The three most powerful tsunami in history Bashny.Net

Tsunami in South Asia
December 26, 2004 near Sumatra recorded a powerful earthquake amplitude of 8.9 points. The resulting wave struck the coast of Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia. Several hundred thousand victims (including many tourists) and hundreds of broken cities do this tsunami one of the most destructive and most powerful in the history of mankind.



Tsunami in Alaska
March 28, 1964 there was the most devastating tsunami in the history of the Northern hemisphere, which is called "tsunami in Alaska." The tremors in his heart, that is, the Strait of Prince William, reached 9.2 on the Richter scale, and their echoes were felt throughout the Western part of the continent. It is difficult to imagine the horror of the citizens of this coast, which in the normal pre-Easter day saw on the horizon a huge 30 foot wall of water.

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Tsunami from Samoa
September 2009 was fatal to many inhabitants of the Islands of Samoa. On a hot day, when most of the islanders was closer to the salutary coolness of the ocean, they struck a 15-meter waves. The earthquake was very strong and 8.1 on the Richter scale and that fluctuations took place so that the main part of water rushed inland, sweeping away everything in its path.



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