Tsunamis By Patricia Macolino.

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Tsunamis By Patricia Macolino

Tsunami is a Japanese word meaning ‘Harbour Wave’ Tsunami is a Japanese word meaning ‘Harbour Wave’. In the past the scientific community sometimes referred to them as ‘tidal waves’ or ‘seismic sea waves’. Tsunamis are the hydrosphere’s most destructive force. They are giant waves that are caused by sudden movement of the seabed during an earthquake or volcano. What is a Tsunami? Out at sea tsunami waves are low and not very high about the size of a normal wave. As tsunamis move into shallow water, near the shore they start to slow down and become higher

How do Tsunamis Form? (Sequence of events) Tsunamis are formed from earthquakes. Earthquakes can occur when two plates in the earth's crust collide. The earthquake causes the seabed to move quickly and water is displaced causing waves. The half meter waves are out at sea. They travel at extraordinary speeds of 800km/h. the waves, at this stage are hardly noticeable on the surface of the ocean How do Tsunamis Form? (Sequence of events) The waves slow down to about 300km/h as the water becomes shallower. The waves then become closer together and only seconds between them. The waves become really tall as they reach the shore and pile onto one another. They can reach amazing heights of up to 35meters. As they hit the land they engulf everything then suck the debris back into the ocean.

Devastating tsunamis and * on the 17th of July, 1998. Three tsunami waves hit the west east coast of Papua New Guinea, near the town of Aitape and wiped out entire communities along a 30km stretch of land. It was caused by two under sea earthquakes, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale. By the time the waves hit the shore line they reached a height of 10meters. The communities had no warning and no where to go. Over 2,000 people were killed many of them children. The few villagers who survived had lost everything * On the 27th of August, 1883 Krakatoo a volcanic island in Indonesia erupted producing a tsunami 35meters high it traveled at 550km/h destroying coastal communities in Java and Sumatra and killing more than 30,000 people Devastating tsunamis and their Effect About 90% of tsunamis occur in the Pacific ocean. Tsunamis are quiet rare in the Atlantic ocean. The most active tsunamis are along the coast of Peru and Chile. Tsunamis are said to occur there once every two years * on the 21st and 22nd of May, 1960 almost 50 earthquakes produced a series of tsunamis. Which killed 2,500 people and caused damage in Japan, New Zealand and Hawaii. The first three waves killed 1,700 people in Chili. When the waves hit Hilo, Hawaii 61 people were killed

How do you know if a Tsunami is going to hit? It is very difficult to predict tsunamis because the earthquake that causes them may occur underwater far away and the shock waves may not be felt on the land. How do you know if a Tsunami is going to hit? if you are at a beach there is a way of telling a tsunami is coming. You might not have much time but when you see the water slowly draining away into the ocean I advise you to run. The water being drained away contributes to the giant wave that’s just about to hit

out these cool internet sites www.dnai.com/~jeaniee/ocean/waves.html www.crystalinks.com/tsunami.html Members.tripod.com/~TSUNAMI100/index.html Cool Internet sites if you want to know more about tsunamis cheack out these cool internet sites Www.fema.gov/kids/tsunami/tsunamif.shtm Www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/general/physics/physics.com

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