Tsunamis??

Question

where are some places that have tsunamis?and where would be a good place to start looking for infomation

i have tryed looking it up in yahoo about i can't tell the diff between the fact or real sites

Answer 1

They can hit anywhere. They even circle the globe when they happen. Try usuing Yahoo as you did to ask this question. See what web pages come up in Yahoos search engine. Look at them.

Tsunami are LARGE waves.

Here, then, use this web page address:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami

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Answer 2

A major tsunami hit Sri Lanka India a couple of years ago killing thousands. Coastal regions and islands are most susceptable...type in tsunami in any search engine for detailed info

Answer 3

Japan has more Tsunamis than any other country, in fact they invented the word Tsunamis, which means giant wave.

Answer 4

wikipedia... is always a good starting source.

Also try typing international or scientific or national geographic or discovery along with that key word.

Answer 5

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/tsu.shtml

http://www.tsunamiwave.info/

http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/2005/index.php

Hope this was helpful....Good luck!

Answer 6

well lets see

You can type if in any search engine...

Answer 7

HERE IS INFO ABOUT TSUNAMI IN S.INDIA

The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was prompted by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times. On 26 December the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, struck off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, spawned a tsunami that wreaked havoc along much of the rim of the Indian Ocean. Particularly hard-hit were the countries of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Over 180,000 people were killed, tens of thousands more were injured and over one million were made homeless.

Get a pic of epicentre here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_-_affected_countries.png

In India, 10,136 people, according to official estimates, were killed and hundreds of thousands were rendered homeless when a tsunami triggered by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake near the Indonesian island of Sumatra hit the southern peninsular coast on 26 December 2004. The earthquake registered 9.0 in moment magnitude and was the biggest in four decades. This was followed by strong aftershocks, including a 7.1 magnitude quake [1] in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

State Deaths Injured Missing1 Evacuees Refugees
Official1 Estimated
Tamil Nadu 7,960 8,000 — — 500,000 310,000
Andaman & Nicobar 1,310 7,000 200 5,544 17,000 37,000
Pondicherry 590 665 — 75 70,000 6,100
Andhra Pradesh 105 116 — 11 34,000 0 (All returned)
Kerala 171 171 700 — 25,000 25,000
Total 10,136 16,000 900 5,630 650,000 380,000

Tsunami damage in India 1
Factor Andhra Pradesh Kerala Tamil Nadu Pondicherry Total
Population affected 211,000 691,000 2,470,000 43,000 3,415,000
Area affected (km²) 7.9 Unknown 24.87 7.9 40.67
Length of coast affected (km) 985 250 1,000 25 2,260
Extent of penetration (km) 0.5 - 2.0 1 - 2 1 - 1.5 0.30 - 3.0
Reported height of tsunami (m) 5 3-5 7-10 10
Villages affected 301 187 362 26 876
Dwelling units 1,557 11,832 91,037 6,403 110,829
Cattle lost 195 Unknown 5,476 3,445

Andaman and Nicobar
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands comprise 572 islands (all land masses in both low and high tides) out of which 38 are inhabited, both by people from the mainland and indigenous tribes. The islands lie just north of the earthquake epicentre, and the tsunami reached a height of 15 m in the southern Nicobar Islands. The official death toll is 812, and about 7,000 are still missing. The unofficial death toll (including those missing and presumed dead) is estimated to be about 7,000.

The Great Nicobar and Car Nicobar islands were the worst hit among all the islands because of their proximity to the quake and relative flatness. Aftershocks continue to rock the area. [2] One fifth of the population of the Nicobar Islands is said to be dead, injured or missing ([3]). Chowra Island has lost two thirds of its population of 1,500. Entire islands have been washed away, and the island of Trinket has been split in two ([4]). Communications have not been restored with the Nancowry group of islands, some of which have been completely submerged, with the total number of the population still out of contact exceeding 7,000 ([5]).

