Tsunamis Flashcards
1
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Pacific ring of fire of high seismic activity
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80% of tsunamis occure in the Pacific ocean
2
Q
Recent tsunami disasters
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- 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
- 9.0 magnaitude earthquake off coast of japan
- numerou s
3
Q
Indian ocean tsunami of 2004
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- travelled more than 5,000 km
- wavelength ~500 km
- 10 hours to cross the indian ocean
4
Q
Largest tsunami wave measured by humans
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-Tsunami triggered by an earthquake/landslide on July 9, 1958 in Lituya Bay, Alaska
- destruction was obsrbed at a height of 1720 ft above sea level
