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Tsunami is a Japanese word with the English translation - "harbour wave". It is a series of ocean and water waves caused when a large body of water is displaced in an ocean or a large lake. It is usually triggered by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions.
The wavelength of a tsunami can range from 10 to 500 km and wave periods up to an hour. In the deep ocean, where the typical water depth is around 4000 m, a tsunami will therefore travel at around 700 kilometer per hour.
The amplitude (i.e wave height) of tsunamis that are generated by underwater earthquakes is determined by the amount by which the sea-floor is displaced. Similarly, the wavelength and period of the tsunami are determined by the size and shape of the underwater disturbance.
Travelling at high speeds, tsunamis can cover a large distance causing huge human and material loss to the country.
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Showing posts with label tsunami in japan. Show all posts
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Friday, March 11, 2011
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Tsunami Pictures: #1 Swedish tourist and courageous mother, Karin Svaerd (right inset), runs into the water to save her children from the tsunami in Thailand. They all survived. The three children are (left insets, from left to right): Filip, 11; Anton, 14; and Viktor, 10. Tsunami Pictures: #2 A man gets caught in the tsunami 
Tsunami Pictures: #3 The tsunami floods a coastal area Tsunami Pictures: #4 A car is swept away by the tsunami Tsunami Pictures: #5 The tsunami floods a hotel in Thailand Tsunami Pictures: #6 A woman views photos of people killed by the tsunami Tsunami Pictures: #7 The tremendous power of the tsunami pushed cars one atop the other Tsunami Pictures: #8 Happy to be alive: A mother kisses her baby
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CNN bureau in Japan experiences quake 
Quake slams Japan
(CNN) -- Within an hour after a major earthquake rattled Japan, the nation and the world watched a surreal and unprecedented scene from a helicopter hovering above the coastal area of Miyagi prefecture:
Neat rows of tilled farmland being cleaved by a wall of water, with a white ship sweeping across the soil . Behind it, a massive wave of mud, debris and burning buildings atop the rushing water.
"We've never seen this -- we're watching a live tsunami strike Japan," said CNN International meteorologist Ivan Cabrera. "Those are not taped pictures, that appears to be live pictures of a major tsunami strike the coast."
Tokyo residents shook off the horror of the 8.9-magnitude earthquake only to watch on television as the first tsunami waves crashed into coastal areas hundreds of miles northeast of the city.
CNN bureau in Japan experiences quake Quake slams Japan RELATED TOPICS
"The footage that we're seeing, the video that we're seeing on the television screens is absolutely heart wrenching," said Matt Alt, a Tokyo resident. "Because you know a lot of those people did not have a chance to evacuate before the wave hit, even though they were telling you need to get away from the shore lines.
"Just watching this wave hit and cars and buildings and houses being spent away, I think we're going to see a significant number of casualties," Alt said. So far the number of casualties is not known.
In Japan, one of the most wired nations in the world, the reaction was immediate . Twitter use skyrocketed, with tweets coming out of Tokyo topping 1200 per minute, according to Tweet-o-Meter, a traffic-monitoring system at University College of London.
The temblor was the most powerful on record in earthquake-prone Japan, government officials said. In Tokyo, traffic, trains and power shut down and air traffic halted, created an eerie scene on the streets of one of the world's largest cities as people stood outside and wondered what to do.
"This is a city of 13 million people that's paralyzed," said Kyung Lah, CNN Tokyo correspondent. "It's going to be a big long challenge for us tonight in Tokyo."
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Following the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami reported today near the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, has informed that that tsunami threat does not exist in respect of India.
"The INCOIS is continuously monitoring the situation," said a Ministry of Home Affairs release.
The massive earthquake that hit north-east Japan today, rocked buildings in Tokyo and triggered a tsunami that dashed ships into the coastline and swept cars through streets of coastal towns.
The first earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter Scale struck at 2.45 p.m. local time about 237 miles northeast of Tokyo at a depth of 15.2 miles, the US Geological Survey said, revising the magnitude from an earlier 7.9.
