On December 26, 2004, “an earthquake of magnitude 9.3 on the Richter scale” (U.X.L. 571) strikes in the Indian Ocean. A small ripple forms at the epicenter moving out rapidly at anywhere from five hundred to six hundred miles per hour. On the shores, people flocked to the beaches as the water receded back farther […]
The Tsunami is created when the plates in the ground shift then lift the water back then charge all of the water forward towards land then destroys almost everything in its path. But it can also be made when an earthquake happens under water then lift up the water but those don’t happen very often. […]
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Order nowA tsunami is considered one of the more dangerous natural hazards to occur on planet earth. A tsunami can be most commonly found in the Pacific Ocean, because of the large active submarine earthquake zones. Amongst other oceans can you find more large waves like these, which made this next disaster such a surprise for […]
Imagine having such huge waves that travel 500 miles per an hour destroying so many cities, towns, well everything all at once. Well, these powerful waves are called tsunami. Tsunami is Japanese means, “harbor wave” and the meaning really does fit, but when I think about tsunami the one word that comes to my mind […]
If you want to make a tsunami disappear a couple of things will have to happen for this to work. First a tsunami has to happen how does this happen, well when the worlds tectonic plates will have split. On will have to go over the over and just grind together those are many ways […]
Tsunamis are a lot bigger than just a normal wave of water it can grow up to 30ft in the air. A wave is just a wall of water a wave you cannot feel it while in a boat it will just push it a little probably not feel able. The wave and a tsunami […]
A tsunami is a series of waves caused by earthquakes or undersea volcanic eruption. Due to sudden changes in seafloor caused by earthquakes, submarine landslides, volcanic eruptions. The waves travel higher and higher heights as the depth of the ocean decrease as the waves travel inland. Out in the depths of the ocean, tsunami waves […]
