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0.8 mHighest wave

Tsunami of 19 October 2020: off the United States

A tsunami started off the coast of the United States on 19 October 2020; cause: earthquake. The highest wave reached 0.8 m. It is recorded at 33 places in 2 countries.

19 October 202020:54 UTC
earthquakeCause · M7.6
–Deaths
33Places the wave reached · definite

Where it started and where the wave arrived

Chignik · 0.8 mSand Point · 0.7 mKing Cove · 0.6 mMokaoku · 0.3 mHanalei · 0.3 mCrescent City · 0.2 mHaleiwa · 0.2 mPaukūkalo · 0.1 mNikolski · 0.1 mDutch Harbor · 0.1 mNāwiliwili · 0.1 mWinter Harbour · 0.1 mUcluelet · 0.1 mPort Renfrew · 0.1 mTofino · 0.1 mPort Alberni · 0.1 mAtka · 0.1 mYaku · 0.1 mKawaihae · 0.1 m · 0 mRose Harbour · 0 m · 0 mMasset · 0 mHakai · 0 mBamfield · 0 mHe‘eia · 0 mBella Bella · 0 mVictoria · 0 m · 0 mDaajing Giids · 0 mCanada · 0 mHartley Bay · 0 mPort Hardy · 0 moff the United States
Tsunami of 19 October 2020: off the United States
< 0,5 m0,5–2 m2–5 m5–10 m≥ 10 m

Places the wave reached

TownCountries reachedWater heightFrom the sourceDeaths
Chignik · 2 kmUnited States0.8 m206 km
Sand Point · 0 kmUnited States0.7 m99 km
King Cove · 0 kmUnited States0.6 m181 km
Mokaoku · 1 kmUnited States0.3 m3,890 km
Hanalei · 1 kmUnited States0.3 m3,596 km
Crescent City · 2 kmUnited States0.2 m2,955 km
Haleiwa · 0 kmUnited States0.2 m3,666 km
Paukūkalo · 1 kmUnited States0.1 m3,751 km
Nikolski · 1 kmUnited States0.1 m636 km
Dutch Harbor · 1 kmUnited States0.1 m457 km
Nāwiliwili · 0 kmUnited States0.1 m3,624 km
Winter Harbour · 0 kmCanada0.1 m2,171 km
Ucluelet · 1 kmCanada0.1 m2,408 km
Port Renfrew · 1 kmCanada0.1 m2,503 km
Tofino · 0 kmCanada0.1 m2,374 km
Port Alberni · 1 kmCanada0.1 m2,441 km
Atka · 4 kmUnited States0.1 m1,000 km
Yaku · 2 kmCanada0.1 m1,719 km
Kawaihae · 0 kmUnited States0.1 m3,850 km
––0 m492 km
Rose Harbour · 0 kmCanada0 m1,906 km
––0 m476 km
Masset · 0 kmCanada0 m1,778 km
Hakai · 0 kmCanada0 m2,115 km
Bamfield · 0 kmCanada0 m2,441 km
He‘eia · 3 kmUnited States0 m3,685 km
Bella Bella · 0 kmCanada0 m2,094 km
Victoria · 2 kmCanada0 m2,577 km
––0 m716 km
Daajing Giids · 1 kmCanada0 m1,804 km
–Canada0 m1,889 km
Hartley Bay · 0 kmCanada0 m1,980 km
Port Hardy · 0 kmCanada0 m2,197 km

Towns the wave reached

Chignik0.8 m · 2 km
Sand Point0.7 m · 0 km
King Cove0.6 m · 0 km
Mokaoku0.3 m · 1 km
Hanalei0.3 m · 1 km
Crescent City0.2 m · 2 km
Haleiwa0.2 m · 0 km
Paukūkalo0.1 m · 1 km
Nikolski0.1 m · 1 km
Dutch Harbor0.1 m · 1 km
Nāwiliwili0.1 m · 0 km
Winter Harbour0.1 m · 0 km
Ucluelet0.1 m · 1 km
Port Renfrew0.1 m · 1 km
Tofino0.1 m · 0 km
Port Alberni0.1 m · 1 km
Atka0.1 m · 4 km
Yaku0.1 m · 2 km
Kawaihae0.1 m · 0 km
Rose Harbour0 m · 0 km
Masset0 m · 0 km
Hakai0 m · 0 km
Bamfield0 m · 0 km
He‘eia0 m · 3 km
Bella Bella0 m · 0 km
Victoria0 m · 2 km
Daajing Giids0 m · 1 km
Hartley Bay0 m · 0 km
Port Hardy0 m · 0 km

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