When an earthquake followed by a tsunami hit Japan‚ the people were devastated and everyone was scrambling for their safety. The earthquake was one of the strongest on record and this caused an overwhelming tsunami that destroyed most of the nation. These events not only tore down Japan‚ but this natural disaster is going to greatly affect the rest of the world and the global economy. Before these events‚ the global economy was stable and now after these events the global economy is going to see
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TSUNAMI DISASTER‚ WHAT IMPLICATION ON ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN THIS REGION? We view with awe a release of power on this scale. We know that this power is greater than that of our species nature holds us in its hands. We may be able to mitigate some of the consequences; in some cases we may be able to give advance warning of the threat; but we are not in control; the tsunami has demonstrated this ancient truth. William Rees-Mogg INTRODUCTION 1. On the morning of December 26‚ 2004 a magnitude
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A tsunami us a large wave caused by a displacement of a large volume of water. A tsunami are the effect of a natural primary hazards meaning that they are a secondary hazard‚ mostly the result of tectonic activity. The Boxing Day tsunami was caused by the subduction of the indo-Australian plate boundary underneath the Eurasian plate (240km off the coast of Indonesia). In contrast‚ the Japan tsunami was caused by the Pacific Plate subducting under the North American plate. The Asian and the Japan
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Japan and Earthquake/Tsunami Mitigation Geography 312 – Term Paper Alexandra Bradshaw – 301144682 March 29th‚ 2012 On March 11th 2011‚ Japan suffered a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off its northern coast‚ followed by an enormous tsunami which took the lives of around 20‚000 people. An earthquake of this magnitude had never been experienced in the history of mankind‚ and came as a shock to many seismologists. With the title of being the most earthquake prepared country in the world‚ Japan was thought
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The cause of the tsunami in Sumatra on 26 December 2004 which affected the entire Indian Ocean was a very violent earthquake of magnitude 9.3 on the Richter scale. It was the biggest earthquake ever recorded after the one in Chile on 22 May 1960‚ with a magnitude of 9.5. It originated at 00:58:53 GMT (7:58:53 AM local time)‚ on a fault in a subduction area between the Indo-Australian plate and the Burma plate (which forms part of the larger Eurasian plate (see fig. 1)‚ with the hypocenter at a depth
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oceanic waves is called tsunami or tidal waves. It’s wave could reach up to thousands of feet tall. 3)Tsunami is word originated from japan‚ and it’s equivalent in English is called “seismic sea waves.” There are many factors causing Tsunami. Most tsunamis that has
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2004 Boxing Day Tsunami 1. Explain the causes of the 2004 boxing day Tsunami (6) A Tsunami forms when energy from an earthquake vertically jolts the seabed by several metres‚ displacing hundreds of cubic kilometres of water. Large waves begin moving through the ocean‚ away from the earthquakes epicentre. In deep water the Tsunami moves at great speeds. When it reaches shallow water near coastal areas‚ the Tsunami slows but increases in height. Before the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004 the waterline
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The text “Killer Waves: How Tsunamis Changed History” by Becky Oskin is suggesting the tsunami in the 15th century transformed the people’s societies with culture transitions‚ circumstantial increase/decrease in trade/interaction‚ and the migration away from the coast. With food sources destroyed‚ societal changes had to be made in order to survive. The societal changes created a shift in culture‚ resulting in the Maori people to have a larger warrior based culture‚ to protect the remaining resources
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What Are Tsunamis‚ and What Causes Them? Tsunamis are ocean waves produced by earthquakes or underwater landslides. The word is Japanese and means "harbor wave‚" because of the devastating effects these waves have had on low-lying Japanese coastal communities. A tsunami is a series of waves that can travel at speeds averaging 450 (and up to 600) miles per hour in the open ocean. As the waves approach the coast‚ their speed decreases and their amplitude increases. Tsunamis are most
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presentation on TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM TO MOBILE PHONES ABSTRACT The term tsunami originates from Japanese and means “harbour wave” .It is a series of waves when a body of water‚ such as an ocean is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. Tsunamis cannot be prevented or precisely predicted‚ but there are many systems being developed to warn and save the people of regions with a high risk of tsunamis before the wave reaches land. Our paper focusses on the TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM TO
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