Tsunami 1946 - Hilo

One of the most destructive Pacific-wide tsunamis - and the most severe in the Hawaiian islands - was generated by a large earthquake near Unimak in the Aleutian chain of islands of Alaska.

The earthquake occurred on April 1, 1946, at 12:29 GMT. Its epicenter was at 52.8° N, 163.5° W, and its focal depth was shallow at 25 km.

Although the quake was initially assigned a Richter magnitude of 7.2, in later years, the energy it released was reevaluated and a Moment Magnitude (Mw) of 8.6 was assigned. to this event.

This earthquake generated one of the most destructive Pacific-wide tsunamis of the 20th century. Near the generating area, at Unimak Island, huge tsunami waves reached 35.0 m (more than 100 feet) above sea level and destroyed completely the newly built, U.S. Coast Guard's Scotch Cap lighthouse. All 5 men of its crew were killed. The lighthouse was a steel-reinforced concrete structure and its base was at about 30 meters above sea level.

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[autymnbottom]

wooow! my great grandmother was in this tsunami she saw it all happen and she was 12 years old. she told us that she was a great swimmer and was sent out in the water to save children and adults who couldnt swim. she said it was a horrible thing to see. she said there were dead animals and debris all over the place.

[TheOblivionGate]

@KiranaForever You'll find most music that relates to space has this "eerie" if not "lonesome" touch to it, Rings of uranus sounds like a name that says, "There's nothing there." Or is there?

[dwrb24]

crazy footage, i never seen this one, my father was only 3 yrs old when this one hit, his uncle came and got him out of his crib, he lived in the Shinmachi/Waiakea area.! My dad told me that the water rushed in his house everyone got out safe but when he tells me stories i just trip out!, I cant even fathome the idea.....thank you for the video.

[icedog329]

Both Kaui kona and Hilo had a tsunami but not honnaka

[MSWindows30]

@jamesyou09, both the Big Island and Kauai have suffered disasters from one of the Hawaii's top disasters. But, Oahu will suffer the same thing.

Big Island-1946 tsunami, 1960 tsunami, 1964 tsunami. Close call from Hurricane Flossie

Kauai- Hurricane Dot, Hurricane Iwa, Hurricane Iniki

Oahu- Potential hurricane impact, mega-tsunami from Mauna Loa flank

[321PeBbLeS123]

RIP to all those persons that die. but half of them died because they thought it was a " April's Fools " joke since this occured in April 1st, 1946 and didn't bother to go in a safer elevation! :o

[thejukeboxers]

I wish I hadn't read that post, I copied and pasted just in case

[MSWindows30]

@PangyaGamer , the music is scary. Yes, haunting.

[PangyaGamer]

Haunting....



[jamesyou09]

it sucks i live in oahu