Maura&Haya

Epic wave...Tsunami

By Maura and Haya

The Science: ﻿ Tsunamis happen after a earthquake, a volcano eruption or a landslide. Tsunami comes from the japenese word harbor wave they travel through the sea as fast as 450 miles per hour. They can get as high as 100/200 feet, wowie. One place that gets tsunamis once a year is Hawaii. They get ones that make a lot of damage every 7 years. Alaska also has horrible tsunamis. California, Oregon and Washington all go through a damaging tsunami every 18 years. One place that gets tsunamis once a year is Hawaii. They get one that causes a lot of damage every seven years. Alaska also gets tsunamis. California, Oregon, and Washington go through a damaging tsunami every 18 years. They can be caused by undersea earthquakes.They can also be caused by an eruption of an undersea volcano. Sometimes they are caused by landslides. Most likely they will be caused by undersea earthquakes or landslides [|Wikipedia Natural Disaster] [|FEMA for Kids]

====In the News: An earthquake in chile caused a tsunami. It was an 8.8 earthquake. Large waves were to be expected, but not a tsunami. ====

It happened on February 27, 2010 at around 3:30-3:40.
[|Wikipedia Natural Disaster] [|Huffington Post] (once on site, type in 'chilean earthquake that caused a tsunami' in the search box)

===Historical Event: The biggest tsunami ever was in Alaska. It was taller than 500 meters!!! It happened on July 9, 1958. ===

An undersea earthquake had happened that evening and it caused a tsunami.
[|Zmescience]

__Safety __ :

Once you`re away from the water, listen to a local television or radio station for more info
[|geography.about.com]

Book Nook: ==[|Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters: A Nonfiction Companion to High Tide in Hawaii (Magic Tree House Research Guide Series)] //by [|Mary Pope Osborne]//== This is a very good book for kids and we recommend this book if you want to know about tsunamis in a fun way!
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Video of a Tsunami in Sri Lanka and India

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We would like to thank the following sites: [|Wikipedia Natural Disaster] [|FEMA for Kids] [|Huffington Post] [|geography.about.com] [|Zmescience] We would also like to thank our amazing world geo. teacher, Mr. Fitz.!!!!!

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