CONTENTS

What
is
a
tsunami?.............. 1
Notices
............ 2
General
information.... 3
Causes
... 4
Consequences
.. 5
How
they

WHAT IS A TSUNAMI?
Is a series of waves in
a body of water
caused by the
displacement of a
large volume of water,
generally in an ocean
or a large lake
Tsunamis
generally consist of
a series of waves
withperiods
ranging from
minutes to hours,
arriving in a socalled wave train.

NOTICES
Japon build a wall
to avoid tsunamis

Asia remember the

worst tsunami
In the history

The 10 catastrophic
tsunamis in the
human history

Puerto Rico
made an
evacuation plan

Lima made an evacuation plan

To avoid a tsunami

General INFORMATION
A tsunami can

The most
destructive
tsunami was on
december 26 of
2004, it cause
the die of many
people, materials
and objects.
This tsunami was
in Siria Lanca,
Indonesia, India,
Malasia, and
other 10
countries of Asia
and Africa.

travel up to
950km/hr .
Tsunami
wavelengths are
extremely long
with hundreds of
kilometers
between the wave
crests in the deep
ocean.
It is not so much
big the movement
of water but the
energy moving
through it that
makes tsunami
so dangerous.

CAUSES
Impact of an asteroid or a meteorite in
the sea underwater disturbances
A volcanic collapse: can displace a
great volume of water and generate
extremely destructive tsunami waves
in the immediate source area.
Landslide: can generate displacement
of water to create a tsunami. They are
often caused by earthquakes, small,
therefore strengthening the force of
an earthquake induced tsunami.
Earthquake: pushes a large volume of
water to the surface, creating big
waves. In the deep ocean these
waves are small, as they approach
the coast these waves get bigger and
more dangerous.

CONSEQUENCES
Coastal tree plantations
affected.
So much seawater coming
Salination :increases
vulnerability to erosion, the
impacts of climate change
and food insecurity.
Devastation
Unimaginable misery.
Loss of livelihood for
fishermen
Damages to coral reefs
and flora and fauna

HOW THEY FORM?

VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS
EARTHQUAKES

LANDSLIDES
ASTEROIDS

TSUNAMI preparedness
STEP 2
You will be especially careful
after an earthquake.
You will look the levels of
waters
You will watch changes in
animals
A tsunami will occur if you
hear government warnings.
STEP 1:
You will prepare essential
materials
You will develop an evacuation
plan
You will look for information about
tsunamis
You will watch notices about
tsunamis

STEP 3
You are going to run away
from the tsunami.
You are going to climb to
high trees.
You are going to go high
places.
You are going to search
islands
STEP 4
You are going to wait for
additional waves.
You have to get information
When the tsunami passed you
are going to search your family
and friends.

HOW TO IDENTIFICATE OR
PREDICE?
FEEL the earth shake: If you are near
the ocean and you feel the ground
shake, a strong earthquake may have
occurred and possibly caused a
tsunami. However, you may not feel
the earth shake if the earthquake
occurred a long way away.
SEE the ocean drop:
Before a
tsunami arrives, the ocean level may
(but not always) drop dramatically
before returning as a wall of water. If
you notice that the water is
disappearing, tell your family and
friends and prepare to move to higher
ground.
HEAR an unusual roaring sound: If
you hear a loud roaring sound from the
ocean (a bit like an airplane or a train),
tell your family and friends.
This
sound may be heard before a tsunami
arrives.

Now the
scientist have
instruments
to predice
tsunamis

IMAGES

Information taked from:

http://news.nationalgeographic.
com/news/2007/04/070402tsunami.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Survive
-a-Tsunami
http://www.wikihow.com/Survive
-a-Tsunami

WRITTERS AND EDITORS

Mara Fernanda Pea
Sergio Parra