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    The document discusses tsunamis, including their destructive power, warning systems, and lessons from past events. It describes how tsunamis wipe away towns with "mind-boggling destruction," such as the 2011 Japan tsunami that was up to 90 feet high. It also outlines tsunami warning systems like buoys that detect tsunamis and tide gauges along coastlines, and lessons from the 2004 Indonesia earthquake where early evacuation to high ground saved lives.

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    The document discusses tsunamis, including their destructive power, warning systems, and lessons from past events. It describes how tsunamis wipe away towns with "mind-boggling destruction," such as the 2011 Japan tsunami that was up to 90 feet high. It also outlines tsunami warning systems like buoys that detect tsunamis and tide gauges along coastlines, and lessons from the 2004 Indonesia earthquake where early evacuation to high ground saved lives.

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    The 2004 Tsunami Wiped Away

    Towns With 'Mind-Boggling'


    Destruction
    US WEST COAST
    TSUNAMI
    Wind versus tsunami wave
    • Wind waves
    – Single wave is entire water mass
    – Velocity depends on period of
    wave
    • 17 mph for 5-second wave; 70 mph
    for 20-second wave
    • Tsunami
    – Huge mass of water with
    tremendous momentum
    Tsunami, Japan, 2011

    • 90 feet high
    • Up to 2.5 miles of
    inundation
    • 8-10 minute warning
    Village of Minamisanriku, where up to
    10,000 people—60 percent of its
    population—are now missing,
    according to the Telegraph.
    44 miles south of Sendai
    Town of Yagawahama
    Sendai Airport
    Japan, 2011 tsunami
    • Billions of dollars spent
    • 40% of Japan’s
    coastline contains up to
    39’ high walls
    • Tsunami destroyed
    • 6 feet- wood structures
    • 12 feet- concrete
    destroyed
    • 70 feet-everything
    Gates close seconds after
    earthquake
    Tsunami

    • As the waves reach shore,


    speed is reduced
    • Height is increased
    Tsunami and You

    • If You Feel the Earthquake


    – Mild shaking for more than 25 seconds: powerful, distant earthquake may have
    generated tsunami
    – Sea may withdraw significantly, or may rise, before first big wave
    – Water may change character, make unusual sounds
    Tsunami and You
    • Tsunami Warnings
    – Coastal Maps
    • Tsunami-hazard map of Hawaii Big Island, based on local topography
    • Coastline mapping of Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka after 2004 tsunami indicated
    where human activities increased damage and loss of life
    – Removal of vegetation, reefs increased impact of waves
    – Buoys and Pressure Sensors
    • Before 2004, NOAO operated six-buoy warning system in northern Pacific Ocean
    • Funding since provided for 32 buoys around world, transmitting information to
    scientists
    • New tide-gauge stations and seismometers along coastlines
    Tsunami and You

    Insert table 5.4


    Tsunami and You

    • Simuele Island, Indonesia, 26 December 2004


    – Closest inhabited land to epicenter of magnitude 9.2 earthquake
    – After shaking stopped, residents fled uphill immediately
    – Only 7 out of 75,000 inhabitants were killed
    – Oral history reminded people: when ground shakes, run to hills before giant waves
    arrive
    Applied information from school project

    • Noticed bubbles and


    water retreated from
    the shoreline
    • Notified parents and
    other hotel residents
    • All moved to higher
    ground
    • Phuket, Thailand
    2004 Indonesia earthquake and
    tsunami
    Chile earthquake, February 27, 2010
    Chile earthquake and tsunami
    Magnitude 8.8; hypocenter 21
    miles Tsunami

    February 27, 2010


    Japan’s tsunami warning system
    Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: 1967

    • Alaska: west coast of North America


    • Hawaii: the remainder portion of the Ring of Fire
    • NOAA: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
    Administration
    • Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
    Deep-0cean Assessment and Reporting
    of Tsunami: DART

    • Goal is to reduce the


    loss of life and property
    • Eliminate false alarms
    • Stations are positioned
    in regions that
    traditionally produce
    tsunamis

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