EESC1168 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Eurasian Plate, Subduction, North American Plate
25 Feb 2016
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Tsunami is a series of high-speed waves resulting from the displacement of ocean water by earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, or meteorite impacts. 1st earthquake collapsed 30 out of 40 churches. 2nd earthquake caused many of the structurally unsound buildings to collapse. 3rd earthquake leveled the city of lisbon completely, leaving the metropolis in ruins. Fires expanded with oxygen and fuel from fireplaces and stoves, which generates heat that knows no boundary. People traveled to the bank of the tagus river to be safe from the fire and shakes, but then the tsunami hit. The 3 earthquakes generated the tsunami and it took 30 minutes for it to arrive at. This became the first modern disaster in which international relief was offered. Money, food, clothing, and tools were received from london, amsterdam, Mega-tsunami is a tsunami with wave heights over 330 feet. Lituya bay, alaska tsunami reached a height on 1,742 feet.
