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Cameras up and down the coast captured videos of boaters taking their vessels out to sea during the tsunami threat. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California on ...
A tsunami warning was issued across Northern California on Thursday morning following a magnitude 7 earthquake. It's a reminder to prepare and know how to respond in case of such emergencies.
The new documentary series will provide "a 360-degree view into the heart-stopping events of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that took over 225,000 lives" and include testimonies from "survivors ...
The train which was struck by the tsunami. Remains of a house near Telwatte, photographed in March 2008. In Ampara District alone, more than 10,000 people died. A holiday train, the "Queen of the Sea", was struck by the tsunami near the village of Telwatta as it travelled between Colombo and Galle carrying at least 1,700 passengers, killing all but a handful on board.
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was a teletsunami.. A teletsunami (also called an ocean-wide tsunami, distant tsunami, distant-source tsunami, far-field tsunami, or trans-ocean tsunami) is a tsunami that originates from a distant source, defined as more than 1,000 km (620 mi) away or three hours' travel from the area of interest, [1] [2] sometimes travelling across an ocean.
A 2021 map shows the impact of a tsunami hitting the San Fransisco area - and the devastation it could cause. The map was thrust back into the spotlight Thursday when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake ...
Near Ōarai, people captured images of a huge whirlpool that had been generated by the tsunami. [171] The tsunami washed away the sole bridge to Miyatojima, Miyagi, isolating the island's 900 residents. [172] A 2 meters (6 ft 7 in) high tsunami hit Chiba Prefecture about 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours after the quake, causing heavy damage to cities such as ...
Satellite photographs released by DigitalGlobe show destruction in Indonesia caused by the earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 1,000 people