Sentence examples for triggering tsunami from inspiring English sources

Based upon a value of 9.0, the average sideways movement between the plates is estimated at around 15 metres, with the sea bed rising by several metres, triggering tsunami to the east and west.

TOKYO — An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck off the coast of Fukushima early Saturday, triggering tsunami and evacuation advisories for a wide swath of Japan's Pacific coast, but recorded waves were far smaller than the destructive tsunami that hit the region in 2011.

The 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck northeast Japan at 2 46 p.m., triggering tsunami waves as high as 30 metres (100 feet) that swept away residents and their homes.

The largest earthquake in Japan's history hit the country's northeast today, triggering tsunamis that have been felt as far as Hawaii and the west coast of the United States.

Fast forward to today, and the island of Thera, now Santorini, is again triggering tsunamis.

The earthquake triggered tsunami warnings throughout the Pacific basin.

A magnitude 9.0 quake in March 2011 triggered tsunami waves as high as 32 feet, and the water reached four times that height as it raced up mountainsides.

2010 Maule, Chile 8.8 VIII 521 The Chile earthquake of 2010 produced widespread damage in Chile's central region and triggered tsunami warnings throughout the Pacific basin.

Saturday's quake triggered tsunami warnings, though none took place, and there was confusion and anxiety for the thousands of evacuees whose homes had already been destroyed or damaged.

The last time the sirens wailed, after the March 2011 earthquake in Japan, for example, which triggered tsunami alerts around much of the Pacific Rim, emergency managers here expected the tsunami hitting this part of Oregon to be small, which it was.

The best candidate on this part of the Moroccan Atlantic coast remains the 1755 earthquake triggered tsunami.