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Fig. 7.14
Pressure profile
of chemical explosions in
the vicinity of German
nuclear power plants
Time, s
Table 7.4
List of historically documented tsunamis initiated by earthquakes at Japanese coasts to
the Fukushima accident [
48
]
Year Region
Magnitude Max. level [m] Casualties
1498 Enshunada Sea
8.3
10.0
31,000
1605 Nankaido
7.9
10.0
5,000
1611 Sanriku
8.1
25.0
5,000
1703 Off the Boso peninsula
8.2
10.5
5,233
1707 Enshunada
8.4
11.0
2,000
1771 Ryukuyu Islands
7.4
85.4
13,486
1854 Nankaido
8.3
28.0
3,000
1896 Sanriku
7.6
38.2
27,122
1923 Sagami Bay
7.9
13.0
2,144
1933 Sanriku
8.4
29.0
3,022
1944 Off the south-eastern coast of the Kii peninsula 8.1
10.0
1,223
1983 Noshiro
7.8
14.5
100
1993 Japanese Sea
7.7
54.0
208
2011 Northeastern Honshu
9.0
23.0
>
15,000
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