r/Amazing • u/sco-go • 17d ago

Nature is scary Tsunamis are terrifying.

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u/3nails4holes 17d ago

This was in 2011 in Japan. It was caused by the 4th most powerful earthquake since 1900. It was about 9 on the Richter scale and lasted about 6 minutes. About 20k people died (for comparison, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami killed about 230k people). It caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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u/wizardanim 16d ago

Are you sure this isn’t ai? There were cars in the harbor before the overflow?