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Tsunamis
Tsunami are huge waves that form in large bodies of water (e.g., oceans, seas, large lakes), that are caused by abrupt vertical displacement of a huge column of water. The displacement can be caused by naturally occurring events such as earthquakes, landslides, volcano eruptions, etc., and even sometimes from underwater explosions. These can become natural disasters devastating to the people and properties along the shore lines where they ultimately appear, sometimes in waves as big as hundreds of feet high or higher.
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How many animals were destroyed in the Boxing Day tsunami?
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Most definitely. Thousands of dogs, cats, insects, rats, mice etc probably got swept away and drowned. However, it is known that wild animals (and pets) use their instincts to try and get away from the wave.
How did boxing originate?
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I believe in Canada back then servants could not get off on Christmas because their employer had parties, etc. that they needed them to work at. So days later the servants got their own little Christmas and got extra Christmas "bonuses" and maybe gifts in boxes. if this is incorrect just check Google.
What is the deadliest tsunami ever?
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The deadliest tsunami was the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, killing almost 230,000 people.
What happens when an infrared wave an object?
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_happens_when_an_infrared_wave_strikes_an_object"
How did tectonic plate movement cause the Indian ocean tsunami?
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Two plates, the Indian plate and the burma plate (a section of the eurasian plate), slipped, forcing the Indian plate underneath the burma plate, as the Indian plate had a thiner crust and less buoyancy (floatation) than the burma plate. This caused the burma plate to move upward pushing vast amounts of water up, causing the tsunami.
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How does a tsunami affect the land?
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A tsunami may affect the land by damaging plants, trees, buildings can break down and beaches.
Where did the tsunami start in Japan in 2011?
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The earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean about 80 miles from nearby northeastern Japan at around 2:46 PM (JST) on March 11, 2011, causing major damage and loss of life with blackouts, fires and tsunami.
Is Thailand in Indonesia?
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No India is not in Indonesia, they are 2 totally different countries, about 1,000 miles apart [not counting the Andaman and Nicobar islands (which belong to India) in-between India & Indonesia]. They do however both have coasts on the Indian ocean. India is in south central Asia. Indonesia is a group of islands (the worlds largest archipelago) in extreme southeastern Asia, mostly north but also northwest of Australia. No! How could you think that?!
Who survived the tsunami in Japan?
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On December 26, 2004, at 7:58 AM a magnitude 9.1 earthquake occurred along the seafloor 250km (155mi) southeast of Banda Aceh in Sumatra, Indonesia. Parts of the seabed were displaced upward by 20m (66ft) and opened a new crack 10m (33ft) deep.
The death count has been estimated at between 230,000 to 260,000 people during the earthquake and subsequent tsunami. It's speculated that many of the deaths were caused by a combination of dense coastal populations and an inadequate or nonexistent tsunami-warning system.
As for how many people survived, the population of Sumatra is estimated at 50,365,538 (see the Wikipedia link below). So perhaps 50,105,000 to 50,135,000 people survived the event.
See more information about the earthquake and resulting tsunami in the related link at About.com below.
When did the tsunami happen in Indonesia?
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The Japanese tsunami occurred on March11,2011
Why did Japan suffer a tsunami?
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The earthquake was in the ocean which shook the water on top and crashed onto Japan. For more info go to CNN.com/Japan earthquake.
How many people died or got injured in Japan tsunami?
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The japan tsunami was at night so it killed more people then it would have done. A eyewitness said that her husband was ripped from her hands and that it killed over 10,000 people and left millions naked and homeless.
What countries do tsunamis occur in?
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a tsunami has to occur an a ocean because their needs to be a large body of water in order for it to be a tsunami
What problems are caused by Tsunami?
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The height of a tsunami wave that struck a coastal city in Japan on March 11, 2011 at just over 77 feet high and at 33 feet in many other places. The wave speed was estimated to be 500mph or 800 kilometers per hour.
This wall of water pushed cars, boats, and anything in its way along its path which travelled up to 10 km (6 mi) inland. Many people were drowned and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was damaged sufficiently to evacuate all people living within 20km from the power planet.
What is the strongest tsunami in history?
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The tsunami that just hit japan has been considered the strongest in RECORDED history. While it was not the most devastating, the epicenter (somewhere in the pacific) was powerful enough to affect the earth's orbit around the sun ever so slightly... that says large to me.
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The highest tsunami apparently is the 1958 Lituya Bay(Alaska) mega-tsunami with a record height of 524 m (1742 ft).
In comparison the tsunami caused by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan reportedly struck a coastal city in Japan at just over 23 meters (77 feet) high and in many places up to 10 meters (33 feet).
Why do ships in the open ocean not notice passage of a tsunami wave?
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Seismic waves moving through the ocean do not form tsunami's until they approach land. At that point the forward motion of the waves pile up on the land and form a series of forward flows that do not have an opportunity to recede due to the following waves. As a result, the waves keep coming on top of the previous waves and come farther inland. Ships at sea do not notice the tsunami until they are over the continental shelf.
