November 1, 2003

Japanese shipwreck dates Washington earthquake

A Japanese shipwreck in 1700 may finally establish a great earthquake tore the sea floor off the coast of Washington the same year.

Experts at the University of Washington in Seattle say written records collected from villages along a 500-mile stretch of the main Japanese island of Honshu show the coast was hit by a series of waves, collectively called a tsunami, on Jan. 28, 1700.

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UPDATE: A bit more detail here.

Posted by David on November 1, 2003 3:21 PM

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Forewarned is forearmed. Will you be ready?:

Of the 132 people who died from the 1964 Alaska Good Friday Earthquake, 122 of those deaths were the result of tsunami.

Posted by: Peter Shriner on November 1, 2003 5:19 PM
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