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The tsunami of April 1, 1946 broke over Pier No. 1 in Hilo Harbor, Hawaii. The man in the foreground (lower left) became one of the 159 deaths on the islands. Credit: NOAA
The U.S. Coast Guard lighthouse at Scotch Cap in Alaska's Aleutian Islands before the 1946 Alaska tsunami. (Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard & NOAA - National Geophysical Data Center)
Scotch Cap lighthouse after tsunami. The Scotch Cap lighthouse on Alaska's Unimak Island was destroyed by a tsunami in 1946. (Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard & NOAA - National Geophysical Data Center)
Damage at Kodiak from the March 27, 1964, tsunami. Photo credit: NOAA
Tsunami damage at Kodiak following 1964 Good Friday Earthquake
People run from an approaching tsunami in Hilo, Hawai'i, on 1 April 1946; note the wave just left of the man's head in right center of image. Photograph courtesy of the Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hilo, Hawai`i