http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tsunami/ en-us Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:59:57 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068069/posts Excerpt - JAKARTA, Aug 26 (Reuters) - A strong undersea earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck off Indonesia's Java island on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning, a meteorological agency official said Reuters (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068069/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:59:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047881/posts Japan has issued a tsunami warning in northeast Japan after an earthquake measuring 7.0 in magnitude struck off the coast of the main island of Honshu. There are no initial reports of damage from the quake. The epicentre was off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, the same area as a June 14 quake which killed at least 10 and left as many again missing. Alerts are in place for Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. radioaustralia.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047881/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:10:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026003/posts Tsunami or melting glaciers: What caused ancient Atlit to sink? By Ofri Ilani At the bottom of the sea, some 300 meters west of the Atlit fortress, lies one of the greatest archaeological mysteries of the Mediterranean basin. About 20 years ago, archaeologists discovered a complex of ancient buildings and ancient graves with dozens of skeletons at the underwater site of Atlit-Yam. The team of marine archaeologists that excavated the site, headed by Dr. Ehud Galili of the Israel Antiquities Authority, came to the consclusion that an ancient settlement once existed there, but sank beneath the surface of the sea... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026003/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:58:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024247/posts TAPEI, Taiwan - Officials say a powerful earthquake has struck at the Pacific Ocean off southeastern Taiwan, but no damage or injuries have been reported. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau says the magnitude 6.8 quake hit at around 9:57 a.m. on Sunday (0157 GMT Sunday). It was faintly felt in Taiwan. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024247/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 03:24:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013398/posts THE death toll in cyclone-ravaged Burma could hit 500,000 – more than TWICE the total killed by the Boxing Day Tsunami. Last night’s warning came as it emerged that 17 Britons, including ex-pats and backpackers, were still missing. Sources said 200,000 people were already dead or dying. But the figure could rise to HALF A MILLION through disease and hunger if the nation’s hardline army rulers continue to block aid for the devastated lowlands of the Irrawaddy Delta. That would dwarf the 230,000 deaths across South East Asia in the 2004 catastrophe. Nyo Ohn Myint, of exiled opposition party The... The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013398/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 01:51:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005299/posts Rising food prices 'a silent tsunami' By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent Last Updated: 1:12pm BST 22/04/2008 Rising food prices are a "silent tsunami" which threaten to be as devastating as the worst natural disasters, an international conference has been warned. Josette Sheeran, of the World Food Programme told Gordon Brown and other political and business leaders that the international community needed to respond as effectively to the hunger crisis as it did to the 2004 tsunami which killed 250,000 and left 10 million destitute. "This is the new face of hunger - the millions of people who were not in... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005299/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:35:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999301/posts African inflation could cause "humanitarian tsunami" Brussels Tue Apr 8, 10:02 AM ETAFP/File Photo: People shop for groceries at a supermarket in the Borrowdale Brooke suburb in Harare. Soaring... BRUSSELS (AFP) - Soaring prices of basic foodstuffs could cause a "humanitarian tsunami" in Africa, EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel warned Tuesday. "A world food crisis is emerging, less visible than the oil (price) crisis, but with the potential effect of real economic and humanitarian tsunami in Africa," Michel said in a statement after a meeting with African Union Commission chief Jean Ping. Ping said the soaring prices represented a "major... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999301/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:09:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1995888/posts Astronomers have captured the first footage of a solar "tsunami" hurtling through the Sun's atmosphere at over a million kilometres per hour. The event was captured by Nasa's twin Stereo spacecraft designed to make 3D images of our parent star. Naturally, this type of tsunami does not involve water; instead, it is a wave of pressure that travels across the Sun very fast. Details were reported at the UK National Astronomy Meeting in Belfast. In a solar tsunami, a huge explosion near the Sun, such as a coronal mass ejection or flare, causes a pressure pulse to propagate outwards in... