tsunami

Strong Earthquake Strikes Tonga

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:45:55 -0600

USGS reports a strong earthquake strikes off of Tonga. The magnitude was 6.8.

Tsunami is Deadly in Samoa Islands

Cheryl Phillips — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:16:44 -0500

An 8.0-magnitude underwater earthquake and towering tsunami waves wreaked havoc on the Somoa Islands earlier today. The number of deaths is increasing, dozens of people are missing and communications are hampered after this devastating storm. The double-whammy caused by both the earthquake and tsunami have left a path of destruction and panic in the Samoa Islands.

Pacific Tsunami Is A Greater Threat greater

harminka — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:23:52 -0500

The potential for a huge Pacific Ocean tsunami on the West Coast of America may be greater than previously thought, according to a new study of geological evidence along the Gulf of Alaska coast.

Tsunami Warning for Honduras, Belize, and Guatemala

Pakd on Mystery — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:59:43 -0500

May 28th- At 8:25 am a Earthquake struck 130 kilometers(80 miles) North Northeast of Le Ceiba, Honduras,(Carribbean Sea) with a depth of 10 kilometers, and a magnitude on 7.3

New insight into tsunamis offered by Mathematicians

harminka — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:14:48 -0500

A new mathematical formula that could be used to give advance warning of where a tsunami is likely to hit and how destructive it will be has been worked out by scientists at Newcastle University.

4 years after tsunami, Corals stage comeback

harminka — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:33:04 -0600

A team of scientists from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has reported a rapid recovery of coral reefs in areas of Indonesia, following the tsunami that devastated coastal regions throughout the Indian Ocean four years ago today.

Indonesia Earthquake Ends Tsunami Warning

Armen Hareyan — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:40:23 -0600

Indonesian authorities have lifted a tsunami warning that was issued after a strong earthquake struck off the northern region of Sulawesi island. Indonesia earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7, said the country's meteorological agency. VOA news reports about the Indonesia earthquake.

Awareness may improve future tsunami estimates

harminka — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:08:37 -0500

The deadly Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, which claimed more than 200,000 lives, was not the first of its size to hit the region, according to new research by an international research team led by Dr. Karin Monecke, a former post-doctoral geologist at Kent State University.

Scientists find evidence of tsunamis on Indian Ocean shores long before 2004

harminka — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:28:19 -0500

A quarter-million people were killed when a tsunami inundated Indian Ocean coastlines the day after Christmas in 2004. Now scientists have found evidence that the event was not a first-time occurrence.

World's largest tsunami debris Discovered

harminka — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:21:54 -0500

A line of massive boulders on the western shore of Tonga may be evidence of the most powerful volcano-triggered tsunami found to date. Up to 9 meters (30 feet) high and weighing up to 1.6 million kilograms (3.5 million pounds), the seven coral boulders are located 100 to 400 meters (300 to 1,300 feet) from the coast.

Tsunami Invisibility Cloak

harminka — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:19:55 -0500

Rather than building stronger ocean-based structures to withstand tsunamis, it might be easier to simply make the structures disappear.

World novelty for an improved tsunami early warning

harminka — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:04:06 -0500

After completing their simulation component in the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (GITEWS), the team for tsunami modelling of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association has presented the currently leading software system for tsunami events with the potential for catastrophe.