i am supposed to do an essay on a tsunami and i can't decide which one...what do u think?

Question

which tsunami was most memorable...

Answer 1

Tsunami - this particular word or term was not known earlier and I heard it only on 27th of December, 2004 when the tusnami of Indian Ocean and hit the south East asia and killed over 2 lakh perople great loss of properties etc. The details are gi ven below.

2004 - Indian Ocean tsunami
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which had a magnitude of 9.3, triggered a series of lethal tsunamis on December 26, 2004 that killed approximately 230,000 people (including 168,000 in Indonesia alone), making it the deadliest tsunami in recorded history. The tsunami killed people over an area ranging from the immediate vicinity of the quake in Indonesia, Thailand and the north-western coast of Malaysia to thousands of kilometres away in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and even as far as Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania in eastern Africa. The disaster received huge donations from around the world in no time at all.

What is Tsunami - Read

A tsunami is a series of waves when a body of water, such as an ocean is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. Earthquakes, mass movements above or below water, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions, and large meteorite impacts all have the potential to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastating.

The term tsunami comes from the Japanese language meaning harbour ("tsu", 津) and wave ("nami", 波). Although in Japanese tsunami is used for both the singular and plural, in English tsunamis is often used as the plural. The term was created by fishermen who returned to port to find the area surrounding their harbour devastated, although they had not been aware of any wave in the open water. Tsunamis are common throughout Japanese history, as 195 events in Japan have been recorded.

A tsunami has a much smaller amplitude (wave heights) offshore, and a very long wavelength (often hundreds of kilometres long), which is why they generally pass unnoticed at sea, forming only a passing "hump" in the ocean.

Tsunamis have been historically referred to as tidal waves because as they approach land, they take on the characteristics of a violent onrushing tide rather than the sort of cresting waves that are formed by wind action upon the ocean (with which people are more familiar). Since they are not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage discouraged by oceanographers. However, since not all tsunamis occur in harbours, that term is equally misleading, although it does have the benefit of being misleading in a different language.

Answer 2

I have always been partial to the 1964 Alaskan earthquake that generated a tsunami. Here is a great link to a website with maps and lots of information about the event. Good luck on your essay.

http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Tsunami1964SourceMech.html

Answer 3

The recent one in Aceh (Boxing Day 2004) is the most fresh in peoples minds. Also, there should be a lot of info about that one.

Answer 4

The one Krakotoa caused in the late 1880's... or obviously the *recent* one in Aceh and Indian Ocean Rim. Goodluck researching!

Answer 5

What do you propose by way of saving? Any way sooner or later you will die is unquestionably known certainty. Do you think of has every physique ever been stored in the way you propose it? all persons who're born might desire to die sooner or later. God won't substitute this rule for anybody. interior the case of an earth quake or tsunami or despite the fact that people die via fact they befell to be there at that 2nd at that place. who grew to become into in charge for that? basically that individual no longer God. that's called karma that's ones own karma (customarily latest janma) via which that individual grew to become into on that faulty spot. God basically gave you the birt as a results of your prarabda karma. relax what accompanied on your life grew to become into via your own unfastened will.(your own making) honestly by way of earthquake no you are able to truly die. considering you prefer to stay in a concrete domicile you're susceptible. in case you reside in a organic living there is not any hazard of having killed. Tsunami won't kill people except you enter the sea or stay dangerously close. it is your mistake to stay closeby. that's your karma. This worldwide is fraught with hazards from all components. all of us know approximately it in spite of our undemanding experience. yet we overlook approximately and pay the cost and worse nevertheless we blame God. Even animals perish in much less numbers via organic failures.

Answer 6

The one that hit on December 26.

Answer 7

I would do the one which happened on Boxing Day and talk about the social structures and psychology which fixed that in the memory of the Christian world forever (because everyone was on holiday so everyone heard about it!)

Answer 8

The last one in Indonisia, more people died and media made tremendous coverage, you will find enough information wherever

Answer 9

use these links read and write your own essay.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2006_Java_earthquake

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/