Sentence examples for deadly tsunami from inspiring English sources

Last September, an earthquake triggered a deadly tsunami in Indonesia.

Because part of that movement was under the seabed, the water above was displaced suddenly, leading to the deadly tsunami.

"Noah" is Mr. Tanaka's version of a modern-day ark, and his answer to the possibility of another deadly tsunami.

But in the days following last month's deadly tsunami, The Thorn Tree has provided a different kind of lifeline.

In 1963, a deadly tsunami overtook the shores of Kodiak, Alaska, with such force that fishing boats were catapulted onto land.

And since the deadly tsunami and nuclear fiasco at the Fukushima site in Japan nearly four years ago, confidence in this technology has waned in many places.

The most recent large event, in 1700, sent deadly tsunamis as far as Japan.

Deadly tsunamis have been rare here; the last few waves to reach Kuroshio, including one in 1946, did little damage.

These maps are being applied to wave studies to understand the forces that generate such deadly tsunamis, which can occur in many coastal regions around the globe.

While some are so old that the characters are worn away, most were erected about a century ago after two deadly tsunamis here, including one in 1896 that killed 22,000 people.

The most powerful earthquake ever recorded was also in Chile: a 9.5-magnitude quake struck in the spring of 1960 that struck near Concepción and set off a series of deadly tsunamis that killed people as far away as Hawaii and Japan.