an estimation is about 50,000 houses
their homes were destroyed
The exact number of houses destroyed in the Valdivia earthquake of 1960 is not known, but it is estimated that tens of thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed due to the severity of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The earthquake, which was the most powerful ever recorded, caused widespread devastation in the region.
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The tsunami destroyed many buildings and damaged nuclear reactors
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2ooo homes were destroyed
Not only one many houses were destroyed. Many people were rendered homeless.
The 2010 Haiti earthquake destroyed approximately 105,000 homes and damaged an additional 188,383 homes.
Perhaps the most famous, and possibly the last major tsunami in the USA was from the 1964 Alaska earthquake with a resulting tsunami hitting Alaska, and traveling as far a Hawaii and the Oregon/Washington coast.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquakehttp://ezinearticles.com/?Alaska-Earthquake-and-Tsunami,-1964&id=9558Another Tsunami was the Lituya Bay, Alaska Tsunami in 1958.http://geology.com/records/biggest-tsunami.shtmlSince the Alaska Earthquake in 1964 and the resulting Tsunami, the West Coast of the USA has had a Tsunami early warning system with emergency evacuation plans. There have been a couple of alarms from earthquakes, but no significant waves.Unfortunately, due to human nature, many people flocked to the coast after recent tsunami warnings.
Many towns were destroyed. Many people have died and are unaccounted for.
zero. There was no Alaskan tsunami. The most resent was in Asia.
2ooo homes were destroyed