Japan’s 1896 Earthquake, Tsunami: 125 Ft. Waves, Over 20,000 Japanese Killed

By LBG1
New tsunami warning lifted, second explosion at Japan nuclear power plant

8.9 Sendai earthquake tsunami

According to a new report from Yahoo news there was a second explosion at the No. 3 reactor of the Daiichi plant in Fukushima, and, a new tsunami ‘headed for the same coastline’ that was hit on March 11th after the 8.9 Sendai earthquake on March 11. Missing from the Yahoo news report, the reason behind the new tsunami warning. [New video footage of tsunami below]
Later, Reuters reported the second tsunami warning had been lifted:

(Reuters) – Japanese fears of a second tsunami proved unfounded on Monday, local media said, as the national weather agency made clear that it had not detected a wave on the Pacific coast.

Sunday the BBC reported an unusual statement from Professor Fumihoko Imamura, the 8.9 tsunami ‘was literally a “once-in-a-millennium” event’. An interesting statement given the devastating 1896 tsunami that struck the northeast coast of Japan after a 7.2 earthquake, the Meiji-Sanriku earthquake. A tsunami that had wave heights estimated at 125 ft. and a death toll of over 20,000 Japanese. The estimated wave heights of the 8.9 earthquake tsunami, 30 ft. The expected death toll from the 8.9 earthquake and tsunami, 10,000. Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture, the location of where the June 15, 1896 and March 11, 2011 tsunami’s hit northeastern Japan.
Maybe the professor was misquoted by the BBC?
BBC News:

2056 This tsunami was literally a “once-in-a-millennium” event, says Professor Fumihiko Imamura from Tohoku University in Sendai. In 869, according to historical texts, there was an earthquake of this scale in which 1,000 people died, he says. Geological research has revealed evidence of the tsunami 5km inland, but only bits and pieces of what happened are known.

The 8.9 earthquake, a once-in-a-millennium event. The tsunami, with estimated 30 ft. wave heights, not as historical as the 1896 tsunami in regards to the height of the wave. Both tsunamis struck the northeastern coast of Japan. The largest number of casualties from the 1896 tsunami northwest of Sendai.

Location of 7.2, 1896 Meiji-Sanriku earthquake

8.9 Japan earthquake map- USGS

The above map, the location of Miyagi, one of two