The tsunami of Oman and the eastern coast of the Emirates 1945 AD.. a fact that many exaggerated

Written By سنان خلف on 2015/05/20

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Weather of Arabia - Talks are often raised about the possibility of the coasts of the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates being affected by tsunami waves similar to those that affected the Gulf coasts in 1945 AD, which sparked our curiosity to search for historical sources that mentioned that incident.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>1945 AD earthquake and tsunami in brief</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> On November 28, 1945 AD, a devastating earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale shook the “Makran Province” in southeastern Iran, causing widespread destruction and landslides that led to the submersion of parts of the Iranian port and city of “Bansi” located on the Arabian Sea, and historical sources indicate that the earthquake The destroyer caused a devastating &quot;tsunami&quot; that reached Karachi in Pakistan, which is 360 kilometers from the epicenter, and the tsunami waves reached Bombay, 1100 kilometers from the Iranian &quot;Bansi&quot;, and left nearly 5,000 people dead. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/743246-minamisoma-japan-tsunami.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 338px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Tsunami 1945 AD on the countries of Oman and the Emirates between truth and exaggeration</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Almost non-existent information, and an incident whose details were absent from history books, confirms the weak impact of this earthquake, which some rumor mongers cite on the countries of the region.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>A message from Sultan Qaboos&#39; father referring to the 1945 AD tsunami</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> One paper that we were able to access after long trouble, and it is a letter from the father of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos, the ruler of the Sultanate of Oman, in which he tells about the impact of the Sultanate’s coasts by tidal waves in the year 1945 AD, and through which he refers to the unusually high sea water, and its entry into the course of the valley after it was The water covered the berth of Al Khor, without any mention of casualties or serious damage on the Omani coast! </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/Geologie7_0.jpeg" style="width: 600px; height: 338px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Then he moves through the message to Gwadar in Baluchistan, the far southwest of Pakistan, which was under the rule of the Sultanate at that time, to indicate the fall of 4 deaths and material losses estimated at seventy thousand &quot;Riyab&quot; there, </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/Capturecdcdcd44423e3ee33e3333_0.PNG" style="height: 227px; width: 600px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Study of Dr. Justa Hoffmann and its results</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Here comes the geological study conducted by Dr. &quot;Justa Hoffmann&quot; in cooperation with the students of the German University in Muscat to search for the effects of the tsunami in 1945 AD, which confirmed that the effect of the &quot;tsunami&quot; waves was slight on the coast and did not cause significant damage, after surveying the coastal area from Qurayyat and End with pictures. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DXbyFbiJ6Ig" width="600"></iframe></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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