Tsunamis

Question 1

Pacific ring of fire of high seismic activity

Answer 1

80% of tsunamis occure in the Pacific ocean

Question 2

Recent tsunami disasters

Answer 2

• 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
• 9.0 magnaitude earthquake off coast of japan
• numerou s

Question 3

Indian ocean tsunami of 2004

Answer 3

• travelled more than 5,000 km
• wavelength ~500 km
• 10 hours to cross the indian ocean

Question 4

Largest tsunami wave measured by humans

Answer 4

-Tsunami triggered by an earthquake/landslide on July 9, 1958 in Lituya Bay, Alaska
- destruction was obsrbed at a height of 1720 ft above sea level