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The resulting tsunami reached heights of up to 100 metres (330 ft) on Ambon Island killing over 2,000 individuals. It was the first detailed documentation of a tsunami in Indonesia and the largest ever recorded in the country. [1]
The textbooks are in color-print and are among the least expensive books in Indian book stores. [11] Textbooks created by private publishers are priced higher than those of NCERT. [11] According to a government policy decision in 2017, the NCERT will have the exclusive task of publishing central textbooks from 2018, and the role of CBSE will be ...
Amplitude, Wave Height, or Tsunami Height: Refers to the height of a tsunami relative to the normal sea level at the time of the tsunami, which may be tidal High Water, or Low Water. It is different from the crest-to-trough height which is commonly used to measure other type of wave height.
Medieval India: A Textbook for Class XI (NCERT, 2002), ISBN 8174501711. Rajah-Moonje Pact: Documents On A Forgotten Chapter Of Indian History (with Devendra Svarupa, Low Price Publishers, 2007), ISBN 8184540787. Parallel Pathways: Essays on Hindu-Muslim Relations, 1707-1857 (Konark Publishers, 2010), ISBN 9788122007831.
The wave caught the Japanese off guard, not knowing its origin, and was explained in the book, The Orphan Tsunami. [83] 1703 Kanto, Japan 1703 Genroku earthquake: Earthquake On 31 December, 1703, an 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck Edo. A tsunami up to 11.7 metres (38 ft) high was recorded along the coast of the KantÅ Region. Official reports ...
The poem Sabse Khatarnak by the Hindi poet Pash was included in the NCERT textbook for 11th standard Hindi students in 2006. In 2017, the BJP government affiliated RSS tried to remove it but failed. [24] [25] The NCERT made two controversial changes to the class XII political science textbook ‘Politics in India Since Independence’ in 2017.
[6] [7] [8] Specifically, Smith recalled watching black-and-white footage in class of the tsunami resulting from the 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake and being taught by Kearney for the warning signs to look out for, especially the frothing nature of the sea. Smith said, "It was the exact same froth... like you get on a beer.
Before the 1854 tsunami struck Hiro (now Hirogawa), Goryo Hamaguchi lit fire to sheaves of rice (inamura) to help guide villagers to safety.This event appeared in the 1897 story "A living god" by the Greek-born writer Lafcadio Hearn, which combined the events in Hiro with the events of the 1896 Sanriku earthquake that struck Honshu. [2]