As you many know a tsunami is caused by a strong earthquake on the ocean bed. The vibrations travel through the water traveling sometimes thousands of kilometers.
The immediate destruction is only the beginning of the damage.
On December 24, 2004, a massive 9.2 earthquake occurred of the islan
of Sumatra. It created a deadly series of tsunamis that swept Indonesia, India, Madagascar, and Ethiopia.
The water level becomes shallower causing the waves caused by the earthquake to compress and combine. This is what creates the massive and destructive waves that cause so much destruction.
devastating natural disasters known to man.
sweep away people, causing them to drown.
lot of damage
on the ocean bed
tsunami is caused by a strong earthquake
water traveling sometimes thousands of kilometers.
its true destructive power as it approaches land
massive and destructive waves that cause so much destruction.
The earthquake and tsunami led to soul searching in a nation already worn down by two lost decades of economic growth, a rapidly aging and now shrinking population, political paralysis and the rapid rise of its longtime rival, China.
Naoto Kan, who had failed to galvanize Japan after the disaster and was forced to resign.
This generated negative publicity, especially in South Korea and China.
n December, Mr. Noda announced that technicians had regained control of reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, declaring an end to the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernoybl.
But for many of the people of Fukushima, the crisis is far from over. More than 160,000 people remain displaced, and even as the government lifts evacuation orders for some communities, many are refusing to return home.
The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people in fourteen countries,
It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history.
With a magnitude of Mw 9.1–9.3, it is the third largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph.
the killer wave in Thailand was caused by subduction and was one of the must devastating tsunami having 9.1-9.3 of magnitude killing over 230,000 people in fourteen countries
tsunamies are big waves that come from the sea and makes a big disaster. below water there is alot of potential to make a tsunamies.if the tsunamies are to big thy can damage the oceans basins.
Tsunamis waves do not resemble normal waves, because their wavelength is far longer. Rather than appearing as a breaking wave, a tsunami may instead initially resemble a rapidly rising tide, and for this reason they are often referred to as tidal waves.
this tells us that the tsunami on japan is even more powerful than the one that was on thailand over 5 years ago,
Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami.
A state of emergency has been declared at a nuclear power plant, where pressure has exceeded normal levels.
Officials say 350 people are dead and about 500 missing, but it is feared the final death toll will be much higher.
The quake was the fifth-largest in the world since 1900 and nearly 8,000 times stronger than the one which devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, last month, said scientists.
Thousands of people living near the Fukushima nuclear power plant have been ordered to evacuate.
Measured at 8.9 by the US Geological Survey, it struck at 1446 local time (0546 GMT) at a depth of about 24km.
The tsunami rolled across the Pacific at 800km/h (500mph) - as fast as a jetliner - before hitting Hawaii and the US West Coast, but there were no reports of major damage from those regions.
This tsunami is one of the most powerful earth has ever seen ever since the past tsunami on Thailand over 5 years ago. The most affected part was the north-east cost as it was nearer the ocean, there are about 500 missing bodies, and the probabilities that they are alive are pretty low, and the dead are 350.
in a fishing port of Miyako,in iwate prefecture, boats were overturned and while video from Kamaishi the city shows cars being dragged down city street by the water
The 8.9-magnitude temblor, which was centered near the east coast of Japan, killed hundreds of people, caused the formation of 30-foot walls of water that swept across rice fields, engulfed entire towns, dragged houses onto highways, and tossed cars and boats like toys. Some waves reached six miles (10 kilometers) inland in Miyagi Prefecture on Japan's east coast.
Hundreds more people were missing, Japanese media reported, citing local and national police. Tens of thousands of people were displaced, according to Japan's Kyodo News Agency
The quake, which struck at 2:46 p.m. (12:46 a.m. ET), prompted the U.S. National Weather Service to issue tsunami warnings for at least 50 countries and territories.
The earthquake had a massive magnitude of 8.9, it was centered near the east coast of japan, it killed over 300 people and there are more than 300 missing bodies missing. six million houses in japan had no electricity, thats a little bit more than 10% of the Japanese population.