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1995888/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 04:38:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988399/posts Forecasting Tsunami Threats Through Layers of Sand and Time Map Of The Bay Of Bengal The catastrophic Indian Ocean event in December 2004 that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries – including 15,000 in India – was hardly a one freak occurrence. It could happen again. Newswise — Azhii peralai: from the deep … large waves. This is the expression for ‘tsunami’ in Tamil, the oldest language in southern India. For an ancient dialect to have its own phrase for destructive waves triggered by earthquakes, the people of Tamil Nadu likely experienced tsunamis periodically through the centuries, says Halifax... Newswise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988399/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:45:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983072/posts PARIS (AFP) - "The sea was driven back, and its waters flowed away to such an extent that the deep sea bed was laid bare and many kinds of sea creatures could be seen," wrote Roman historian Ammianus Marcellus, awed at a tsunami that struck the then-thriving port of Alexandria in 365 AD. "Huge masses of water flowed back when least expected, and now overwhelmed and killed many thousands of people... Some great ships were hurled by the fury of the waves onto the rooftops, and others were thrown up to two miles (three kilometres) from the shore." Ancient documents... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983072/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:17:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975803/posts Indonesia issued a tsunami warning on Monday after a powerful quake struck off the western coast of Sumatra island. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 and had the "potential to cause a tsunami," Indonesia's geophysics agency said in a statement. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975803/posts#comment Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:31:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973202/posts Earthquake USGS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973202/posts#comment Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:39:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1970113/posts Slowly Strangling America's Golden Goose© 2006 J. Marvin HerndonTransdyne Corporation   Imagine: You wake up tomorrow and find that America’s judicial system has changed. Now, prosecutors can present secret witness testimony and only provide their own brief excerpts or summaries to the defense; judges are no longer independent, they have been replaced by the prosecutor’s boss. Your first thought, “Now, we will get much needed criminal convictions.” Then, “Ohmygosh! Are we in deep yogurt! We have seen all that before, in the Spanish Inquisition and in virtually every totalitarian regime on Earth, so we know what will happen. Soon... UnderstandEarth.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1970113/posts#comment Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:58:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965470/posts Tsunami threat hangs over southern Italy 05 February 2008 NewScientist.com news service Southern Italy's active volcanoes mean that living in the region is not for the risk-averse. Less well known, though, is the threat from the sea. Tsunamis occur around once a century in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1908, a magnitude 7 earthquake created a tsunami that almost destroyed the Italian cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria. Stefano Lorito of the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology in Rome and his team used historical data to estimate earthquake risk for three different fault zones in the Mediterranean region, and simulated... New Scientist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965470/posts#comment Tue, 5 Feb 2008 21:45:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964404/posts Mega-tsunami theory disputed February 03, 2008 SUPPOSED evidence Australia has been subject to prehistoric tsunamis up to 20m in height over the past 10,000 years could just be the result of Aboriginal occupation, a major conference is set to hear tomorrow. Archaeologists from the Australian National University say the theory about the mega-tsunamis, which has influenced the development of emergency service plans in Western Australia, is not supported by evidence. In 2003 Australian geological researchers suggested prehistoric tsunamis over the past 10,000 years were much larger than those recorded since European settlement, including findings of surges up to 20m in... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964404/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:35:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954101/posts The effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 are only too well known: It knocked the hell out of Aceh Province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, leveling buildings, scattering palm trees, and wiping out entire villages. It killed more than 160,000 people in Aceh alone and displaced millions more. Similar scenes of destruction were repeated along the coasts of Southeast Asia, India, and as far west as Africa. The magnitude of the disaster shocked the world. What the world did not know was that the 2004 tsunami—seemingly so unprecedented in scale—would yield specific clues to one of... Discover Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954101/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:53:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1953705/posts YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - Tsunami-like waves created by an earthquake may have triggered the world's largest known hydrothermal explosion some 13,000 years ago, a federal scientist says. The explosion created the Mary Bay crater that stretches more than one mile across along the north edge of Yellowstone Lake. Debris from the explosion has been found miles away. Lisa Morgan of the U.S. Geological Survey told a gathering of scientists over the weekend at Mammoth Hot Springs that an earthquake may have displaced more than 77 million cubic feet of water in Yellowstone Lake, creating huge waves that essentially unsealed... