Scientists also identified deposits from well-documented historical tsunamis striking Hawaii in 1946 and 1957 — in one case, tracing sand about 500 Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press, 1988. August 1989. Wave height data: Readings of tsunami wave heights at various locations from the 1946, 1952, 1957, 1960 and 1964 Hawaii tsunamis. Dudley, Walter C. and Min Lee. Current Warnings Most Recent Tsunami The University of Washington. 5 November 1952, Mw 9.0, Kamchatka. In Hawaiʻi, property damage from these waves was estimated at $800,000-$1,000,000 (1952 dollars); no lives were lost. Tsunami!. This one had a magnitude of 9.0 and it caused tsunamis that reached and damaged Hawaii and locations on the west coasts of North and South America. Feature layer by HawaiiStateGIS The tsunami is known as the April Fools Day Tsunami in Hawaii because it happened on 1 April and many people thought it to be an April Fool's Day prank. On November 4, 1952 a tsunami was generated by a magnitude 8.5 earthquake on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the USSR. It resulted in the creation of a tsunami warning system known as the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), established in 1949 for Oceania countries. US Department of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic ... Hawaii (event video). 1952 Tsunami Overview. 1952: Hilo, HI 2006.021.0034 PTM Fujii Collection Wailoa River receding in 1952 leaving boats stranded This tsunami struck the Big Island of Hawaii on April 1st. U.S. Department of Commerce. The most destructive tsunami in Hawaii occurred on April 1, 1946 after an earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter Scale struck the ocean floor off the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. References for 1952 Kamchatka Peninsula Tsunami. United States Tsunamis. The epicenter was twenty-five miles beneath sea level. Tsunami Wave Heights: 1952. The tsunami flooded the downtown area of Hilo killing 159 people and causing more than $26-million in damages. In the middle of the night, 13,000 In Hawaii, property damage from these waves was estimated at $800,000-$1,000,000 (1952 dollars); no lives were lost. 1952 Kamchatka Peninsula Tsunami. The waves beached boats, caused houses to collide, destroyed piers, scoured beaches and moved road pavement. Publication 41-2. On April 1, 1946, an undersea earthquake off the Alaskan coast triggers a massive tsunami that kills 159 people in Hawaii. Lander, James F. and Patricia A. Lockridge. The earliest recording of a tsunami goes back to April 11, 1819 when a wave from Chile reached a height of 2 m somewhere along the west coast of the Island of Hawaii. On November 4, 1952 a tsunami was generated by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the USSR. Hawaii's 1960 Tsunami February 27, 2010 / 1:54 PM / CBS/AP This morning's 8.8 magnitude earthquake in central Chile was the largest recorded in the Pacific region in nearly fifty years. ITIC. ITIC. Independent studies in the Aleutian Islands found evidence of a large earthquake and tsunami at about the same time suggesting that tsunami could have been the source for the extensive coastal flooding in the Hawaiian Islands. An earthquake of magnitude 9.0 hit the coast of Kamchatka along a 350-mile subduction zone fracture, on November 4, 1952. Return to description of 1952 Kamchatka Peninsula Tsunami The same wave was also observed in Honolulu but it is poorly documented. 1952 On November 4, 1952 a tsunami was generated by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake on the Kamchatka Peninsula in … Quick Links. Photos can be found at Tsunami Damage .