Vocabulary
A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake
What is a tsunami?
These tsunamis are made by humans
What is a man-made tsunami?
The deadliest tsunami ever recorded
What is The Boxing Day tsunami?
A very large wave created by a large, sudden displacement of material into a body of water
What is a mega-tsunami?
Cause to be underwater
What is submerge?
These tsunamis can reach up 100km from it's source
What is a local tsunami
This tsunami occured in 1498after a magnitude 8.6 earthquake and killed about 31,000 people
What is the 1498 Japan tsunami?
The shaking of the surface of the Earth
What is an earthquake?
A shallow water wave caused by the gravitational interactions between the Sun, Moon, and Earth.
What is a tidal wave?
These tsunamis can cause damage from 100km-1000km from its source and can take between 1-3 hours to occur before destruction
What is a regional tsunami?
This was the biggest mega-tsunami mega-tsunami ever reaching at a hight of 1,720 feet.
What is the Lituya bay tsunami?
The process of being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents
What is erosion?
The great size or extent of something
What is magnitude?
These tsunamis can cause damage as far as 1,000km away from its source
What is a distant tsunami?
This tsunami caused a nuclear meltdown and caused damages costing up to 16.9 trillion yen. (199 billion U.S. dollars)
What is the 2011 Japan tsunami?
The official currency of Japan
What is yen?