Kamis, 20 Oktober 2011

5 The world's largest tsunami

1. Tsunami Aceh


This tsunami occurred on December 26, 2004 due to an earthquake measuring 9.1 to 9.3 on the Richter scale. The tsunami waves swept some parts of Aceh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Maldives and East Africa region. As many as 226,000 people died in the tsunami with 166,000 souls is a citizen of Indonesia. The earthquake causes a tsunami is the fourth largest earthquake that occurred in history.

2. Tsunami in Ancient Greece 

Tsunami in the Ancient Greece is known to be first recorded tsunami in history. Therefore, the tsunami is the eruption of the mountain near the island of Thera, or Santorini. The number of people killed in the tsunami is not known with certainty, but is estimated at more than 100,000 people. The tsunami waves estimated at 15 meters. Meanwhile, the tsunami that occurred in 1500 BC is expected to cause the collapse of Minoan civilization, a civilization that developed at that time.
 
3. Tsunami in Portugal, Spain, and Marocco

This tsunami caused by an earthquake centered in the bottom waters of the Atlantic in 1755. Tsunami waves hit the cities in Portugal, Spain, and Morocco with the worst damage occurred in the region of Lisbon. Tsunami wave height does not exceed the Krakatau tsunami, but the number of people killed far more, as many as 60,000 people.
 
4. South China Sea Tsunami
 
This tsunami occurred in 1782 in the South China Sea region adjacent to Taiwan. Therefore, the tsunami is a tectonic earthquake that occurred on the ocean floor. It is not clear epicenter and strength, but as many as 40,000 people have died because of it. Based on the published catalog of Russian tsunami, tsunami waves hit the mainland as far as 120 kilometers.
 
5. The Tsunami caused by the eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait
 

This tsunami occurred in 1883 and killed approximately 36,000 people. The tsunami waves caused by the eruption reaches a height of 40 meters and swept at least 165 villages in the area of ​​Java and Sumatra. Krakataunya eruption itself is the largest volcanic eruption in history, creating a sound so loud and even volcanic ash that spread up to Australia
 
 

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