What is a tsunami(海啸)? Tsunamis are often caused by earthquake s or volcanoes(火山). The average speed(平均速度) of the waves(波浪) is 300 mph and the waves can last from five minutes to an hour. What to do in a tsunami? Firstly, when a strong earthquake is felt, leave the wate...
The average speed of the waves (波浪) is 300 miles per hour and the waves can last from five minutes to an hour. What to do in a tsunami? Firstly, when a strong earthquake is felt, leave the water at once, get to the shore (海岸) and go as far away as you can from the ...
The thing that is really scary is that you don’t get warnings for earthquakes and tsunamis usually follow really strong earthquakes. I really don’t know how much time you actually have to prepare for a tsunami. I know that at least when there is a hurricane you get plenty of warning....
The word ‘Tsunami’ is taken from the Japanese word which means “Harbour Wave”. It is a chain offast-moving wavesin the ocean which is caused by the powerful volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides and other underwater explosions. About 80% of tsunamis occurs in the Pacific Ocean. The...
Tsunami(海啸)is a natural disaster which is a Japanese word that means “sea wave”. A tsunami is a huge sea wave that forms mainly in the Pacific Ocean area. People die and property is destroyed when a tsunami hits land. What causes these dangerous sea waves? Sometimes tsunamis are cause...
Tsunamis are often caused by earthquakes or volcanoes(火山).The average speed(平均速度) of the waves(波浪) is300mph and the waves can last from five minutes to an hour.What to do in a tsunami?Firstly, when a strong earthquake is felt.leave the water at once, get to the shore(海岸)...
What is a tsunami(海啸)? Tsunamis are often caused by earthquakes or volcanoes(火山). The average speed of the waves(波浪) is 300 mph and waves can last from five minutes to an hour.What to do in a tsunami?Firstly- when a strong earthquake is felt, leave the water at once, get to...
The tsunami that struck between the Sumatra and Java islands was triggered not by an earthquake — as is typically the case with tsunamis — but instead by an active volcano in the area known as Anak Krakatau. The volcano partially collapsed, triggering a landslide underwater, which then in ...
Juliette Kayyem
But as stress is continually accumulating on that plate boundary, it’s certain that, one day, the Nankai Trough will let loose another great quake, one which could push a vast volume of seawater toward a large swath of western and central Japan, making a tsunami 100 feet tall. Thedarkest...