0.2 mHighest wave
Tsunami of 31 August 2012: off the Philippines
A tsunami started off the coast of the Philippines on 31 August 2012; cause: earthquake. The highest wave reached 0.2 m. It is recorded at 18 places in 6 countries.
31 August 201212:47 UTC
earthquakeCause · M7.6
–Deaths
18Places the wave reached · definite
Where it started and where the wave arrived
< 0,5 m0,5–2 m2–5 m5–10 m≥ 10 m
Places the wave reached
| Town | Countries reached | Water height | From the source | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kushimoto · 2 km | Japan | 0.2 m | 2,678 km | |
| Higashimachi · 0 km | Japan | 0.1 m | 2,430 km | |
| Mera · 1 km | Japan | 0.1 m | 2,986 km | |
| Ōyama · 1 km | Japan | 0.1 m | 2,886 km | |
| Panakan · 1 km | Philippines | 0.1 m | 418 km | |
| Shimizu · 1 km | Japan | 0.1 m | 2,517 km | |
| Tembichō | Japan | 0.1 m | 1,709 km | |
| Tonogusuku · 1 km | Japan | 0.1 m | 1,519 km | |
| – | U.S. Outlying Islands | 0 m | 4,389 km | |
| – | U.S. Outlying Islands | 0 m | 6,128 km | |
| Aburatsu · 1 km | Japan | 0 m | 2,352 km | |
| – | – | 0 m | 661 km | |
| – | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 m | 2,128 km | |
| Buenavista | Philippines | 0 m | 407 km | |
| Koror · 1 km | Palau | 0 m | 942 km | |
| Colonia · 1 km | Micronesia | 0 m | 1,268 km | |
| – | – | 0 m | 1,276 km | |
| – | – | 0 m | 2,325 km |