What the records say
- When
- 17 Jan 1929
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 10.60° N, 65.60° W
- Deaths
- 50
- Injuries
- 800
- Max water height m
- 6
- Source quake magnitude
- 6.9
- Runups
- 5
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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