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
1974 10 3 14 21 29.1 4 1 PERU CENTRAL PERU -12.270 -77.790 .92 35 .80 1.00
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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
78 2 2414 4 10 3 3
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On October 3, 1974, a strong earthquake in Peru occurred and caused loss of human life and great devastation. Its epicenter was located near the city of Lima. The earthquake caused a tsunami which was observed over an extensive region. Tide gauges recorded wave heights of 1.83 m in La Puntcl (Callao) and 1.2 m in San Juan. Wave heights were also recorded at other locations as follows: 0.37 m in Hilo and Kahului, Hawaii; 0.3 m in Pago Pago, Samoa; 0.15 m in Crescent City, California; 0.06 in on Midway and Wake Island. The tsunami was also recorded at Honolulu and on the Truk Islands. (reference #417)

Tsunami heights (crest-to-trough in meters) 1.83 at Callao, Peru, .37 in Hawaii, .31 in Samoa, and .15 at Crescent City, California. (reference #1053)

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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.
236 Lander, James F., and Patricia A. Lockridge 1989 United States Tsunamis (Including United States Possessions) 1690-1988, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, Colorado, USA, Publication 41-2, 265 p.
237 Lander, James F., Patricia A. Lockridge, and Michael J. Kozuch 1993 Tsunamis affecting the West Coast of the United States, 1806-1992, KGRD no. 29, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, Colorado, USA, September, 242 p.
335 Pararas-Carayannis, George, Jeffrey P. Calebaugh 1977 Catalog of tsunamis in Hawaii. Report SE-4, World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics, NOAA, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 78 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].
1053 National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) 1971 to present Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE), a weekly and monthly publication, National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, Colorado, 1971 to present.