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 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.