Hawaii images of tsunamis. Though rare in hawaii tsunamis have taken more lives here than all other local disasters combined. Hawaii department of emergency management officials use a bullhorn to alert homeless campers of the tsunami on maile beach saturday feb. Be sure and visit the pacific tsunami museum web page for extensive photos as well as more information.
The pacific tsunami warning center ptwc provides warnings of tsunamis to the public and to organizations responsible for public safety in coastal areas of hawaii since 1949 the pacific ocean since 1965 the indian ocean since 2005 and the caribbean sea since 2006. Jan 27 2014 explore melva mae kaopuikis board tsunami hawaii followed by 958 people on pinterest. On average a tsunami hits the hawaiian islands about once each year.
Use them in commercial designs under lifetime perpetual worldwide rights. 27 2010 in waianae hawaii. These images provide a glimpse of the effects of recent tsunamis in hawaii and the pacific.
The earliest tsunami on record in hawaii was reported in 1813 or 1814 according to the catalogue of tsunamis in the hawaiian islands by george pararas carayannis. One natural disaster phenomenon that has the most potentially devastating effect is a tsunami. In terms of death a tsunami could wreak havoc on honolulu which remains largely at a meter or so above sea level.
The pacific tsunami museum was established in hilo in 1994 to commemorate the 1946 and 1960 tsunamis but has since expanded to include public education and a broad archive of tsunami photos video history and oral histories. Hee nalubut never try to surf a tsunami. The photos in this gallery are courtesy of the pacific tsunami museum and they will not enlarge.
1946 tsunami on april 1 1946 an 81 magnitude earthquake in the aleutian islands generated a tsunami that struck the hawaiian islands. A tsunami caused by an earthquake off the coast of chile travels across the pacific ocean and kills 61 people in hilo hawaii on may 23 1960the massive 95 magnitude quake had killed thousands. Dreamstime is the worlds largest stock photography community.
At least 85 tsunamis have hit.