TSUNAMIS

Sings of a Tsunami

• If your at the beach and the sea has more foam than normal and if you can see more sea floor then normal run to high ground .
• If your at the beach and an earthquake happens get to high ground.
• If your at the beach and a huge wave is coming your way run to high ground.
• The lingering danger that yet another killer tsunami could strike at any moment with very little warning.

8 DEADLIEST TSUNAMIS

TSUNAMIS WHEN AND WHERE

• Japan, 2011in the Pacific Ocean
• Asia, 2004 in the Indian Ocean
• Alaska, 1946 1957 1964 and 1965
• Canada, 1812, 1873, 1927, 1930, 1946, and 1949
• Canada , Atlantic coast , 1755, 1884,1886, and 1929
• Puerto Rico 1867, 1918.

HOW TSUNAMIS FORM

• A tsunami is made up of a series of waves in a body of water.
• The first wave is usually not the biggest or strongest, and later waves such as the fifth or sixth may be significantly larger.l
• As it gets near the last line and moves into shallow water tsunamis usually slow down but the wave height can grow to 100ft

WHY TSUNAMIS HAPPEN

• A tsunamis happen with a big earthquake.
• Sometimes tsunamis happen by volcanoes, falling asters, or landslides.
• Most tsunamis happen in the ring of fire. The ring of fire is in between Asia, Astrailia, South and North a America.

INTRESTING FACTS ABOUT TSUNAMIS

• Tsunamis can reach speeds of 600 miles (970 kilometers)
• Tsunamis can go over 15 stories high.
• People use tsunameters to see if a tsunami is going to happen.

CONTINUED INTRESTING FACTS ABOUT TSUNAMIS

• Tsunami waves move a lot of water and carry a lot of energy. So they can travel long distances like 16,000 kilometers.
• While no one has witnessed a tsunami caused by a meteorite , many scientists think that a meteorite may have created a tsunami that wiped out life on Earth more than 3.5 billion years ago.

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