and tsunami last year. A city in the region reported that a small tsunami had hit‚ but there were no reports of injuries or damage. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 and struck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Miyagi prefecture at 5:18 p.m. (0318 Eastern). The epicenter was 6.2 miles beneath the seabed. After the quake‚ which caused buildings in Tokyo to sway for at least several minutes‚ authorities issued a warning that a tsunami potentially
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happened: It is considered an aftershock of a previous 7.1 magnitude earthquake‚ which happened in September 2010. A magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale hit 10 km east of Christ Church and 5km deep. This was New Zealand second worst ever earthquake. A tsunami was created by the Tasman Glacier sliding into the ocean creating a wave 11 feet high. There was also some liquefaction and some occurrences of landslides which were debris slides. It had opened up a new rupture which was 8 x 8km in size. It was a
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What is EEW? The Earthquake Early warning (EEW) will give advanced warning to those who will experience a tsunami. All earthquakes produce a series of different types of shock waves‚ which travel at different speeds and carry different amounts of energy. The fastest shock waves‚ and the first to arrive‚ are called P waves. These travel about twice as fast as the next fastest shock waves and rarely cause any damage. The next shock waves to arrive are called Shear waves (or S waves)‚ followed by
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the area knew to expect a tsunami and most evacuated the coast immediately. The earthquake caused huge landslides of debris down the mountains of the region‚ as well as a series of tsunamis in the coastal region of Chile. The shock is generally agreed to have had a magnitude of 9.5‚ though some studies alternately proposed that it may have been 9.4 or 9.6. The epicenter was near Valdivia‚ Chile some 700 kilometers south of Santiago. It caused localized tsunamis that severely battered the
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All About Tsunamis After a bout of what shook the world over‚ tsunami is perhaps the most glaring example of what is perhaps understood as the absolute wrath of the Almighty. Ads by Google Slim Down With CryoLipo Zeltiq CoolSculpting Kuala Lumpur. Affordable‚ result assured.VISIT US www.MedivironUOA.com Tsunami‚ as we understand it Tsunamis are frequently (and inappropriately) called "tidal waves" and are a serious concern whenever an off-shore earthquake is detected. Although tsunamis are only
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3qbu43A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population ’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in an area without
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nationals. The United States‚ United Kingdom‚ France‚ and Australian governments sent in civilian and military search and rescue outfits that looked for survivors and located the deceased. One of these outfits discovered an infant two days after the tsunami‚ and yet another outfit saved twelve people floating off the eastern shore. Numerous governments guarantee the protection of their nationals utilizing extraction outfits to retrieve their citizens inhabiting Japan. Throughout the whole ordeal‚ the
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paradise that is now Hawaii. Now many people and animals thrive on that island and many use it as a vacation spot. The Earth has both creative and destructive powers. That is even evident with the 2004 Earthquake in East Asia and the following tsunami‚ and the creation of new islands such as the aforementioned Hawaii and the up and coming "Loihi" which is currently on the hotspot in the Pacific. Living on the Ring of Fire affects my daily life because I am constantly faced with the fact that
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was the most severe. The two chosen natural disasters includes the 2011 Japanese tsunami/earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Disaster 1 – Japanese Tsunami and Earthquake On Friday the 11th of March 2011‚ a magnitude 9.0 Earthquake struck coastal waters‚ along a subduction zone‚ surrounding Japanese islands. At the time of the Earthquake‚ no one expected what was about to occur‚ one of the most devastating tsunamis to have ever hit Japan. Earthquakes are caused by forces deep within the Earth
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possibility of the lava flowing through these zones. Tsunami A large ocean wave that is caused by earthquakes or eruptions of volcanoes. The word tsunami comes from the Japanese words for wave and harbor. Earthquakes beneath the ocean floor‚ volcanic eruptions and anything that displace large amount of water can cause tsunami. The effects of tsunami include damage of properties‚ the death of humans‚ serious flooding and diseases. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center can give warnings hours before a tsunami’s
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