Ten nations are said to have issued tsunami-related alerts. Warnings have also been issued along the Pacific coast.
Read more: http://www.andhranews.net/India/2011/No-threat-India-tsunami-warning-centre-2433.htm#ixzz1GIEnTn7x
Following the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami reported today near the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, has informed that that tsunami threat does not exist in respect of India.
"The INCOIS is continuously monitoring the situation," said a Ministry of Home Affairs release.
The massive earthquake that hit north-east Japan today, rocked buildings in Tokyo and triggered a tsunami that dashed ships into the coastline and swept cars through streets of coastal towns.
The first earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter Scale struck at 2.45 p.m. local time about 237 miles northeast of Tokyo at a depth of 15.2 miles, the US Geological Survey said, revising the magnitude from an earlier 7.9.
Ten nations are said to have issued tsunami-related alerts. Warnings have also been issued along the Pacific coast.
Read more: http://www.andhranews.net/India/2011/No-threat-India-tsunami-warning-centre-2433.htm#ixzz1GIEnTn7x
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Following the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami reported today near the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, has informed that that tsunami threat does not exist in respect of India.
"The INCOIS is continuously monitoring the situation," said a Ministry of Home Affairs release.
The massive earthquake that hit north-east Japan today, rocked buildings in Tokyo and triggered a tsunami that dashed ships into the coastline and swept cars through streets of coastal towns.
The first earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter Scale struck at 2.45 p.m. local time about 237 miles northeast of Tokyo at a depth of 15.2 miles, the US Geological Survey said, revising the magnitude from an earlier 7.9.
Ten nations are said to have issued tsunami-related alerts. Warnings have also been issued along the Pacific coast.
Following the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami reported today near the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, has informed that that tsunami threat does not exist in respect of India.
"The INCOIS is continuously monitoring the situation," said a Ministry of Home Affairs release.
The massive earthquake that hit north-east Japan today, rocked buildings in Tokyo and triggered a tsunami that dashed ships into the coastline and swept cars through streets of coastal towns.
The first earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter Scale struck at 2.45 p.m. local time about 237 miles northeast of Tokyo at a depth of 15.2 miles, the US Geological Survey said, revising the magnitude from an earlier 7.9.
Ten nations are said to have issued tsunami-related alerts. Warnings have also been issued along the Pacific coast.
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At least 44 confirmed dead after 13-foot tsunami strikes the northern coast of Japan, washing away cars and damaging buildings, following a magnitude 8.9 earthquake. Tsunami warning sirens in Hawaii trigger evacuations while coastal residents from Southern Calif. to Oregon move to higher ground.
At least 44 confirmed dead after 13-foot tsunami strikes the northern coast of Japan, washing away cars and damaging buildings, following a magnitude 8.9 earthquake. Tsunami warning sirens in Hawaii trigger evacuations while coastal residents from Southern Calif. to Oregon move to higher ground.
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This morning an unprecedented message appeared on Google’s home page (in every country): “Tsunami Alert for New Zealand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, and others. Waves expected over the next few hours, caused by 8.9 earthquake in Japan.” No link – it is just a bare text message. It immediately clues you into the fact that something huge is happening. This is what the tsunami looked like when it hit the airport:
“Video of cars, ships wrecked by tsunami waves after Japan earthquake”:
From the video’s description: “The government has confirmed 23 deaths, with the number expected to rise. It follows the 8.9-magnitude earthquake which sent a 4-metre (13 feet) wall of water inland across the Miyagi prefecture . There’s considerable destruction – 200 people have been washed away. Buildings, cars and ships were also swept by the raging waters.”
The facts:
1) It was initially reported as a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Overnight it has been upgraded several times to the 8.9 reported by Google.
2) The earthquake’s epicenter was off the eastern coast of Japan as shown in this map, which also shows tsunami risk all around Japan. In the following map, the epicenter was approximately 80 miles off the coast near
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