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1 TSUNAMIS EXAMPLES AND DAMAGE

2 UPLIFT OF SEAFLOOR

3 OPEN OCEAN TRAVEL AT 600 MPH AMPLITUDE LESS THAN 3 FEET
WAVELENGTH 300 FEET

4 APPROACH SHORE PULL WATER AWAY FROM BEACH
SLOWS DOWN TO ABOUT 50 MPH BECAUSE OF FRICTION WAVE RISES UP AS THE BOTTOM HITS SEA FLOOR CRASHES ASHORE – BATTERS PEOPLE AND BUILDINGS PULLS EVERYTHING BACK OUT TO SEA

5 COMING ASHORE

6 ACEH Tsunami, 2004 Magnitude 9.0 Epicenter offshore Sumatra
283,000 People Killed 3.5 million homeless

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23 OTHER TSUNAMIS HAWAII 1946 – UP TO 55 FEET HIGH 175 KILLED

24 Hawaii, Tsunami 1946

25 DART


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