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> Aneyoshi’s tsunami stone is the only one found that explicitly describes where to build houses

As for others, “Some act as monuments, giving death tolls from past tsunamis or marking mass graves of the victims. Others offer more direct advice. A tsunami stone in Kesennuma, a city in the Miyagi Prefecture, reads: ‘Always be prepared for unexpected tsunamis. Choose life over your possessions and valuables.’” - source: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tsunami-stones



If you find coral deposited more than 100ft above sea level, it's another marker of danger... although perhaps on a longer time scale.

Hawaii has several examples of this (coral found at sites over 500ft) from what are assumed to be Mega-tsunami.

https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth107/node/1610#:~:text=O....


> another marker of danger

Note that tsunami stones, except one, are not markers of danger, at least not in a precise, spatial sense. They’re like memorial plaques, listing past casualties or marking gravesites. See grandparent comment.




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