Great Chilean
Earthquake(moment magnitude
9.5) 22 May 1960This news film
shows damaged village, eastern
Hokkaido island, the coast of
the Pacific Ocean. No one
expected tsunamis to reach to
Japan, as far as 17000km away,
at that time. After a series
of large earthquakes had
occurred, the tsunamis surged
over the Japanese
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Great Chilean
Earthquake(moment magnitude
9.5) 22 May 1960This news film
shows damaged village, eastern
Hokkaido island, the coast of
the Pacific Ocean. No one
expected tsunamis to reach to
Japan, as far as 17000km away,
at that time. After a series
of large earthquakes had
occurred, the tsunamis surged
over the Japanese coasts of
the Pacific Ocean via Hawaii
some 22hours later.By these
tsunamis, Japan Meteorological
Agency had set up the
observation system to predict
in the Pacific area.142 died
in Japan.

Category Travel & Places

Tags Tsunamis, Chile