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    Multiple Wave Damage * Tsunamis arrive with multiple waves‚ with the stronger ones typically arriving after the first one hits. Given the shape of the underwater shore‚ significant amounts of water get pushed upward and higher at the coast‚ allowing the tidal water to flow higher than it normally would. Anything that is loose on the ground gets swept up and bounced around like cork. Because water is so heavy as a mass‚ it can move cars‚ wood‚ metal‚ cement‚ and debris. All of this material with

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    Cause and Effect Tsunamis

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    What exactly are tsunamis? Tsunamis are immensely strong‚ long length and long period sea waves. Tsunamis have caused much grief and sorrow for anyone who have experienced it. The term tsunami comes from the Japanese language meaning harbor and wave. The term was created by fishermen who returned to port to find the area surrounding their harbor devastated‚ although they had not been aware of any wave in the open water. Tsunamis are common throughout Japanese history‚ as 195 events in Japan have

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    A tsunami us a large wave caused by a displacement of a large volume of water. A tsunami are the effect of a natural primary hazards meaning that they are a secondary hazard‚ mostly the result of tectonic activity. The Boxing Day tsunami was caused by the subduction of the indo-Australian plate boundary underneath the Eurasian plate (240km off the coast of Indonesia). In contrast‚ the Japan tsunami was caused by the Pacific Plate subducting under the North American plate. The Asian and the Japan

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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

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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 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 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 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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    Typhoon A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean between 180° and 100°E. This region is referred to as the northwest Pacific basin.[1] For organizational purposes‚ the northern Pacific Ocean is divided into three regions: the eastern (North America to 140°W)‚ central (140°W to 180°)‚ and western (180° to 100°E). Identical phenomena in the eastern north Pacific are called hurricanes‚ with tropical cyclones moving into the western

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