• A tsunami is a series of huge waves that can cause great

devastation and loss of life when they strike a coast.

• Tsunamis are caused by an underwater earthquake, a volcanic
eruption, an sub-marine rockslide, or, more rarely, by
an asteroid or meteoroid crashing into in the water from space.
• The word tsunami comes from the Japanese word meaning
"harbor wave." 
 • When an oceanic plate hits a continental plate the plates
press together and pressure builds.

• Eventually the heavier oceanic plate slips under the

lighter continental plate and causes an earthquake.

• Waves start moving up to 600 miles per

hour but you can’t see them.

• Tsunamis carry lots of water and energy so

they can travel very far.

• The earthquake lifts part of the ocean up

and drops other parts down.
Damage to Property
Mass loss of lives
Damage to Infrastructure
Causes diseases and illness
Has adverse effects on the
environment
Effect on the economy
Tsunami can be generated when the sea floor abruptly deforms and vertically displaces
the overlying water.

•Tectonic earthquakes are a particular kind of earthquake that are associated with the
Earth's crustal deformation.
•When these earthquakes occur beneath the sea, the water above the deformed area is
displaced from its equilibrium position
• Underwater landslides that generate tsunamis are called sciorrucks. 

• These phenomena rapidly displace large water volumes, as energy from

falling debris or expansion transfers to the water at a rate faster than
the water can absorb.
• The smashing force of a wall of water traveling at high speed, and the destructive
power of a large volume of water draining off the land and carrying all with it.
• About 80% of tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean, but they are possible
wherever there are large bodies of water.
• They are caused by earthquakes, landslides, volcanic explosions glacier calvings,
and bolides.
 It caused the entire planet to vibrate
as much as 1 centimeter (0.4
inches) and triggered other
earthquakes as far away as
Alaska. Its epicenter was
between Simeulue and mainland
Indonesia.

The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of

devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering
the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people in fourteen countries, and
inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (98 ft) high.

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•  With a magnitude of between 9.1
and 9.3, it is the third largest
earthquake ever recorded on
a seismograph.
• The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was
an undersea mega thrust earthquake that
occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday,
December 26, 2004, with an epicenter off
the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
• The quake itself is known by
the scientific community as the Sumatra-
Andaman earthquake.
 • The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was
an undersea mega thrust earthquake that
occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday,
December 26, 2004, with an epicenter off
the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
• The quake itself is known by
the scientific community as the Sumatra-
Andaman earthquake.

•  With a magnitude of between 9.1 and

9.3, it is the third largest
earthquake ever recorded on
a seismograph.
• The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku,
the Great East Japan Earthquake was a magnitude 9.0
 undersea mega thrust earthquake off the coast
of Japan that occurred on 11 March 2011
• It was so powerful the island of Honshu was moved 8 feet
eastward. The earthquake triggered extremely destructive
tsunami waves of up to 40.5 meters (133 ft) in Miyako, Iwate,
Tōhoku.
• The tsunami caused a number of nuclear accidents, primarily
the ongoing level 7 meltdowns at three reactors in
the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant complex, and the
associated evacuation zones affecting hundreds of thousands
of residents.
• Japan, where tsunami science and response measures first began following
a disaster in 1896, has produced ever-more elaborate countermeasures and
response plans.
• The country has built many tsunami walls of up to 4.5 meters (15 ft) to
protect populated coastal areas. Other localities have built floodgates and
channels to redirect the water from incoming tsunami.
• The port town of Aonae was completely surrounded by a tsunami wall