How long does it take for a tsunami to hit after an earthquake? Timelapse reveals minute-by-minute breakdown
A Timelapse of the 2011 Japan earthquake provided a shocking look at how fast a tsunami has continued to reach the rest of the world.
9.1 Richter Quake hit the north -east coast of Honshu at 14:46 local time on March 11th and caused a tsunami up to the height of 56FT, which destroys everything in the inside and road.
The sad restructuring of the disaster shows how the gigantic wave can pass the world’s largest ocean in one hour, which then resulted in destructive consequences for any country.
Just three hours after the earthquake hit Honshu, it reached about 750 miles away from the southern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia.
Within nine hours, the tsunami hit the Gulf of Alaska before colliding on the shores of California about 40 minutes later.
Approximately 14 hours after the explosion of the destructive earthquake, the tsunami reached the South East Coast of Mexico and eventually came to the coast of South America within 20 hours.
