Tsunami News & Photos

WORST EARTHQUAKE in 40 Years! 8.9 Richter

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Quake, Tsunami Devastate Asia, Over 11,300 Dead


ABC News - 1 hour ago
COLOMBO (Reuters) - One of the most powerful earthquakes in a century hit Asia on Sunday, unleashing tsunami waves on coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India ...

Largest Earthquakes since 1900:-

Location-------------------- Date UTC Magnitude Coordinates
1. Chile.................... 1960 05 22 9.5 38.24 S 73.05 W
2. Prince Wil. Sound, Alaska 1964 03 28 9.2 61.02 N 147.7 W
3. Andreanof Islands, Alaska 1957 03 09 9.1 51.56 N 175.4 W
4. Kamchatka................ 1952 11 04 9.0 52.76 N 160.1 E
5. Off W. Coast No. Sumatra. 2004 12 26 9.0 03.30 N 95.78 E
6. Off Coast of Ecuador..... 1906 01 31 8.8 01.00 N 81.50 W
7. Rat Islands, Alaska...... 1965 02 04 8.7 51.21 N 178.5 E
8. Assam - Tibet............ 1950 08 15 8.6 28.50 N 96.50 E
9. Kamchatka................ 1923 02 03 8.5 54.00 N 161.0 E
10 Banda Sea, Indonesia..... 1938 02 01 8.5 05.05 S 131.6 E
11 Kuril Islands............ 1963 10 13 8.5 44.90 N 149.6 E


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What is a tsunami?
Times of India, India - 1 hour ago
A tsunami (pronounced su-nah-me) is a wave train, or series of waves, generated in a body of water by an impulsive disturbance that vertically displaces the ...
Tsunami -- the killer waves Rediff
Tsunami -- the killer waves: New Kerala
Tsunami spells doom Deccan Herald

Tsunami (a Japanese word meaning harbor wave) are gravity waves generated by large disturbances of the sea floor caused by volcanic eruptions, landslides or earthquakes. Shallow earthquakes along dip slip faults are more likely to be sources of tsunami than those along strike slip faults. In deep water tsunami travel at approximately 0.2 km/sec as compared to 5-10 km/sec for P waves and S waves. Thus, approaching tsunami can be detected by sea floor pressure gauges which measure the height of the water column above the gauge. Tsunami warning systems consist of networks of such gauges connected to a control center. A scale of magnitude for tsunami, similar to the Richter Magnitude scale for earthquakes, is based on logarithm of wave height corrected for distance from the source. The first motion (up-crest or down-trough) can be used to determine direction of sea floor displacement in the source area.



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British Red Cross Has set up emergency appeal to distribute immediate supplies such as blankets and cooking utensils, and to prepare for longer-term rehabilitation work. Call 08705 125 125, or donate at

Oxfam Has distributed water tanks to worst-hit areas in Sri Lanka and is preparing food parcels. Donations can be made by calling 0870 333 2700 or at

Save the Children Has launched worldwide appeal, and has teams in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Burma. Donations can be made on 0207 012 6400

World Vision Running feeding programmes in India and Sri Lanka. Its Asia Earthquake Appeal can be reached on 0800 088 088

Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund Committing £25,000 for disaster relief. Donations can be sent to SCIAF at 19 Park Circus, Glasgow, G3 6BE or via website,

Care International Donations can be made via the group's website at

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bittorrent link to a zip file containing media footage of the tsunami. the torrent is large at around 160megs but it downloads fast. i was getting about 95kilobytes/second on my 5.5megabit internet link.