Boxing Day/Tongo(need To Do) tsunamis CS- TECTONICS Flashcards
1
Q
What year did it occur? Boxing Day
A
2004, the day before Boxing Day
2
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How many died? Boxing Day
A
over 200,000 people
3
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Type of plate boundary Boxing Day
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Convergent
4
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Primary impacts (5). Boxing Day
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- undersea earthquake which triggered a tsunami, 30 feet tall wave
- many injured and missing
- debris everywhere
- people had to decide who went to hospital first
- killed 230,000 people
5
Q
Secondary impacts (4) Boxing Day
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10 years later:
- evacuation buildings
-train people how to respond
-mass graves and memorials
-rebuilt houses
6
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Tongo facts Tsunami in 2022 (5)
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- erupted in January of 2022
- forming an initial wave around 90 metres high while releasing more energy than the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated.
- known to cause electric currents in space.
- underwater volcano caused a wave around nine times taller than that from the highly destructive 2011 Japan tsunami.
- monitoring did not detect initial wave as it was programmed to detect underwater waves rather than atmospheric waves as it cost more ( 30 yrs behind )
- killed 5 people
