Tsunami and Natural Disaster Info
Tsunami Warning Time
The amount of warning time a tsunami warning system can provide depends on the distance between your location and the location of the undersea event. A tsunami can travel 500 to 600 mph in deep water, slowing as it approaches shore. If the undersea earthquake that starts the tsunami is 500 miles offshore in deep [...]
19Dec2008 | Gordon | 0 comments | ContinuedHotspot Volcanoes Build Islands
The Hawaiian Islands would not be here today if it were not for the hotspot volcanoes of the mid-Pacific. There would be no Kauai, no Lanai, no Molokai, no Oahu, no Maui, and no Big Island. They were all formed by shield volcanoes fed by a constant flow of magma from a superheated pocket in [...]
29Oct2008 | Gordon | 0 comments | ContinuedCan You Outrun a Tsunami?
Try to imagine a solid block of ocean hundreds of miles long, 3 miles deep, and as wide as the coastline, coming toward you at 500 to 600 miles an hour. That describes a tsunami in deep water racing toward land. A tsunami’s speed slows as it encounters the coastline but the total water mass [...]
8Sep2008 | Gordon | 0 comments | ContinuedStorm Surges Can Kill
A hurricane-driven storm surge can be as destructive and deadly as a major tsunami started by an undersea earthquake or exploding volcano. In fact, tropical cyclones — called hurricanes in the Atlantic, typhoons in the eastern Pacific, and cyclones in Australia, Bangladesh, and India — have done far more damage in the past 100 years [...]
8Sep2008 | Gordon | 0 comments | ContinuedDid you know?
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