tsunami hit from the south, rising above the height of the south bank that protects the south coast, flooding the lower part of the island. It damaged and moved some of the houses; there were no reported injuries or casualties from the islands. The quake's intensity on the island was V (Moderate tremor) – VI (Strong tremor), and on the revised Modified Mercalli Intensity scale IV (Light) – V (Moderate) Aftermath It took more than three days before the SS Meigle responded to an SOS signal with doctors, nurses, blankets, and food. Donations from across Newfoundland, Canada, the United States and United Kingdom totaled $250,000. There was never an accurate official list of the victims produced by any branch of the Newfoundland government. In the report entitled "Loss of Life," the Honourable Dr. Harris Munden Mosdell, Chairman of the Board of Health Burin West, reported: "The loss of life through the tidal wave totals twenty-seven. Twenty-five deaths were due directly to the upheaval. Two other deaths occurred subsequently and were due to shock and exposure." Later research attributed an additional death to the earthquake. In 1952, American scientists from Columbia University put together the pieces of the sequentially broken cables that led to the discovery of the landslide and the first documentation of a turbidity current. Scientists have examined other layers of sand believed to be deposited by other tsunamis in an effort to determine the occurrence rates of large earthquakes. One sand layer, thought to be deposited by the 1929 tsunami, at Taylor's Bay was found below the turf line. The occurrences of large tsunamis, such as the one in 1929, are dependent upon deposition of sediments offshore because it was the landslide that made the tsunami so powerful. It will take a while before there is a large enough deposition of sediments to form an underwater landslide of a size similar as that of 1929. See also List of earthquakes in 1929 List of earthquakes in Canada List of historical tsunamis References Citations Sources External links Archival moment: Tsunami hits Burin Peninsula - CBC The Magnitude 7.2 1929 "Grand Banks" earthquake and tsunami – Natural Resources Canada The South Shore disaster: Newfoundland's tsunami Not Too Long Ago (first hand accounts of the tsunami, pp. 51–60) Newfoundland Tsunami – November 18, 1929 – Library and Archives Canada Marine Geology Volume 215, Issues 1–2 International Journal of Marine geology, Geochemistry