Zusammenfassung der Ressource
tsunami's
- Causes
- a meteriote impact can also cause a tsunamis as the impact on the surface of the water will shock the water causing waves which turns into a tsunami.
Anmerkungen:
- earthquakes cause tsunamis as the violent shaking will produce tidal waves
- a volcano is another cause when a volcano erupts underwater due to the immense force coming from under the water the result is the displacement of water
- main occurrence
area
- the main occurence area for tsunamis is the ring of fire also know as the pacific belt.
- what makes it deadly
- it is dealy as the waves can wash up offshore moving 20 mph and hit really deep on land and then wash back further ripping things apart it carrys with.
- Last major occurence.
- the last major tsunami was in 2004 at Sumatra, Indonesia one day after Christmas on the twenty-sixth
- location
- the 2004 tsunami was hit off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia and hit 11 different countries which includes India,Sri Lanka, Thailand, indonisea and many more
- humen
cost
- aproximently two-hundred and fifity thousand peoplle passed away and another one point seven million where displaced.
- damage
- the total damage of the tsunami was a whopping ten billion dollares.
- how they
predict
- a recorder sends a signal to the surface bouy which transfers its data to satellite which transfers to a ground base for monitoring
- what is a
tsunami?
- a tsunami is a large displacement of water in the ocean which causes many fast and huge waves
- how to prepare.
- structures
- structures using heavy and string materials like heavy steel can withstand tsunamis better.
- early warning systems
(EWS)
- a early warning system uses technology that predicts tsunamis and when one happens sends out alearts to citizens to warn about one.