in India on 26 December 2004 an earthquake hit, it was about the same strength as 20,000 atomic bombs. it had a magnitude of 9.0, it started near Sumatra on the west coast. it sent powerful shockwaves in each direction. they think that in the future there will be any more small earthquakes under water in the Indian Ocean.
Thursday 17 December 2015
Chile Tsunami:
On the 16th September 2015 an earthquake happened in Chile which caused a tsunami. The effects were horrific. The local time was 19:33pm and the earthquake was measured 8.3 on the Richter scale.
8 people are reported dead and lots more missing, also over 1 million people had to evacuate cities around Chile. The people were not expecting it and it was the worst since 1960 that was 9.5 on Richter scale and killed over 5000 people.
lots of powerful floods were sent from the sea far into land and this swept both people and homes away causing lots of debris and also polluting the towns it hit with dirty water. the earthquake was so powerful that it was felt within the whole of South America. Tsunami warnings were sent to various places in South America including: Peru, Mexico and Hawaii. The earthquake was so powerful it made the day shorter by a fraction of a second and also changed the Axis by a fraction too.
Monday 30 November 2015
Tsunami Blog:
Tsunami comes from the word 津波 (Okina minato no nami) which means big harbour wave in Japanese. on March 11th 2011 a tsunami hit the north coast of Japan after an earthquake 9.0 on the richtor scale had happened a short while before. the tsunami took many lives and also hit a power plant which had a level 7 meltdown due to the tsunami, this was devastating because it made the water radioactive and highly dangerous. over 210,000 people lost their home and still live in poverty today. The total damage is around 300 billion dollars.
there was little to no warning before it hit Japan and not many people got the news to evacuate.
the earthquake started at 2:46 and was 15 kilometres below the ground. it also lasted about 6 minutes.
the plates that caused it moved over 160 feet which is incredible.
because japan has such advanced technology they got a warning sent to their phones telling them that a earthquake had recently happened.
15,000 people were killed and some more were missing
. lots of waves were over 120 feet and some travelled inland up to 10 kilometres.
The tsunami killed 100,000 nesting bird too near Antarctica which really decreased the number of birds in their area.
As you can see there is a ship washed up from the sea during the tsunami. there is also lots of rubble from peoples destroyed houses.
Here is a video of the tsunami happening in Japan: Link to vid (this link is from Youtube.com)
if this link doesn't work try this one:
Here is also another video from CNN news of the tsunami:
This was taken from a helicopter above the tsunami, it also shows devastating footage of the earthquake followed by the tsunami.
(This link came from Youtube.com)
What is a tsunami?
A tsunami is a big wave which can bring devastating effects. it can be caused from either giant earthquakes or eruptions of a volcano. There are lots of fault lines around the world, here is a map of them:
These fault lines are ready and at any time can make an earthquake happen, this leads to unexpected tsunami's which leave homes in ruins and also cost billions to repair that the government have to pay.
Tsunami dates: (from last 15 years)
1999: Sea of Marmara, Izmit earthquake, caused by earthquake, killed 150 people
2004: Indian ocean, earthquake, magnitude of 9.1, killed approx. 210,000
2006: Java Island, earthquake, 7.7, killed 800
2006: Kuril island, earthquake, 8.3, killed 0
2007: Solomon island, earthquake, 8.1, killed 10
2007: British Columbia, land slide, killed 0
2009: Samoa, earthquake, 8.1, killed 190
2010: Chile, earthquake 8.8, killed 0
2010: Sumatra, earthquake, 7.7, killed 408
2011: New Zeland, earthquake, 6.3, killed 0
2011: Coast of Japan, earthquake, 9.0, killed 18550
2013: Solomon Islands, earthquake, 8.0, killed 0
2015: Chile, earthquake, 8.3, killed -
