![]() On April 22, Magno is doing a preparedness talk at the Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hilo. Resist the temptation to watch the waves, especially if the water seems to draw back, exposing the ocean floor,” the state emergency management agency said. “Tsunamis often come in multiple waves over a period of hours. “We don’t know when and where the next big one will occur, so we need to be prepared. Laura Kong, director of the International Tsunami Information Center. Tsunamis can strike year-round and during any time of the day or night. The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency defines a tsunami as a series of ocean wave masses generated primarily by earthquakes or underwater volcanic eruptions and landslides. Tsunamis are Hawaiʻi’s deadliest natural disaster with a total of 293 people having been killed since 1900. Pacific and Caribbean territories and the British Virgin Islands and is the primary international forecast center for the Pacific and Caribbean Basins. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center directly serves the Hawaiian Islands, the U.S. There were many lessons learned from that tsunami that are used to help protect people and property today. “We observe Tsunami Awareness Month every year in Hawai‘i, starting on the anniversary of the deadly April Fools’ Day tsunami that caused so much sorrow and damage to our state in 1946.” Barros, administrator of the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency in a statement. “Tsunamis can strike with very little warning and cause enormous destruction,” said James DS. A Laupahoehoe schoolhouse was crushed by the tsunami, killing the teacher and 25 students who were inside. The maximum height was recorded in Ha’ena at 45 feet. ![]() ![]() The coastal villages were pounded with surges as tall as 3-story buildings. While some people went to investigate the strange occurrence, the massive tsunami came crashing into the Hilo waterfront, destroying it. “Boats were left to the sea floor next to flopping fish,” said. The water in the bay seemed to disappear. The first wave entered Hilo Harbor and then receded. Less than five hours later, the monster waves rolled in from the Aleutian Islands, surprising the State of Hawaiʻi. The tsunami was triggered by a 7.4-magnitude earthquake (although some scientists now say it was closer to 8.5-magnitude) that happened in the middle of the night off the Alaskan coast. (Pacific Tsunami Museum/Wikimedia Commons)Įxactly 77 years ago, on April Foolʻs Day 1946, Hilo and the surrounding coast was hit by the most devastating tsunami in Hawaiʻi’s modern history. People run from a surge of the 1946 tsunami in Hilo on the Big Island. ![]()
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