was a disastrous day in Japan. A massive earthquake and Tsunami hit Japan causing loss of life to thousands of individuals and destroying so many properties. The loss is irreplaceable but nevertheless‚ aid organizations have stepped as much as do their bit to help with recovering from the disaster. The whole globe is welcome to help the people there with no matter they can. If you want to be concerned with offering help with the Japan Tsunami disaster listed below are few of the methods by which you
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[pic]Tsunami From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see Tsunami (disambiguation). [pic] [pic] A destroyed town in Sumatra after being hit by a tsunami‚ caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake A tsunami (plural: tsunamis or tsunami; from Japanese: 津波‚ lit. "harbor wave";[1] English pronunciation: /suːˈnɑːmi/ soo-nah-mee or /tsuːˈnɑːmi/ tsoo-nah-mee[2])‚ also called a tsunami wave train‚[3] and at one time referred to as a tidal wave‚ is a series
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Tsunamis‚ also called seismic sea waves‚ are giant waves that sometimes crash through cities near the ocean. They are generally caused by earthquakes. I have done further research to dig deeper on subject about the power of a tsunami. To generate tsunamis‚ earthquakes must occur under or near the ocean‚ and has to be large and create movements in the sea floor. Anyone close to the ocean can experience a tsunami‚ but in the Pacific Ocean there is a much more frequent occurrence of large‚ destructive
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Tsunami EENS 3050 Tulane University Natural Disasters Prof. Stephen A. Nelson Tsunami This page last updated on 02-Jul-2012 Up until December of 2004‚ the phenomena of tsunami was not on the minds of most of the world’s population. That changed on the morning of December 24‚ 2004 when an earthquake of moment magnitude 9.1 occurred along the oceanic trench off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. This large earthquake resulted in vertical displacement of the sea floor and generated a tsunami that
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TSUNAMI Introduction 1. Tsunami is a Japanese word meaning “Harbor water”. Tsunami is in most cases the result of sea-bed earthquake. The latest tsunami was the largest of its type since the magnitude Good Friday earthquake of Alaska in 1964. It took a death toll of about 200‚000 people and immense property. Since last 100 years‚ this has been the greatest disaster that the Asian region suffered. It measured 8.9 in the Richter scale and generated a gigantic tidal surge
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Tsunami Statistics Damaging Tsunamis vs Non-damaging Tsunamis - Worldwide 107 82 137 99 54 80 112 88 67 76 12 13 12 17 13 14 16 18 5 21 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 1900-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 Decade (20th Century) Number of Tsunamis Damaging Tsunamis Non-Damaging Tsunamis Most Damaging Tsunamis Worldwide Deaths Year Location Name 40000 1782 S. CHINA SEA 36500 1883 S. JAVA SEA 30000 1707
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Tsunami in Japan The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued warnings for Russia‚ Taiwan‚ Hawaii‚ Indonesia‚ the Marshall Islands‚ Papua New Guinea‚ Australia‚ and the west coasts the U.S.‚ Mexico‚ Central America‚ and South America Earthquake Causes Nuclear Disaster The cooling system at the reactor failed shortly after the earthquake. Officials feared that a meltdown may occur‚ and radioactive material was detected outside the plant. These fears were realized on Sunday‚ when officials said they
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Awareness on Eye Pledging and Eye Donation ‘Gift Your Sight’ Campaign @ iGate Bangalore on 22nd Feb 2006 The campaign was conducted to increase the Awareness of Eye Donation among the public‚ as of now‚ Bangalore. This is in-line with my efforts to spread the message among the people of the Importance of eyes and Importance of eye donation‚ done after death. Lots of eyes are getting wasted‚ either thru burial of the dead body or thru burning. Instead of this‚ eyes can be donated so that a Corneally-blind
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OUTLINE THESIS: The tsunami is a dangerous natural disaster that should be analyzed and studied to prevent unnecessary deaths. What is a Tsunami? A. Definition B. Historical background C. What effects do they cause What causes Tsunami? D. Why do tsunami occur? E. Where do they occur? F. How often do they occur What damage do they cause? G. The financial cost H. The environmental cost I. The human cost Analyzing and researching J. Detecting a tsunami K. Planning L. Learning
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Tsunami Abstract This essay covers about Tsunami‚ being one of the fatal natural disasters that have attacked many countries‚ endangering the human lives. This essay will cover on what tsunami is‚ how and why it happens‚ and the severe consequences and the measures taken to prevent it. Before getting started for the essay‚ I started doing a research on the types natural disasters. Once I have chosen the topic of my extended essay‚ which is tsunami‚ I planned on what information that I should
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