Essays Tagged: "Tsunami"
Tsunamis, Tidal waves , the often overlooked stress relief system of the earth
There are Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Floods, Fires and Avalanches. Then there are Tsunamis, The often overlooked stress relief system of the earth. Tsunamis are huge waves often call ... often called Tidal Waves but they have nothing to do with the diurnal pattern of high and low tides.Tsunami is a Japanese word used as the scientific term for seismic sea wave, a large ocean wave caus ... et during an earthquake. Another possible cause is an undersea landslide or volcanic eruption. Most tsunamis originate along the so-called Ring of Fire, a ring of volcanoes and seismic activity, 32,50 ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
Tsunamis
TSUNAMISThere are Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Floods, Fires and Avalanches. Then there are Tsunamis, The ... es and Avalanches. Then there are Tsunamis, The often overlooked stress relief system of the earth. Tsunamis are huge waves often called Tidal Waves but they have nothing to do with the diurnal patter ... often called Tidal Waves but they have nothing to do with the diurnal pattern of high and low tides.Tsunami is a Japanese word used as the scientific term for seismic sea wave, a large ocean wave caus ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
What's a Tsunami?
The word "tsunami" comes from the Japanese language, describing very long, low seismic sea waves. They are are ... wall, 100 feet or higher, that finally crashes over the shore with amazing force. In the open sea, tsunamis are only about a meter high, but when they reach a continental shoreline, they can be talle ... ey reach a continental shoreline, they can be taller than a house and weigh millions of tons. Large tsunamis can carry ships quite a distance inland, as well as drown out crops and villages. Seismolog ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences
The Largest Earthquake in History: Chile 1960
ge. Many people were injured and alarge number of people were killed. The earthquake caused a large tsunami, and damagedmany towns. The enormous tremble of the earthquake was felt at different places ... d injuries if there were no foreshocks.Since the earthquake occured on the ocean floor, it caused a tsunami heading in alldirections. The tsunami reached 25 meters high, and was traveling more then 20 ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
Chillean Earthquake
ople were killed, 3,000 injured, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile. The tsunami caused by the quake caused 61 deaths, $75 million damage in Hawaii; 138 deaths and $50 milli ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
What Causes a Tsunami.
the year 2004, at 7 a.m. on Dec.26, a megathrust quake 160 miles off the Sumatra coast sent 500-mph tsunamis out into the Indian Ocean. The waves hit the Sumatra province of Acch 15 minutes later, and ... ed Africa, 3000 miles away. Little did Asia know that they were about to be hit by one of the worst Tsunami's to hit land in recorded history. A Tsunami, meaning wave in the harbor in Japanese, is a s ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
The December 26, 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia
On Sunday December 26, 2004 at 6:58:50 a.m. local time, the tsunami earthquake hit land in Southeast Asia and caused a massive amount of death and destruction. ... f this magnitude happen only every thirty to forty years. "Almost two months after the Indian Ocean tsunamis, which killed more than 250,000 people in thirteen countries, the survivors have so far bee ... , the survivors have so far been spared a second assault-this time by disease" (World Report). This tsunami changed people's lives in Southeast Asia, because they lost family members and the countries ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences
Volcanoes
27, 1980, followed the first one. Mount St. Helens is one of the world's 1,500 active volcanoes.The Tsunami in IndonesiaOn Dec. 26, 2004, at 7:59 AM local time, an undersea earthquake of 9.0 struck th ... undersea earthquake of 9.0 struck the coast of the island of Sumatra. Over the next seven hours, a tsunami--a series of enormous ocean waves--caused by the earthquake stretched across the Indian Ocea ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences
The Effects of the 2004 Tsunami.
On 26th December 2004, a 'tsunami' devastated the coasts of South-East Asia. Could anything have been done to prevent or mitig ... of this catastrophe.On the 26th of December 2004 an earth quake off the coast of Indonesia caused a tsunami which struck the coastline of 17 nations in Southeast Asia (2004 Tsunami Map, 1). Causing th ... d countries together with Indonesia. India's southeast coastlines were also greatly affected by the tsunami, and in India alone a present estimation of more than 16,400 people were killed (2004 Tsunam ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences
Children are being robbed.
main avenues of play and exploration.When I tell my five-year-old son the story of my dream about a tsunami wave hitting the coast of Florida, he makes overhead swinging motions with his arms and voca ... er rushing toward shore. He fills out the story with his own, self-created experience. He makes the tsunami wave his own.TVs rush of movement, color, and sound overwhelms childrens needs to explore ex ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
Effects of earthquakes on a typical fishing village
picentre is near the fishing village. As the fishing village is near a coastal area, there might be tsunamis (big and destructive waves). This would cause the houses to collapse as they are only made ... s they are only made out of wood, instead of material strong enough to withstand an earthquake or a tsunami. If some exposed wires come into contact with the water, they might short out and cause a fi ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
If I Could Turn Back the Clock
lly expecting another baby. It has been a long wait. Every month, my hopes were raised as high as a tsunami wave, but each time they crashed down on me, thirty-six times in all. I felt as if God was p ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Tragedy and Devastation
e, our world has been gripped by tragedy and devastation. We have watched destruction unfold as the tsunami, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the war in Iraq shook our nation to the core. All of the ... arts.On December 26, 2004, the hopes, dreams and lives of many were washed away in the Indian Ocean tsunami. Tsunamis are formed by the violent movements of the earth’s plates sending mass amount ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Summary of Tsunami â€" The Underrated Hazard
Abstract 'Tsunami - The Underrated Hazard' draws together and summarizes a wealth of information about the nat ... zard' draws together and summarizes a wealth of information about the nature, impacts and causes of tsunamis. Written from a natural hazards perspective, the book stresses that large tsunamis can affe ... book stresses that large tsunamis can affect even protected coasts that have not experienced large tsunamis historically. Many deposits and erosional features described and discussed as tsunami signa ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
Warning Systems and Prevention Techniques of Tsunamis
Tsunamis are series of ocean waves caused by underwater seismic activity or volcanic activity. Sever ... around the world are being affected by this type of natural disaster and even though usually small tsunamis do not cause much damage, the giant waves are a threat.A tsunami while reaching the shore f ... e reaching the shore full of people. http://www.positivestart.org/images/china_2002_wave_350.jpgThe tsunami from December 2004 was generated by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and its waves devastated the ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences
Existence
try and command the spontaneous process, you stop it. However you cannot tell the force of a great tsunami what to do. It creates itself and is all that can destroy itself. The tsunami is what shapes ... hemselves have designed and shaped for millions of years. It is only nature who can bring forth the tsunami, whose impact can be both mystic or devastating. More blossoms will always grow on the tree, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy