2024年12月30日 · A deadly swell struck Peru ’s northern coastline triggering tsunami -like waves that ravaged local communities and forced 75 percent of the nation’s ports to close, potentially devastating local...

A tsunami hitting a coastline. This article lists notable tsunamis, which are sorted by the date and location that they occurred. Because of seismic and volcanic activity associated with tectonic plate boundaries along the Pacific Ring of Fire, tsunamis occur most frequently in the Pacific Ocean, [1] but are a worldwide natural phenomenon.

2024年6月28日 · At least eight people have been injured after a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Peru overnight Friday at a depth of 28 kilometers (17 miles), according to the...

2024年6月28日 · A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Peru early Friday, injuring at least three people, triggering a tsunami alert and shaking buildings as far as the capital, Lima, about 600...

At least four people were killed by a local tsunami in the Petit Paradis area near Leogane. Tsunami waves were also reported at Jacmel, Les Cayes, Petit Goave, Leogane, Luly and Anse a Galets. The tsunami recorded wave heights (peak-to-trough) of 12 cm at Santo Domingo and Dominican Republic, and 2 cm at Christiansted, US Virgin Islands.

2024年6月28日 · A powerful earthquake struck near the coast of Peru early Friday, triggering a tsunami warning for the region and injuring at least five people, according to the country's health ministry.

2023年12月7日 · Natural disasters are extreme environmental events caused by geological processes or weather conditions such as seismic activity, tropical cyclones, heavy rainfall, or drought. In recent years, the...

Chile and Peru are among the countries most exposed to tsunamis in Latin America and the Caribbean. Between 2000 and 2022, tsunamis caused the largest death toll in Chile, most notably on...

2020年8月16日 · According to the NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database, a total of 428 tsunami records between 1420 and 2020 have impacted 16 Latin American countries (Figure 1). Figure 1 presents the sources of these events mainly located on the Eastern Pacific Ocean and The Caribbean Sea, with very few cases on the side of the Atlantic Ocean.

2022年2月20日 · Historically, the Pacific side of Central and South America have been impacted by numerous tsunamis from local and distant earthquakes generated along subduction zones