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Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

Table 1 Reported tsunami wave heights for selected Pacific Islands and sites around the Pacific Rim

From: Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami, January 2022: globally the most significant opportunity to observe an explosive and tsunamigenic submarine eruption since AD 1883 Krakatau

Country and location

Maximum tsunami (rounded) (m)

Pacific Islands

 Tonga

  Tongatapu: west coast

15

  ‘Eua

15

  Tongatapu: Nuku‘alofa

1.2

 Vanuatu: Port Villa

1.2

 Fiji: Suva

0.2

 Cook Islands: Rarotonga

0.7

 American Samoa: Pago Pago

0.6

Hawaiian Islands

 Kauai

0.8

 Maui

0.8

New Zealand: Great Barrier Island

1.3

Pacific Rim

 Japan

  Kagoshima Prefecture

1.2

  Iwate Prefecture

1.1

Australia

 Norfolk Island

1.3

 Gold Coast

0.8

 Lord Howe Island

1.1

Peru

2.0

Chile

2.0

United States

 Southern California

1.3

 Northern California

1.1

  1. Data sources: Risk Frontiers (2022a), field observations and various internet sources (unverified)