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Deutsches komitee fur katastrophenvorhersage german committee for desaster reduction. They get about one a year, with a damaging tsunami happening about every seven years. An eigenfunction describes the distribution of motion in a tsunami mode of a particular frequency. Tinti university di bologna, bologna, italy revision of the tsunamis occurred in 1783. Tsunamis are known for their capacity to violently flood coastlines, causing devastating property damage, injuries and loss of life. A tsunami is a natural hazard consisting of a series of long, surgelike waves generated when a large volume of ocean water is rapidly displaced. East coast using relationships between submarine landslides and earthquakes uri s. Lediglich neun tsunamis hatten uberregionale zerstorungen zur folge. Coastal states, like california, oregon and washington experience a damaging tsunami about every 18 years. Eine uber zehn meter hohe wasserwand walzte alles nieder, was sich ihr in. Infoblatt tsunamifruhwarnsysteme ernst klett verlag terrasse.

Amenaza sismica, inundacion, tsunami, vulnerabilidad, riesgo. Imposible predecir desastres naturales como tsunamis o terremotos. Geistb, david twichella a usgs, woods hole science center, woods hole, ma, united states busgs, western coastal and marine geology, menlo park, ca, united states article info abstract. Authors personal copy assessment of tsunami hazard to the u. Tsunamis generally appear in the pacific ocean and coastal areas. Tsunamis are also called seismic sea waves or, popularly, tidal waves. Represented by two characters, the top character, tsu, means harbor, while the bottom character, nami, means wave. Vertical uz and horizontal ux components of tsunami eigen. Many properties of tsunamis can be understood by examining their eigenfunctions. Tsunamis, also known as seismic sea waves, are a series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption, or meteorite. Pdf terremotos y tsunamis en chile free download pdf.

Tsunami is a japanese word with the english translation, harbor wave. In the open ocean, tsunamis may have wavelengths of up to several hundred miles and travel at speeds up to 500 mi per hr 800 km per hr, yet have wave heights of less than 3 ft 1 m, which pass unnoticed beneath a ship at sea. The word is japanese and means harbor wave, because of the devastating effects these waves have had on lowlying japanese coastal communities. The international journal of the tsunami society volume 6 number 1 on audible tsunami on the coast s. Infoblatt tsunamis ernst klett verlag terrasse schulbucher. Imposible predecir desastres naturales como tsunamis o. Tsunamis article about tsunamis by the free dictionary. Immediately download the tsunami summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching tsunami. Unicef be folleto 2 terremotos y tsunamis preventionweb. The science behind tsunamis tsunamis, also known as seismic sea waves mistakenly called tidal waves, are a series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption, or meteorite. Terremotos, sismos y tsunamis by priscila maciel on prezi.