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TSUNAMIS BY ME!!. DESCRIP TION This is what a tsunami looks like!! BEF ORE AFT ER.

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1 TSUNAMIS BY ME!!

2 DESCRIP TION This is what a tsunami looks like!! BEF ORE AFT ER

3 EVEN TS Some of those events were : Sumatra, Indonesia - 26 December 2004 North Pacific Coast, Japan - 11 March 2011 Lisbon, Portugal - 1 November 1755 Krakatau, Indonesia - 27 August 1883 Enshunada Sea, Japan - 20 September 1498 Ise Bay, Japan - 18 January 1586

4 CAUSE THE CAUSE OF A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LARGE WAVES GENERATED BY AN ABRUPT MOVEMENT ON THE OCEAN FLOOR THAT CAN RESULT FROM AN EARTHQUAKE, AN UNDERWATER LANDSLIDE, A VOLCANIC ERUPTION OR - VERY RARELY - A LARGE METEORITE STRIKE. HOWEVER, POWERFUL UNDERSEA EARTHQUAKES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST TSUNAMIS. Article from - http://m.voanews.com/a/what-causes-a-tsunami- 117813908/167170.html http://m.voanews.com/a/what-causes-a-tsunami-117813908/167170.html

5 PICTURES

6 SCIENTISTS THE PEOPLE WHO RESEARCH TSUNAMIS ARE CALLED SEISMOLOGISTS OR GEOLOGISTS NOW YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THIS WORD WITH PEOPLE WHO STUDY EARTHQUAKES AND YOU ARE HEARING RIGHT TSUNAMIS ARE USUALLY CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKES AND THE PEOPLE WHO STUDY EARTHQUAKES ALSO STUDY TSUNAMIS

7 LOCATION TSUNAMIS USUALLY HAPPEN IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN : ALASKA, CHILE, PHILIPPINES, JAPAN, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ETC

8 DAMAGE Some things that might happen when a tsunami strikes is people drown, buildings fall, Windows shatter, cars are crushed, flooding, lift buildings. I'm not naming them all because who knows what could happen when the tsunami strikes

9 RANDOM FACTS The word tsunami comes from two Japanese words : harbor waves. The tsunami in Indonesia in 2004 caused more damage than 25,00 bombs. Tsunamis can poison the ocean water. The waves can be up to 100 feet. A tsunami is also known as killer waves. Tsunamis mostly occur in Japan. The top speed of a tsunami is 5,000 MPH. A tsunami can travel the entire ocean in one day. My aunt survived the 2011 Japan tsunami.

10 THE DEADLIEST THE DEADLIEST TSUNAMI TO EVER HAPPEN WAS IN INDONESIA IN 2004.


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