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Effects of Tsunamis
- 1946 - tsunami killed 165 people in Hawaii/Alaska,
resulted in creation of tsunami warning system
- 1960 – Chile
strongest quake ever recorded (magnitude 9.5) off coast of south central Chile,
one of the most destructive tsunamis of the 20th century. waves
measured up to 25 metres high. tsunami hit Onagawa,
Japan 22 hrs after the
quake with waves 3 m above the tide. killed about (estimation) 2290 people.
- 1964 - good friday - magnitude 9.2 quake, tsunamis
struck Alaska, B.C.an d killed
122 people. tsunamis were up to 6 m tall.
- 2004 - Indian ocean - magnitude 9.2 quake triggered a
lethal series of tsunamis on December 26, killed over 310,000 people (over 220,000
in Indonesia alone), deadliest tsunami in recorded history, killed people in
Indonesia/Thailand all the way to India, Bangladesh (several thousand km’s
away) and even as far as eastern Africa (Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania). over
$600M was raised to help the victims. unlike the pacific ocean, there is no
alert system covering the Indian ocean. there had not
been a tsunami there since the krakatoa volcanic eruption tsunami in 1883.
UNESCO and other world bodies have called for a global tsunami monitoring system.
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Palm
trees in Thailand
are almost submerged in water on December 26th, 2004.
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