Recent Destructive Tsuanmis


Location Date Damage Earthquake Magnitude Maximum Runup Deaths
(millions of U.S. dollars)(Richter scale)(meters)
Nicaragua September 1992 Extensive 7.29.7170
Indonesia December 1992 Extreme 7.526.01000
Japan Sea July 1993 1,500 7.631330
Indonesia June 1994 2.2 7.214250
Kuril Islands October 1994 Some 8.1911
Indonesia October 1994 Local 6.8?1
Alaska November 1994 21 Landslide101
Philippines November 1994 25 7.01062
Adapted from Lockridge, P. "NGDC Monitors Frequency of Recent Destructive Tsunamis." Earth System Monitor. 5.4: 6.
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