In Hawaii , damage was much more extensive , including two indirect fatalities that occurred when a pilot and photographer were killed while attempting to document the tsunami 's arrival from an airplane . On the island of Kauai , the wave height reached . By comparison , the effects were considered about twice as strong as that of the 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake and resulting tsunami . About 50 homes were flooded on the north shore of Oahu and significant effects were seen in Waialua Bay . Buildings and bridges were also affected in Haleiwa
1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake
1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake
1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake