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The tsunami damage at El Tranisto, (population 1,000), the area most devastated by the tsunami in Nicaragua. Sixteen people were killed (14 children and two elderly men) and 151 were injured. More than two hundred houses (nearly all the houses in El Tranisto) were destroyed by waves that reached more than nine meters at this site. It is thought that the first wave was relatively small, and that it provided a warning which allowed most of the able-bodied people to escape the force of the second and third very destructive waves. Image Credit: Harry Yeh. University of Washington September 2, 1992 Masachapa Nicaragua earthquake At least 116 people killed, more than 68 missing and over 13,500 left homeless in Nicaragua. At least 1,300 houses and 185 fishing boats were destroyed along the west coast of Nicaragua. Event Data:
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