Tsunamis

Question 0

When was the Indian Ocean tsunami?

Answer 0

Boxing Day 2004

Question 1

What are the causes of tsunamis?

Answer 1

7+ magnitude earthquakes
Displacement of the seabed
Volcanic activity
Subduction zones

Question 2

What caused the “Boxing Day” Tsunami?

Answer 2

1,200km seabed displaced
Indo-Australian plate subducts the Eurasian
9.1 earthquake

Question 3

What was the nature of the Boxing Day tsunami?

Answer 3

1m high at sea
800km/h speed
15m high waves at shore
3m wide waves

Question 4

What were the short term effects of the Boxing Day tsunami?

Answer 4

275,000 dead
2 million homeless 
141,000 homes destroyed 
Temporary housing, water and medical supplies issued
$14 billion raised internationally

Question 5

What were the long term effects of the Boxing Day tsunami?

Answer 5

Loss of tourism
Mentally scarring tourists and locals
Early warning systems set up

Question 6

When was the Japanese tsunami?

Answer 6

March 11th 2:46pm 2011

Question 7

What caused the Japanese tsunami?

Answer 7

Magnitude 9 earthquake

Pacific plate subducts the Eurasian lifting the seabed 10m

Question 8

What were the short term effects of the Japanese tsunami?

Answer 8

15,839 died
5,950 injured
3642 missing
Waves reached 23ft and came inland 100km
Waves reaches Alaska, Chile and Hawaii

Question 9

What were the long term effects of the Japanese tsunami?

Answer 9

4.4 million without electricity
1.5 million without water
Fukushima continues to leak radioactive waste into the Pacific as of 2013