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1.2 mHighest wave

Tsunami of 6 July 2011: off New Zealand

A tsunami started off the coast of New Zealand on 6 July 2011; cause: earthquake. The highest wave reached 1.2 m. It is recorded at 24 places in 12 countries.

6 July 201119:03 UTC
earthquakeCause · M7.6
–Deaths
24Places the wave reached · definite

Where it started and where the wave arrived

New Zealand · 1.2 mNew Zealand · 1 mOkiwi · 0.2 mCape Runaway · 0.2 mCook Islands · 0.2 mCallao · 0.2 mPuerto Ayora · 0.2 mCoquimbo · 0.1 mNew Caledonia · 0.1 mNāwiliwili · 0.1 mAmargos · 0.1 mNambia Tri · 0.1 mFrench Polynesia · 0.1 mChinatown · 0.1 mPoint Arena · 0.1 mSanta Cruz · 0.1 mFrench Polynesia · 0.1 mMaytubig · 0.1 mMokaoku · 0.1 mAtico · 0.1 mSuva · 0 mBuenavista · 0 mCook Islands · 0 mEbaye · 0 moff New Zealand
Tsunami of 6 July 2011: off New Zealand
< 0,5 m0,5–2 m2–5 m5–10 m≥ 10 m

Places the wave reached

TownCountries reachedWater heightFrom the sourceDeaths
–New Zealand1.2 m155 km
–New Zealand1 m154 km
Okiwi · 8 kmNew Zealand0.2 m1,062 km
Cape Runaway · 13 kmNew Zealand0.2 m1,024 km
–Cook Islands0.2 m1,902 km
Callao · 4 kmPeru0.2 m10,228 km
Puerto Ayora · 2 kmEcuador0.2 m9,589 km
Coquimbo · 1 kmChile0.1 m9,701 km
–New Caledonia0.1 m1,895 km
Nāwiliwili · 0 kmUnited States0.1 m5,981 km
Amargos · 1 kmChile0.1 m8,958 km
Nambia Tri · 1 kmVanuatu0.1 m2,035 km
–French Polynesia0.1 m3,029 km
Chinatown · 1 kmUnited States0.1 m5,965 km
Point Arena · 2 kmUnited States0.1 m9,339 km
Santa Cruz · 11 kmEcuador0.1 m9,609 km
–French Polynesia0.1 m2,945 km
Maytubig · 2 kmPhilippines0.1 m8,310 km
Mokaoku · 1 kmUnited States0.1 m5,911 km
Atico · 0 kmPeru0.1 m10,318 km
Suva · 0 kmFiji0 m1,371 km
BuenavistaPhilippines0 m7,975 km
–Cook Islands0 m2,968 km
Ebaye · 5 kmMarshall Islands0 m4,566 km

Towns the wave reached

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