What the records say
- When
- 29 Oct 1989
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 36.79° N, 2.45° E
- Deaths
- 30
- Injuries
- 245
- Damage musd
- 5
- Source quake magnitude
- 5.9
- Runups
- 1
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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