1946 Aleutian Tsunami Images

A bore advances past the railroad bridge at the mouth of the Wailuku River, Hilo Bay, Hawaii. Photo Credit: University of California, Berkeley.

A wave propagating past a automobile bridge up the Wailuku River, Hilo Bay, Hawaii. Photo Credit: University of California, Berkeley.

Tsunami sweeps across Cocoanut Island, Hilo Bay, Hawaii. Photo Credit: Ted Lusdy.

A view of the tsunami generated in the Aleutian Islands striking the beachfront area at the Puumaile Tuberculosis Hospital on the Island of Hawaii about 3,800 km from the generating area. In this area east of Hilo, Hawaii, waves were 6.1 m high overtopping the breakwater and causing minor flooding at the hospital. Photograph Credit: Mrs. Harry A. Simms, Sr. Source: National Geophysical Data Center.

A view of the tsunami generated in the Aleutian Islands striking the beachfront area at the Puumaile Tuberculosis Hospital on the Island of Hawaii. Photograph Credit: Mrs. Harry A. Simms, Sr. Source: National Geophysical Data Center.

Wreckage of political party clubhouse, Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, Hawaii. Every house on the main street facing Hilo Bay was washed across the street and smashed against the buildings on the other side. Houses were overturned, railroads ripped from their roadbeds, coastal highways buried, and beaches washed away. Photograph Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Source: National Geophysical Data Center.

Tsunami breaking over Pier No. 1 in Hilo Harbor, Hawaii. The man indicated by the arrow did not surrive. The photograph was taken from the SS Brigham Victory, which was in the harbor at the time of the event. Photograph Credit: NOAA/EDIS. Source: National Geophysical Data Center.

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