ESCI 1012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tsunami Warning System, Ambalangoda, Indian Ocean
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Seafloor rose several meters over a 1200 km long rupture. Tsunami traveled at speeds of up to 700 km/hour. Arrived only 15 minutes after the earthquake. Caused extensive death through all of indonesia and parts of africa. While most people were preoccupied with earthquake damage and rescue operations costs- over 14 billion in aid and up to 1. 7 million people displaced and lost their homes and possessions. Over were children and there were 4x more women than men killed. Fishing communities and time of day were crucial. Large number of men on fishing boat and were not harmed, tsunamis do not affect the open water areas. Tsunamis have immense wavelengths, but they usually are not very tall. Out on the open water, this is not a problem. Phone at ambalangoda station not answered until the train had already left. The fi(cid:325)st (cid:363)a(cid:362)e is(cid:290)(cid:910)t (cid:290)ecessa(cid:325)il(cid:369) the highest, i(cid:290) this case, the seco(cid:290)d (cid:363)a(cid:362)e (cid:363)as larger.