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1953705/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:56:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929418/posts An enormous underwater landslide 60,000 years ago produced the longest flow of sand and mud yet found on Earth. The landslide off the coast of north-west Africa dumped 225 billion metric tonnes of sediment into the ocean in a matter of hours or days. The flow travelled 1,500km (932 miles) - the distance from London to Rome - before depositing its sediment. The work, by a British team of researchers has been published in the academic journal Nature. The massive surge put down the same amount of sediment that comes out of all the world's rivers combined over a period... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929418/posts#comment Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:56:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922970/posts A three-metre tidal surge is predicted to surge down the English Channel in the next 12 hours posing an "extreme danger to life and property", experts have warned. Coupled with storms and high tides, the wave could leave swathes of the east coast under water, according to the Environment Agency. A combination of gale force winds off the coast of Scotland and high tides are expected to cause floods which could breach sea defences. • Nine severe flood warnings issued by Environment Agency • Surge expected to hit east coast in next 12 hours • Police on standby to evacuate... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922970/posts#comment Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:40:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904370/posts The Bureau of Meteorology says it does not expect an earthquake that happened south of New Zealand will generate a tsunami that will pose any threat to Australia. Earlier this afternoon, the weather bureau issued a tsunami bulletin warning people in coastal areas in Tasmania and south-eastern mainland Australia to listen to news updates. But while New Zealand emergency services are on alert, there now appears to be little threat to populated areas. The quake's epicentre was near the uninhabited Auckland Islands, around 500 kilometres south-west of the New Zealand south island city of Invercargill. According to the European-based... ABC.Net.AU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904370/posts#comment Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:26:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896305/posts JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia issued a tsunami warning Friday after a powerful earthquake jolted Sumatra island. **This is all for now. Just breaking.** AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896305/posts#comment Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:34:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895684/posts Magnitude 7.1 - KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA 2007 September 13 03:35:26 UTC Earthquake Details Magnitude 7.1 Date-Time Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 03:35:26 UTC Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 10:35:26 AM at epicenter Location 2.223°S, 99.564°E Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program Region KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA Distances 165 km (105 miles) SSW of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia 345 km (215 miles) WNW of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia 635 km (395 miles) SSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia 900 km (560 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 8.3 km (5.2 miles); depth fixed by location... USGS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895684/posts#comment Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:27:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895350/posts JAKARTA, Indonesia - A massive earthquake shook Indonesia on Wednesday, killing seven people, injuring 100 and triggering a small tsunami that hit one city on the island of Sumatra, authorities said. Tsunami warnings were issued for much of the Indian Ocean region. The 8.2-magnitude quake off Sumatra badly damaged buildings along the coast and could be felt in at least four countries, with tall buildings swaying as far as 1,200 miles away. It was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks, the strongest of which registered at a magnitude of 6.6 and triggered a second tsunami alert for Indonesia, which... AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895350/posts#comment Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:17:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891795/posts Warning of tsunami greater than 2004 By Roger Highfield, Science Editor Last Updated: 6:01pm BST 05/09/2007 Tens of millions of people who live in the Bay of Bengal face the threat of a tsunami as massive as the one that devastated the Sumatran coast in 2004, a leading geologist warns today. Satellite images showing Banda Aceh before (top) and after (bottom) the 2004 tsunami While the Boxing Day 2004 disaster took the scientific community by surprise, killing around a quarter of a million people, one geologist who had sounded the alert about the dangers in the Indian Ocean now says... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891795/posts#comment Thu, 6 Sep 2007 02:59:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881886/posts LIMA, Peru — A powerful earthquake (7.9) shook Peru's coast near the capital on Wednesday, reportedly killing at least 17 people as it toppled buildings and caused many residents to flee homes. Authorities said the quake had generated a small tsunami but it wasn't destructive. Peru's highly respected Cable news station Canal N reported that the 7.9 magnitude quake had caused a church to collapse in the city of Ica south of Lima, killing 17 people and injuring 70. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake hit at 6:40 p.m. (7:40 p.m. EDT) about 90 miles southeast of Lima at... http://www.foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881886/posts#comment Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:58:30 GMT