My ELP Tsunamis. Enjoy :)

1. TSUNAMIS
A BROCHURE FOR YOU
How to get ready for a tsunami? Where do tsunamis occur the
most?
- If you are leaving near the costal area, the best
way to avoid a tsunami is to, move inland or move - Tsunamis mostly occur in a wide area of
to higher ground, e.g. a tall building or on your ocean, like the Indian Ocean and the Pacific
roof. Ocean because the plate is mostly made of
water.
- Make sure your family is either away from the
costal area, or are with you during the tsunami. - Costal areas closer to the Pacific Ocean are
more at high risk of tsunamis.
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What to do during a tsunami?
When do tsunamis occur? A tsunami is a high sea wave caused
- Stay on top of buildings, roofs or higher ground
and have a good amount of food and water Tsunamis are almost undetectable and by an earthquake or any other sort of
supply because a tsunami doesn’t last just for a unpredictable. But there is a system in the disturbance in the sea, e.g. landslides
day, so have a good supply of food and water ocean that monitors the sea movements and or undersea volcanic eruption in the
until rescue comes. can be used to map the path of tsunamis and sea. All of these elements causes a
estimate the rate of approach. displacement of water in the sea.
- Make sure to call your family members and tell
that that you are fine.

2. Information about a tsunami
Basic Knowledge Alaska Disaster
A tsunami is linked and can be caused by 3 Lituya Bay, Alaska is recorded for the
other natural disaster, an earthquake, an largest tsunami. The wave was 1720 feet
under water volcano and landslides. tall. It struck Lituya Bay on the night of
July 9th, 1958. An earthquake along the
A tsunami is caused by an earthquake more
often than a under water volcano and
landslides. An
earthquake releases a lot
of energy out into the sea,
for example, Japan’s
tsunami disaster was
caused by an 8.9 magnitude
earthquake.That’s enough
energy to unleash a
destructive tsunami.
When volcanoes erupt, it
sends a discharges energy
wave out into the sea, and
What to do after a Tsunami?
as it gets closer to shore, it
- Help people who are trapped or in need of
help. collect enough water to
- Wait for help to come and have a radio with form a tsunami. Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle
you at all times for updates. loosened about 40 million cubic yards (30.6
Landslides are not that serious and have a million cubic meters) of rock high above
- If rescue doesn’t come, wait for the water to
lower chance of causing a tsunami. It only the northeastern shore of Lituya Bay. This
recede.
takes up space in the ocean but overall does mass of rock plunged from an altitude of
- Before entering in the water, make sure no not cause a tsunami. Well, that depends the
electrical wire is in contact with the water. approximately 3000 feet (914 meters) down
size of the rock that falls in the sea. into the waters of Gilbert Inlet.