Among the casualties in Car Nicobar, 100 Indian Air Force personnel and their family members were washed away when the wave hit their air base, which was reported to have been severely damaged ([6]). The St. Thomas Cathedral (also known as the John Richardson church after John Richardson, a missionary and member of parliament) was washed away. The church, established in 1930 was one of the oldest and prominent churches in the region. A cricket stadium named after John Richardson and a statue dedicated to him were also washed away.

The majority of the population of Andaman Islands is made up of people from the mainland, mostly from West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. The natives of Andaman and Nicobar Islands are endangered tribal groups, such as the Jarawa, the Sentinelese, the Shompen, the Onge and the Andamanese. They are regarded as anthropologically significant as they are some of the world's most primitive tribes and considered the world's only link to ancient civilisation. Most of these tribes have maintained their aboriginal lifestyle for centuries, and government policy has been to not interfere with them unless absolutely essential.

It is reported that most of the native islanders survived the tsunami because they live on higher ground or far from the coast ([7]). The Onge (with a 2001 census population of 96), Jarawa (240), Sentinelese (39) and Andamanese (43) have been reached by survey teams and are confirmed to be safe although the number of dead is unknown. The Sentinelese live on a reserved island and are hostile to outsiders which is making it difficult for Indian officials to visit the island. They have shot arrows at helicopters sent to check on them. ([8],[9],[10]). In the Nicobar Islands, the Nicobarese, a Southeast Asian-looking tribe (2001 population of 28,653), have lost about 656 lives with 3,000 still missing. Surveys are being conducted on the Shompen (2001 census count of 398) located on Great Nicobar island.

India's only active volcano, Barren 1, located at Barren Island 135 kilometres (80 miles) northeast of the capital Port Blair, erupted because of increased seismic activity on 30 December 2004. People have been evacuated since then and there have been no reports of any casualties.

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Andhra Pradesh
The current official toll is 105. The affected districts are Krishna (35 dead), Prakasam (35 dead), Nellore (20 dead), Guntur (4 dead), West Godavari (8 dead) and East Godavari (3 dead).

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Kerala
The current official toll is 168. The affected districts are Kollam (131 dead), Alappuzha (32 dead), Ernakulam (5 dead).

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Pondicherry
An estimated 30,000 people are homeless in the Union territory of Pondicherry. The current official toll is 560. The affected districts are Pondicherry (107 dead), Karaikal (453 dead).

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Tamil Nadu
The state of Tamil Nadu has been the worst affected on the mainland, with a death toll of 7,793. Nagapattinam district has had 5,525 casualties, with entire villages having been destroyed. Kanyakumari district has had 808 deaths, Cuddalore district 599, the state capital Chennai 206 and Kancheepuram district 124. The death tolls in other districts were Pudukkottai (15), Ramanathapuram (6), Tirunelveli (4), Thoothukudi (3), Tiruvallur (28), Thanjavur (22), Tiruvarur (10) and Viluppuram (47).

Those killed in Kanyakumari include pilgrims taking a holy dip in the sea. Of about 700 people trapped at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial off Kanyakumari, 650 were rescued. In Chennai, people playing on the Marina beach and those who taking a Sunday morning stroll were washed away, in addition to the fisherfolk who lived along the shore and those out at sea. The death toll at Velankanni in Nagapattinam district is currently 1,500. Most of these people were visiting the Basilica of the Virgin Mary for Christmas, while others were residents of the town. The nuclear power station at Kalpakkam was shut down after sea water rushed into a pump station. No radiation leak or damage to the reactor was reported ([11]). About 100 casualties were reported from Kalpakkam, all power plant personnel and their families.

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Further meteorological/seismic developments
The Indian Meteorological department has warned people in coastal areas to be careful. The seas are predicted to rough due to the after shocks with tidal waves in a few coastal areas. The detailed Met report.

The Indian government issued a fresh tsunami alert across India's coastal areas. This alert triggered panic in some coastal areas, subsequent to which the government had to issue clarifications to calm the people.

The Andaman region is still experiencing aftershocks of varying intensities.