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re: Japan Tsunami 2011 Rare Footage Compilation with some Unseen Footage
Posted on 12/19/23 at 11:27 am to Auburn1968
Posted on 12/19/23 at 11:27 am to Auburn1968
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Some places the wall of water was 133 feet high.
No it wasn’t
Posted on 12/19/23 at 11:34 am to MikeD
I suspect the wave height varied a lot depending on the geography.
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/tohoku-earthquake-and-tsunami/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami
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The Tohoku tsunami produced waves up to 40 meters (132 feet) high,
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/tohoku-earthquake-and-tsunami/
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It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful earthquake recorded in the world since modern seismography began in 1900.[32][33][34] The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that may have reached heights of up to 40.5 meters (133 ft) in Miyako in Tohoku's Iwate Prefecture,[35][36] and which, in the Sendai area, traveled at 700 km/h (435 mph)[37] and up to 10 km (6 mi) inland.[38] Residents of Sendai had only eight to ten minutes of warning, and more than a hundred evacuation sites were washed away.[37] The snowfall which accompanied the tsunami[39] and the freezing temperature hindered rescue works greatly;[40] for instance, Ishinomaki, the city with most deaths,[41] was 0 °C (32 °F) as the tsunami hit.[42] The official figures released in 2021 reported 19,759 deaths,[43] 6,242 injured,[44] and 2,553 people missing,[45] and a report from 2015 indicated 228,863 people were still living away from their home in either temporary housing or due to permanent relocation.[46]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami
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