8 Facts Tsunami Rare Unknown

11 Years ago, on Sunday, December 26th, 2004 at 7:55 pm, the tsunami waves swept Aceh. A massive tsunami that occurred after the earthquake that is equally fierce. The following is quoted from pojoksatu.id summarize the facts behind Tsunami 11 years ago.

1. Beginning 9.2 magnitude earthquakeTsunami occurred on Sunday morning December 26, 2004. Without the predictions and warnings nothing, Indonesia and most of the Southeast Asia region struck by the all-powerful shocks from beneath the earth's crust. Ahead at 00:58 UTC or 07:58 pm, two large plates under the skin bum, the Indian plate and the Burma plate each move, coincide with each other, and finally shake the affected areas in the Indian Ocean with a strength of approximately 9.2 on the Richter Scale.
2. Tsunami high as 30 MetersMany living witnesses reported that the high tsunami waves as high as a coconut tree. And indeed devastating earthquake aftershocks which then brings tangible killer Tsunami or the flood wave reaches peak height reached 30 meters (98 feet).
3. As many as 230,000 more people killedCarrying more than 230,000 lives in 14 were killed in the tsunami affected countries. Indonesia became one of the five Asian countries that suffered damage and loss of life the most, followed by Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. In Indonesia alone, the 2004 tsunami has claimed the lives of about 165 708 inhabitants most of whom are residents of the Province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam.
4. The three most powerful earthquake in the WorldBased on previous research, the natural disaster caused by the tsunami in Aceh in 2004 the third most powerful earthquake ever recorded. With the strength of 9.2 on the Richter scale, the earthquake that caused the tsunami disaster in Aceh in 2004 centered between Simeulue and Sumatra. Precisely at 160 km in 330 degree radial of Simeulue Island. The depth of the quake was at a distance of 30 km (19 mi) below sea level.
5. Duration Oldest Earthquakes in HistoryThe duration of the earthquake before the tsunami is the longest in history. At that time the earth shook for approximately 8 to 10 minutes. After the shaking stops, the sea water was receding from the shoreline in several states affected by the quake. Then instantly appear the tsunami disaster that has pounded the coast of Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore and the Maldives.
6. Seawater Could RecedingPlate collision that resulted in the earth's crust fractures along the 1600 kilometers and shifted about 15 meters generate sudden changes in sea floor and move the sea water in huge volume into the cavity results collision. This has resulted in sea water had receded many meters from the shoreline before the energy released and rolled back to the coast with the power and speed that is very powerful.
In the deep ocean, tsunami waves of natural disasters do not have a great strength, but speed is accumulated to more than 500-1000 km / h! Until it reaches shallow sea speed was gradually reduced, but the strength and height increases drastically. Researchers tsunami disaster in Aceh in 2004 concluded that the average height of the flood crashing Aceh was then as high as 24-30 meters when sweeping the land!
7. Tsunami equivalent 5 megatin dynamite explosionTsunami Society concluded that the total energy waves of the tsunami disaster in Aceh in 2004 is equivalent to five megatin TNT (dynamite). Five megatin that an amount equivalent to two times greater than all the energy explosives that destroyed during World War II.
8. Just 15 minutes Tsunami Destroys Coastal SumatraBased on the record and study after the tsunami in Aceh in 2004, an all-powerful waves as high as tens of meters it took at least 15 minutes 7 hours to reach and menghempas affected areas. 15 minutes is a time of natural disaster tsunami to submerge and destroy the coast of Sumatra Island. Then 90 minutes to 2 hours later, the tsunami hit Thailand, Sri Lanka and India in the west side.
9. Tsunami Aceh Up to South AfricaAccording to records compiled Yag, waves reached Struisbaai in South Africa, 8,500 km from the epicenter on Simeulue. 16 hours after a natural disaster earthquake wave height of 1.5 meters. (Source: POJOKSATU.id)
 

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