Deadliest Tsunamis Ever Recorded In the History Of The World


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Place: Sanriku, Japan
Date: June 15, 1896

This is one of the deadliest tsunamis. measured 38.2 meters, which originated from a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that occurred off the coast of Sanriku, Japan. It killed more than 22,000 people and destroyed more than 11,000 homes.

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Photo credit: The Japan Times