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When was the 2004 Indonesian Earthquake and Tsunami, and what magnitude was it?

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December 24, 2004
magnitude 9.1

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2004 Indonesian earthquake generated a _____ that swept across the ____

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tsunami ; Indian Ocean

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What city was the closest to the epicenter of the 2004 Indonesian earthquake?

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Banda Aceh

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a very long-wavelength wave of water that is generated by sudden displacement of the sea floor or disruption of any body of standing water

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tsunami

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what is a tsunami

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a long-wavelength wave of water generated by sudden displacement of the sea floor and disruption of body of standing water

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tsunamis are sometimes called as

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“seismic sea waves”

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t or f: tsunamis occur suddenly, and often without warning

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T

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what are the parts of wave

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wavelength, wave height, amplitude, wave frequency or period, velocity

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it is the distances between wave and crests

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wavelength

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normal ocean waves have about ___ wavelength

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100m

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tsunami waves have about ____ wavelength

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500 km

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t or f: the rate at which wave loses its energy is directly proportional to the wavelength

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F (inversely proportional)

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refers to the vertical distance between the trough and crest of the wave

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wave height

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equals to 1/2 of wavelength

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wave amplitude

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wave amplitude is the height of the wave above the ____

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still water line

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16
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amount of time it takes for one full wavelength to pass a stationary point

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wave frequency or period

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17
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wind generated wave usually have a period of ___

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5 to 20 seconds

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18
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tsunami generated waves have a period of

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10 minutes to 2 hours

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velocities of normal ocean waves are about

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90 km/hr

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20
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velocity of tsunami waves

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950 km/hr

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21
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waves move much more rapidly across

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ocean basins

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formula for velocity of wave

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velocity = wavelength / period

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23
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when the ocean is 6100 m deep, a tsunami will travel at about what velocity?

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890 km/hr

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if the trough of the tsunami reaches the coast first sea level will _____, causing a ______

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drop ; drawdown

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if the crest of the tsunami reaches the coast first, sea level will ____, causing a ___
rise ; run-up
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t or f: one coastal area may see no damaging wave activity while in another area destructive waves can be large and violent
T
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tsunamis can be generated by (5 phenomena)
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, underwater explosion, and meteorite impact
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earthquakes can cause tsunami by causing a
disturbance of the seafloor
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controlling factors of earthquake generated tsunami
magnitude, type of displacement, epicenter
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most tsunamis are generated by earthquakes that occur along _____ boundaries along the _____
subduction zone boundaries oceanic trenches
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how are tsunamis generated in subduction zones
colliding plates get stuck overriding plate gets distorted plates rupture, releasing earthquakes ocean floor gets pushed up, displacing large volume of water
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Indian Ocean Tsunami was along the oceanic trench off the coast of
Sumatra, Indonesia
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when was the alaskan tsunami and what magnitude earthquake was it
april 1, 1946 magnitude 7.3
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Valdivia Earthquake and Tsunami, date and magitude
May 22, 1960 magnitude 9.5
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height and velocity of the three tsunamis that occurred in Chile
4.5 m 8 m ; 166 km/hr 11 m; 83 km/hr
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the Valdivia earthquake was also known as
"The great Chilean Earthquake"
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Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska
March 27, 1964 M 9.2
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displacement of the block in good friday earthquake
2.3m vertical
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Moro Gulf Earthquake, date, magnitude, height of wave
August 17, 1976 m 8.1 4.5 m
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t or f: collapse of volcanoes to form calderas can suddenly displace water, therefore generating earthquakes
True
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Explosive eruptions can rapidly emplace ______ into the water, _____ and ______ produced by eruptions can rapidly move into water
pyroclastic flows landslide debris avalanche
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at least how many tsunamis were generated during the Mt. Krakatau Volcanic eruption in 1883
three
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the Krakatau eruption was a _____ type of eruption, generating a ____ height eruption column into the atmosphere
Plinian 40 km
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t or f: a loud explosive blast heard as far away as Australia occurred during Krakatau eruption
T
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_____ fell into Lituya Bay, Alaska in ___ causing a wave with a run-up of about _____ m
Debris avalanche 1958 60m
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about 65 million years ago at the end of the _____ period, apparent impact meteorite occurred in ______
Cretaceous Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico
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the meteorite impact in Yucatan Peninsula produced tsunami that left deposits all along the ________ and the _______
Gulf Coast of Mexico ; United States
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meaning of NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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t or f: areas located at great distances from earthquakes that could potentially generate a tsunami usually have PLENTY of time for warnings to be sent and coastal areas evacuated
T
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it is a good example of areas located far from most of the sources of tsunami
Hawaii
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Pacific warning system for areas in the Pacific ocean
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
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Pacific Tsunami Warning Center consists of networks of ____ and ____ around the ____
seismograph stations tidal stations Pacific Basin
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where is the center of PTWC located
HAwaii
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before the Japanese warning system ___ tsunamis killed over 6000 people in Japan. Since the establishment of the warning system ___ tsunami have killed 215
14 20
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meaning of JICA
Japan International Cooperation Agency
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t or f: the upper floors of high, multi-story, REINFORCED concrete hotels can provide refuge if there is no time to quickly move inland to the higher ground
T
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how many philippine tsunami network were detected by JICA
32
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approaching tsunamis are sometimes heralded by ____ or ____ of coastal waters
rise fall
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nuclear testing by the united states in the ______ in ____ islands in the 1940s and 1950s generated up to ____ high tsunamis
bikini atoll marshall islands 30 m

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