Tsunamis are natural phenomena that, although occasional, can have large impacts on coastal environments and settlements, especially in terms of loss of life. An accurate, detailed and timely assessment of the hazard is essential as input for mitigation
The weather bureau(气象局)warns people over the radio and television when a tsunami is heading for land.These warnings have helped save many lives.(1) The Japanese word tsunami means ___. [ ] A. earthquake B. sea wave C. ocean water D. tornado (2) According to the passage...
It is folly to believe that Congress and the president, on their own, will make the necessary and difficult decisions to address the impending financial debacle. After all, they and their predecessors engineered the approaching tsunami. As the situation becomes direr, the federal government's actio...
Tsunami waves travel slower than seismic waves, meaning data from buoys or tide gauges might indicate a tsunami only when it is already close to the shore, leaving little time for effective warnings. Furthermore, the network of tsunami detection buoys is not as comprehensive as seismic networks,...
the Indian Ocean in comparison to the 2004 event shown in brackets: for example, 0.10 m (1.08 m) in Male, the Maldives; 0.13 m (0.30 m) in the Cocos Islands, Australia; and 0.21 m (1.50 m) in Colombo, Sri Lanka (NOAA/NGDC2014). Tsunami warnings were issued by the Pacific Tsunami...
The early warning system of Japan stopped many bullet trains, and many residents received texted warnings of the earthquake and tsunami on their mobile phones giving them time to evacuate. Figures 1 and 2 show exactly how destructive the tsunami caused by the Tohoku Earthquake was. Read More ...
They found that the evacuation success rate increased significantly when tsunami warnings were effectively communicated to residents. Yamada and Kishimoto [21] found that the evacuation direction, travel distance, distance between the shore and the tsunami evacuation facility, and height and capacity of ...
Because of the increasing vulnerability of coastal regions on account of growing population and building asset development [1], research on tsunami early warnings has been conducted using various techniques, such as using seismic source (earthquake moment) data [2] and using real-time wave data [...
[33] found that, compared to official warnings, social cues (e.g., seeing others evacuate) were directly responsible for the decision to evacuate during the 2004 Kii Peninsula Earthquake in Japan. Similar behaviors also have been witnessed in the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, in which community...
No tsunami warnings were raised but several resort areas were damaged. On 11 March, 2011, an 8.9-scale earthquake that struck Northeastern Japan, sent waves - one as high as 38.9m - crashing into the coastline with an intensity not witnessed since the December 2004 Sumatran event. Referred ...