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Will a Tsunami hit South-East Asia in 2009?
Background: South-East Asia is due for a period of major earthquakes, similar to the one in 2004 off the west coast of Sumatra that caused the Boxing Day tsunami.
Scientists warn that it is highly likely that at least one such earthquake will hit the region within the lifetime of the children living there today. They base their prediction on previous earthquake evidence going back 700 years.
The 2004 tsunami was one of the most devastating natural disasters of modern times, killing more than 225,000 people in 11 countries, and was caused by an earthquake under the seabed that produced waves up to 100ft high which lashed coastlines in the Indian Ocean as far apart as Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Such undersea earthquakes raise coral reefs above sea level, which mark this vertical shift by growing outwards rather than upwards. It is this sudden change in the pattern of coral growth that has allowed the scientists to analyse previous earthquakes in the eastern Indian Ocean extending over many centuries.
Read the full article here.
Scientists warn that it is highly likely that at least one such earthquake will hit the region within the lifetime of the children living there today. They base their prediction on previous earthquake evidence going back 700 years.
The 2004 tsunami was one of the most devastating natural disasters of modern times, killing more than 225,000 people in 11 countries, and was caused by an earthquake under the seabed that produced waves up to 100ft high which lashed coastlines in the Indian Ocean as far apart as Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Such undersea earthquakes raise coral reefs above sea level, which mark this vertical shift by growing outwards rather than upwards. It is this sudden change in the pattern of coral growth that has allowed the scientists to analyse previous earthquakes in the eastern Indian Ocean extending over many centuries.
Read the full article here.
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source. The tsunami must be caused by an earthquake, and have a maximum height of at least 2 metres.
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curios: a tsunami a tsunami no matter how small
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=706405
curios: a tsunami a tsunami no matter how small
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=706405
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San Jose Mercury News 28 weeks ago
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BBC 28 weeks ago
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Korea Herald 30 weeks ago
the fires ended. In the end, 90,000 people *perished and four-fifths of the city was destroyed. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 The earthquake occurred on April 18, 1906, in the early morning. The quake is estimated to have had a magnitude a 7.9. It
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Guardian Unlimited 30 weeks ago
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Under your settlement details it says "have a maximum height of at least 2 meters." Did you actually mean to write "A minimum height of at least 2 meters?" In other words the wave would have to be at least 6 feet or higher, correct?
fyi
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26148364-12377,00.html
Seems to me that a tsunami occurred, but they do not describe the wave height...
"Also, the Disasters Emergency Committee is to launch an appeal to help victims of a series of natural disasters in south-east Asia last week.
As well as the earthquakes in western Sumatra, a typhoon has hit the Philippines and parts of Vietnam.
The day before the quakes, a tsunami in the South Pacific killed at least 170 people and left many thousands more homeless."
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Indonesia-Earthquake-Rescue-Workers-Say-Hopes-End-Of-Finding-Any-More-Survivors/Article/200910115399305?f=rss
Well, there are 2 1/2 months left....
Thanks for the clarification. :-)
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