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Historic Tsunami
1901 Japan Tsunami
9 August 1901 · Off Northeast Coast Honshu · Japan
On 9 August 1901 at 18:33 UTC, a tsunami formed off Northeast Coast Honshu, Japan. It was caused by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake. Waves reached up to 0.3 m high. It was observed at 2 locations, up to 409 km from its source. It killed at least 18 people.
- Date
- 9 August 1901
- Time
- 18:33 UTC
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake Magnitude
- 7.4
- Highest Wave
- 0.3 m
- Observation Sites
- 2
- Furthest Reach
- 409 km
- Deaths
- 18
- Homes Destroyed
- 8
- Source Country
- Japan
- Triggering Earthquake
- 1901 Aomori-ken Toho-oki Earthquake
Highest Waves
- 0.3 mAyukawa · Japan · 264 km
- 0.0 mNemuroko · Japan · 409 km
Other Major Tsunamis in the Region
- 2011Honshu Island, Japan · 39.3 m18,423 deaths
- 1993Sea of Japan, Japan · 32.0 m231 deaths
- 1983Noshiro, Japan · 14.9 m104 deaths
- 1982Hokkaido Island, Japan · 1.3 m110 deaths
- 1933Sanriku, Japan · 29.0 m3,022 deaths
- 1905Japan: Off Fukushima, Japan57 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Tsunami Database (doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7) · Natural Earth