Talk:2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

Wave-height record contradicted in same sentence

The article calls a 38.9-metre tsunami run-up "the record in Japan historically" in the same sentence that reports a higher run-up of 40.5 metres at the same location.

The passage in question reads: "Also, at the slope of a nearby mountain from 400 m away at Aneyoshi fishery port of Omoe peninsula in Miyako, Iwate, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology found estimated tsunami run up height of 38.9 m. This height is deemed the record in Japan historically, as of reporting date, that exceeds 38.2 m from the 1896 Sanriku earthquake. It was also estimated that the tsunami reached heights of up to 40.5 m in Miyako in Tōhoku's Iwate Prefecture."

Both figures describe the same event and the same general locality (Miyako, Iwate Prefecture). If 40.5 m was reached in Miyako, then 38.9 m cannot simultaneously be "the record in Japan historically" — 40.5 m is 1.6 metres taller. The two figures are presented in adjacent sentences without any explanation of how both can be true. The article does not distinguish these as different measurement types (run-up vs. inundation height, for instance) in a way that would reconcile the contradiction. Rome (talk) 23:30, 6 May 2026 (UTC)