Wednesday 9 November 2016

This is my draft report writing about what a Tsunami is. It describes what it does and where it happens.

Tsunamis

A Tsunami is a sequence of ocean waves caused by an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption. More rarely, a Tsunami can be generated by a giant meteorite impact once it hits the ocean floor.

These waves can reach up to enormous heights of 30m which is about 80% of a tsunami that would happen within the Pacific Ocean's Ring of Fire. It sends major surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 30 meters, onto land. These walls of water can cause widespread destruction when they crash ashore.

A Tsunami can sit at a depth of 5,000 meters, measures changes in pressure due to changes in water level. It transmits signals to the buoy, which, in turn, relays the measurements of wave height to satellites. This information is then used to forecast the progress of a tsunami.

On the average side of things, tsunamis occur throughout the world causing damage to the nearest shore. These occur in the whole world but it mostly happens in the Ring of Fire. The earthquake must be cause by an significant vertical deformation of the seafloor in order for a tsunami to occur.


A Tsunami is a destructive wave that can kill a lot of people in one hit. It is an ocean wide destructive disaster.

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