave arrival. Tsunamis can be dangerous for many hours after arrival, and the initial wave is not necessarily the largest.
The magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Japan occurred on March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 (UTC) or 2:46:23 PM (local time) at the epicenter. The tsunami occurred shortly after that.
No, an example of this is japan when the earthquake occurred in the middle of the ocean this sent tremors through the earth which caused waves to be sent out from the point of the quake, a tsunami is when the huge waves hit land, when these waves hit japan it was a tsunami
The tsunami hit Japan on March 11, 2011, following a powerful earthquake off the east coast of the country. The tsunami devastated coastal areas and resulted in significant loss of life and widespread destruction.
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