Hilo, Hawaii
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Hilo is the largest settlement in and the county seat of Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii, United States, which encompasses the Island of Hawaiʻi, and is a census-designated place. The population was 44,186 acc
Hilo, Hawaii, 1907
Hilo Iron Works, 1929
Pride of America docked at Hilo Harbor; Hilo International Airport runway is visible in the background
Hele-On bus in Hilo
1960 Valdivia earthquake
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The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami or the Great Chilean earthquake occurred on 22 May 1960. Most studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale, making it the strongest earthqua
Hilo, Hawaii
…Railway, and instead the Hawaiʻi Belt Road was built north of Hilo using some of the old railbed. On May 22, 1960, another tsunami, caused by a 9.5-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Chile that day, claimed 61 lives, allegedly due to the failure of people to heed warning sirens. Low-lying bayfront areas of the city…
Collapsed buildings in Valdivia
Travel time of the tsunami across the Pacific Ocean at one-hour intervals
Hilo, Hawaii, after the tsunami
Effect of the tsunami at Kamaishi, Japan