Thursday, July 24, 2008

What is Tsunami????

Hello..let we think for a while..some event that called 'Tsunami' have been occur in our country..a lot of damage have to suffer by some of our citizen..but are you know what is 'tsunami'..Ihave read some information about tsunami before..Tsunami is a Japanese word with the English translation, "harbor wave." The phenomenon we call tsunami is a series of large waves of extremely long wavelength and period usually generated by a violent, impulsive undersea disturbance or activity near the coast or in the ocean. When a sudden displacement of a large volume of water occurs, or if the sea floor is suddenly raised or dropped by an earthquake, big tsunami waves can be formed by forces of gravity. Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, explosions, and even the impact of cosmic bodies, such as meteorites, can generate tsunamis. Tsunamis can savagely attack coastlines, causing devastating property damage and loss of life.So,learn more about it..=)...

Source=http://www.kjc.gov.my/english/education/seismology/whatistsunami.html

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