80% ofall tsunamis occurring in the world are concentrated in the Circum-Pacific Belt.The leading countries researching the tsunami are Japan, the U.S., and Russia. The tsunami is originally a Japanese term that means a high tidal wave. The name was used by Japanese immigrants during a tidal wave caused by the 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake (tsunami) hit in Hiro, Hawaii and it became an international word, especially an academic word, ”Tsunami”. The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) is in charge of a tsunami session at the start of an international conference about tsunamis. Tsunami” became public after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster.
*The word “tsu is composed of the Japanese words “Tsu” (which means harbor) and “Nami” (which means “wave”)(ITIC)
The 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake
Hiro, 1964
***Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hiro
