Tsunami Event

Date Tsunami Cause Tsunami Source Location Tsunami Parameters
Max
Water
Height		 Num. of
Runups		 Deposits Magnitude Tsu
Int		 Warn Status
Year Mo Dy Hr Mn Sec Val Code Country Name Latitude Longitude Abe Iida
1970 5 31 20 23 27.3 4 1 PERU N. PERU -9.200 -78.800 .38 15 .80
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Tsunami Effects Total Effects (Tsunami and Source)
Deaths Missing Injuries Damage Houses Destroyed Houses Damaged Deaths Missing Injuries Damage Houses Destroyed Houses Damaged
Num De Num De Num De $Mill De Num De Num De Num De Num De Num De $Mill De Num De Num De
66794 4 50000 4 530 4 3
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On May 31, 1970, at 15:23 [local time] a catastrophic earthquake occurred in Peru. Weak tsunamis, produced by the earthquake, were observed along the Peruvian coast. In Chimbote, a 76 cm high wave was recorded; in La Punta (Callao region), the height was 61 cm. Tsunami waves were observed on the Japanese coast. (reference #417)

Reference #552 lists a maximum runup height of 1.8 m but that value cannot be confirmed with any other reference.

References for a Tsunami event ID

References for the Tsunami Event

ID Author Year Citation
45 U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey and U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1928-1986 United States Earthquakes, Annual publication, published 1928-1986. vol.s for 1928-1965 issued by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; volumes for 1966-1969 issued by the National Earthquake Information Center; volume for 1970 issued by the National Geophysical Data Center; volumes for 1971-1972 issued by the National Geophysical And Solar-Terrestrial Data Center; volumes for 1973-1980 published jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological Survey; volumes for 1981-1986 published by the U.S. Geological Survey. [on shelf]
150 Iida, Kumizi 1984 Catalog of tsunamis in Japan and its neighboring countries. Aichi Institute of Technology, Yachigusa, Yakusa-cho, Toyota-shi, 470-03, Japan, 52 p.
417 Soloviev, S L., Ch. N. Go, and Kh. S. Kim 1992 Catalog of tsunamis in the Pacific, 1969-1982. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, 208 p. Translated from Russian by Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India, 1988 [Originally published in Russian in 1986].
552 Lockridge, Patricia A. 1985 Tsunamis in Peru-Chile, Report SE-39, World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics, NOAA, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO, USA, 97 p.