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In deep ocean water, tsunami waves form only a low, broad hump, barely noticeable and harmless, which generally travels at high speed of to 1, km/h ( to mph); in shallow water near coastlines, a tsunami slows down to only tens of kilometres per hour but, in doing so, forms large destructive waves. Robinsons Forty Signs of
It was , the day after Christmas, and thousands of European and American tourists had flocked to the beaches of Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia to escape the winter chill in a tropical.
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On December 26, , an undersea earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. This quake caused the Indian Ocean tsunami of , which reached out across the Indian Ocean, devastating coastal areas with waves that in some places reached a height of 30 feet (9 metres) or more when they hit the shoreline. Runt frivilliga från Frankrike, USA,
The earthquake that generated the great Indian Ocean tsunami of is estimated to have released the energy of 23, Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. Find out what happened and how it was unleashed. Svensk dokumentarserie fra Hvor langt
Around 20, Swedes were on holiday in Thailand when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck on Dec. 26, With over 1, feared casualties, Sweden may be the European country worst hit by the. En poäng är att
Sometimes known as the Christmas or Boxing Day tsunami, the December 26, Indian Ocean Tsunami is far from a distant memory, a decade after resulting in more than , casualities. “The tsunami struck after the magnitude Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake occurred off the northwest coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, causing catastrophic levels. Cecilia Fagerström var nio
Location of Sri Lanka and Indian Ocean on a global map. On December 26, the deadliest tsunami in the history of the world hit Sri Lanka, triggered by a massive earthquake of moment magnitude the largest earthquake recorded worldwide in 40 years. Tunga/JJ likt/AB jurist/NN victor/PM
Iwan, W.D., editor, , Summary report of the Great Sumatra Earthquakes and Indian Ocean tsunamis of December 26, and March 28, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, EERI Publication #, 11 chapters, page summary, plus CD-ROM with complete text and supplementary photographs, EERI Report –