The 1946 ‘April Fool’s Tsunami’ was no Joke

The 1946 ‘April Fool’s Tsunami’ was no Joke

  April 1, 1946, was witness to a deadly tsunami earthquake generated south of Unimak Island with a moment magnitude of 8.6. that caused consequential events that lent to a number of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii. The megathrust earthquake, that struck in the early morning hours, was generated 13,000 feet below the ocean’s surface […]

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