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Geological evidence for past earthquakes in Tokyo region

In 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake devastated the Tokyo area, resulting in more than 100,000 deaths. About 200 years earlier, in 1703, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck the same region, causing more than 10,000 deaths.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Tsunami debris survey launched northwest of Midway

The tsunami that followed on the heels of the March 11, 2011, earthquake in Japan produced as much as 25 million tons of debris. Much of this debris was swept into the ocean. What stayed afloat drifted apart ...

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Strong quakes rattle remote Antarctica

Two strong earthquakes 40 minutes apart rocked the remote South Orkney Islands in Antarctica on Sunday, experts from the US Geological Survey said.

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created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Japanese tsunami debris scatters in the Pacific Ocean, possibly heading to US

Debris from the tsunami that devastated Japan in March could reach the United States as early as this winter, according to predictions by NOAA scientists. However, they warn there is still a large amount of uncertainty over ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Stanford scientists' computer models help predict tsunami risk

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford scientists are using complex computational models to solve the puzzle of the devastating tsunami that struck Japan earlier this year and predict where future tsunamis might occur.

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created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

'Double tsunami' doubled Japan destruction

Researchers have discovered that the destructive tsunami generated by the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake was a long-hypothesized "merging tsunami" that doubled in intensity over rugged ocean ridges, amplifying ...

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created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Measuring mental aftershocks

The massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile in February 2010 left thousands homeless, caused billions of dollars in damages and triggered a deadly tsunami. The psychological impact of such traumatic ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biggest asteroid in 35 years swings close to Earth

(AP) -- An asteroid as big as an aircraft carrier zipped by Earth on Tuesday in the closest encounter by such a massive space rock in more than three decades. Scientists ruled out any chance of a collision ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Computer model suggests tsunamis could be blunted by coastal trees

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the biggest problems with tsunamis is that they are so hit or miss. Major ones only occur every ten years or so, and the likelihood of any one place being hit is extremely small. This ...

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created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Quarter-mile-wide asteroid coming close to Earth

(AP) -- An asteroid bigger than an aircraft carrier will dart between the Earth and moon on Tuesday - the closest encounter by such a huge rock in 35 years.

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created Nov 05, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 225

Tsunami debris found 3,000 km from Japan coast

A Russian ship has found debris from the Japanese tsunami, including a fishing boat, floating adrift in the Pacific thousands of kilometres from the disaster zone, a Hawaiian research group said.

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created Oct 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russian ship finds tsunami debris where scientists predicted

Ever since the great Japan tsunami on March 11 washed millions of tons of debris into the Pacific, scientists at the International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, have been trying to ...

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created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Indian Ocean tsunami alert system to be tested on Oct 12

Nearly two dozen countries next Wednesday will take part in a full-scale test of the Indian Ocean's tsunami alert system, using the 2004 Sumatra quake as the basis for the exercise, UNESCO said on Thursday.

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created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New computer model better explains workings of tsunamis

(PhysOrg.com) -- Because they occur so infrequently, more often than not in areas where they aren’t recorded very well, scientists have been working nearly blind in trying to understand how tsunamis work ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Fukushima: Reflections six months on

When the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 11, 2011, the world witnessed the largest nuclear incident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. In a special Fukushima ...

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created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Tsunami

A tsunami (津波?) (pronounced /(t)suːˈnɑːmi/) is a series of water waves (called a tsunami wave train) that is caused when a large volume of a body of water, such as an ocean, is rapidly displaced. The Japanese term is literally translated into "harbor wave."

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (detonations of nuclear devices at sea), landslides and other mass movements, bolide impacts, and other disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami. Due to the immense volumes of water and energy involved, the effects of tsunamis can be devastating.

The Greek historian Thucydides was the first to relate tsunami to submarine quakes, but understanding of the nature of tsunami remained slim until the 20th century and is the subject of ongoing research.

Many early geological, geographical, and oceanographic texts refer to tsunamis as "seismic sea waves."

Some meteorological conditions, such as deep depressions that cause tropical cyclones, can generate a storm surge, called a meteotsunami, which can be several metres above normal tide levels. This is due to the low atmospheric pressure within the centre of the depression. As these storm surges come ashore, they may resemble (though are not) tsunamis, inundating vast areas of land. Such a storm surge inundated Burma (Myanmar) in May 2008.

For more information about Tsunami, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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